Research Guides: Music: E-Newspapers

E-Newspapers @ UD

For a searchable list of online journals and newspapers available at UD:

E-Journals by Category

Current Newspapers

New York Times (NYTimes.com) This link opens in a new window
The New York Times Online includes the same articles and images that appear in the print edition plus additional resources including images, videos, audio, graphics and data. Crosswords not included. Content may also be accessed via the free New York Times app. Content not available via tablet. (Coverage: Limited access to 1923-1980; Full access from 1981 to the present).
New Subscribers: (have never had a personal or UDel account)
To create your new, free account, use this link: www.nytimes.com/activate-access/edu-access.
Existing New York Times Online Subscribers
Note: If you have an existing, paid NYT subscription, you must cancel it before you can activate the free UD Library provided subscription. You may cancel by emailing customercare@nytimes.com , connecting with a chat agent on the site, or calling 800-591-9233.
After cancelling your existing account:
- Go to www.accessnyt.com.
- Find your school name by selecting “University of Delaware” from the dropdown menu.
- Click “Already have an account? Log in here.”
- Input your udel.edu email address and the same password you created for your previous account.
- Select your status as “student” (enter your graduation date) or “faculty/staff.”
- Click “Continue” and you will be directed to www.nytimes.com.
Tips and Troubleshooting:
- Students will have access until they graduate.
- Faculty and staff must renew once every four years. Add your expiration date to your calendar; there will be no subsequent reminder.
- If you find that you no longer have access, it is most likely because your account has expired.
- After expiration, activate a new pass by visiting NYTimes.com/GroupPass .
- You may reset your NYT password any time here: nytimes.com/forgot
Washington Post Online This link opens in a new window
Digital edition of The Washington Post. (Coverage: 2005 --)
Select earlier content is accessible, particularly investigative journalism content related to U.S. President Richard Nixon and Watergate dating back to 1968. Search features do not enable limiting to specific date ranges, so the extent of this content is unknown.
Washington Post articles and indexing are also available from:
- 1877 to 17 years ago in ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Washington Post
- 01/01/2008 to present in ProQuest Recent Newspapers: Washington Post
Wall Street Journal (wsj.com) This link opens in a new window
Digital edition of the Wall Street Journal. Includes the same articles and images that appear in the print edition, plus additional resources such as video, audio, graphics, and data. Available editions: U.S., Asia, Europe, India. (Coverage: 4 years ago --)
NOTE: You must login to your account once every 90 days in order for it to remain active.
Registration Instructions
*If you already have a personal membership to the WSJ, call 1-800-JOURNAL and to inform the WSJ that you are switching to the membership provided by the University of Delaware.*
- Step 1: Click on this link: http://wsj.com/udel. You will be prompted to login to the UD Central Authentication Service (CAS)
- Step 2: Fill out the form, then click Create. When you have completed the form and clicked Create. You will see “Redemption Successful.”
- Step 3: Check your email inbox for a confirmation receipt.
- Step 4: You are now a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Digital Edition. Access it anytime, anywhere at https://www.wsj.com/ by signing in with your email address and password.
Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Recent global news content, as well as archives. Content from newspapers, newswires and news sites in full-text format. Provides large collections of news from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and Australia. (Coverage: 1980 --)
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Full-text information from news, business, and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. Though not required, you have the option to create a personal account that will give you access to special features such as alerts, saved searches, folders, history, annotations and more.
Vendor Lyrasis. Publisher LexisNexis.

Newspapers: A Research Guide

Newspaper Archives

America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Digitized American newspapers
Gale Primary Sources: Newspapers This link opens in a new window
An integrated platform that combines Gales digital newspaper archives into a single cross-searchable interface to enhance the ability to discover primary source documents from multiple collections. Over 20 collections are available to University of Delaware users on this platform. (Coverage: 17th - 21st centuries)
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
A cross-section of newspapers covering political party newspapers at the beginning of the 19th c. to the large dailies that shaped the nation at the centurys end. Mammoth newspapers stand alongside those published by African Americans, Native Americans, womens rights groups, labor groups, the Confederacy, and other select groups. (Coverage: 1800-1900)
This collection can also be searched on Gale Primary Sources, an integrated platform that combines Gales digital archives into a single cross-searchable interface.
History Commons This link opens in a new window
Historical resources from 18th and 19th century America. Includes eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, commerce as seen through advertisements, and genealogical records. (Coverage: approximately 1726-1902)
Includes the following:
- African American Newspapers
- American County Histories to 1900
- Anatomy of Protest in America
- 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: Historic American Newspapers
Digital newspaper collection covering 1836-1922. Also includes the U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-present. From the Library of Congress.
Historical Newspapers Online
Links to historical U.S. newspapers that are available online at no cost.

African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 This link opens in a new window
African American U.S. newspapers from the 19th and 20th century
ProQuest Historical Newspapers (New York Times) This link opens in a new window
25 concurrent users. Full pages and article images with searchable full-text back to the first issue. includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. (Coverage: 1851-4 years ago)
New York Times articles and indexing are also available from:
- Academic OneFile and General OneFile provide the full text of New York Times articles, 1985 to the present
- Nexis Uni provides abstracts of articles in the New York Times (Final New York City Edition) from January 1, 1969 to May 31, 1980 and full text from June 1, 1980 to the present.
- Global Newsstream includes the New York Times, 1980 to the present.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers (Wall Street Journal) This link opens in a new window
Historical edition of the Wall Street Journal. (Coverage: 1889-12 years ago)
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection This link opens in a new window
Full-text, searchable archive of newspapers and news pamphlets from the United Kingdom. Collected by the Reverend Charles Burney, this collection represents the largest single archive of 17th and 18th century news media available from the British Library. (Coverage: 1603 - early 1800s)
This collection can also be searched on Gale Primary Sources, an integrated platform that combines Gales digital archives into a single cross-searchable interface.
British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new window
National and regional newspapers published in the UK and Ireland between the mid-18th and mid-20th centuries. (Coverage: 1732-1950)
This collection can also be searched on Gale Primary Sources, an integrated platform that combines Gales digital archives into a single cross-searchable interface.
Times of India This link opens in a new window
Full digital edition of the newspaper.
Originally founded in 1838 to serve British residents of West India. Today the paper serves researchers interested in colonialism and post-colonialism, British and world history, class and gender issues, international relations, comparative religion, international economics and more. (Coverage:1838-August 20, 2010)