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Digital Newspapers
Collections
- Global Newsstream This link opens in a new windowProvides the full text of hundreds of U.S. and international news sources. The database includes the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and the Times (London), as well as hundreds of other news sources and newswires. It also includes the News Journal (Wilmington). Coverage varies by title.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles from newspapers worldwide and other publications. No images are included. Coverage varies by title.
- Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new windowEthnic NewsWatch is a comprehensive full-text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
- World News Connection This link opens in a new windowWorld News Connection offers translated and English-language news and information compiled from non-U.S. media sources, including news agencies, newspapers, and radio and television stations. Coverage is 1995-2013.
- Associated Press Images Collection This link opens in a new windowCurrent photos and a selection of pictures from the print and negative library along with text, graphic and audio material.
Individual Publications
- New York Times (NYTimes.com) This link opens in a new windowThis subscription allows you to simply go to nytimes.com and log in using an individual account. You can also use that account to access the New York Times app.
How to get an account: 1. Go to accessnyt.com 2. Search for and click the listing for “University of Delaware”. 3. Follow the steps based on whether you are On or Off Campus. 4. Attention Chrome users! You will get a security warning. Please go ahead and click ignore!
Important note: If you already have an nytimes.com account, you will need to log out of your personal accounts (if registered to a non-UD email address) or cancel your subscriptions (if registered to a UD email) before authenticating through the library's subscription. - Wall Street Journal (wsj.com) This link opens in a new windowYou must register at https://wsj.com/udel and sign in via UD’s Central Authentication Service (CAS) to begin the registration process. Registration details and additional information.
Digital edition of The Wall Street Journal (Coverage 4 yrs ago - Present)
Collections
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new windowThe Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988); Chicago Defender (1910-1975); Chicago Tribune (1849-25 years ago); Los Angeles Times (1881-25 years ago); New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993); The New York Times (1851-5 years ago); The Philadelphia Inquirer (1860-2001); The Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001); Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002); The Times of India (1838-10 years ago); The Wall Street Journal (1889-19 years ago); The Washington Post (1877-17 years ago).
- Accessible Archives This link opens in a new windowAfrican American Newspapers: The 19th Century (1827-1902); American County Histories to 1900; The Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective (November 1860 – April 1865); Godey’s Lady’s Book (1830-1898); The Lily (1849-1856); The Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1800); The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue: Chester County (1809-1870); The Pennsylvania Newspaper Record: Delaware County (1819-1870); South Carolina Newspapers (1732-1780); Virginia Gazette (1736-1780).
- Chronicling America This link opens in a new windowSearch America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
- African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 This link opens in a new windowThis collection of African American newspapers features papers from more than 35 states, including many rare and historically significant 19th-century titles.
- Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new windowThis collection features U.S. publications from the political party newspapers at the beginning of the 19th century to the dailies that shaped the nation at the century’s end. Coverage: 1800-1900.
- America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new windowCover-to-cover reproductions of important American newspapers, 1690s-1922.
Individual Publications
- HarpWeek This link opens in a new windowDigitized images of Harper’s Weekly, a leading illustrated American periodical, 1857-1912.
- Liberator (Boston, MA) This link opens in a new windowPublished by William Lloyd Garrison in Boston, Massachusetts, 1831-1865.
- Pennsylvania Gazette This link opens in a new windowPublished in Philadelphia (1728-1800), one of the premier newspapers of the colonial, Revolutionary, and early national periods.
Collections
- Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection This link opens in a new windowA digital archive of nearly 1,270 United Kingdom newspapers and news pamphlets from the Reverend Charles Burney collection in the British Library. (1604-1800)
- British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new windowThis is a digital collection of 71 national and regional newspapers in Victorian Britain. (1800-1900)
- African Newspapers Series I This link opens in a new window19th- and early 20th-century African newspapers.
- Latin American Newspapers This link opens in a new windowProvides more than 35 Latin American newspapers, 19th and early 20th centuries.
- South Asian Newspapers This link opens in a new windowWhen complete, South Asian Newspapers will provide newspapers published in South Asia between 1864 and 1922.
Individual Publications
- Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive This link opens in a new window(1902 - 2019; updated every 5 years)
Basic Tips
- Search databases with keywords that describe the topic.
- Put quotation marks around phrases.
"best seller"
- Connect the keywords with AND, OR or NOT.
poetry AND protest (will retrieve articles that include both keywords)
quijote OR quixote (will retrieve articles that use either spelling)
"poet laureate" NOT frost (will retrieve articles about poets laureate excluding Frost)
- Adding an asterisk after the root of the word retrieves variations of the word, including singular and plural forms.
philosoph* (will retrieve results that include philosopher, philosophical, and philosophy)
Historical Newspaper Databases
- Historical newspaper databases may require proximity operators instead of quotation marks around phrases.
ADJ# for adjacent
NEAR# for near within specific number of words
- See the Help pages of these databases for suggestions.
- Choose words that would be used during the time period selected. The OED Historical Thesaurus can help with this.
- Consider using variations of names (Mrs. Smith as well as Harriet Smith) and allowing for misspelled names and words.
- News took a longer time to travel, so select date ranges accordingly.
