Librarian
Geoff Morse
Contact:
Geoff Morse
Liaison for American Studies, History, Jewish Studies, and Religious Studies
Interim Head, Research Services
Room 2624
2nd floor, east tower
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, Illinois 60208-2300
phone: 847-467-1866
gmorse@northwestern.edu
For more library assistance please see the Library web site.
Liaison for American Studies, History, Jewish Studies, and Religious Studies
Interim Head, Research Services
Room 2624
2nd floor, east tower
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, Illinois 60208-2300
phone: 847-467-1866
gmorse@northwestern.edu
For more library assistance please see the Library web site.
Newspaper Collections
- America's Historical Newspapers (Newsbank/Readex)America's Historical Newspapers is a comprehensive online resource that is continually expanding, offering searchable digital facsimiles of thousands of titles from all 50 states. Covers 1690 to the recent past. Please see Archive of Americana tab for a full listing of NewsBank/Readex Early American Newspapers, series 1-11 and more.
- ProQuest Historical NewspapersThe ProQuest Historical Newspaper collection includes access to 35 different titles. The newspapers in this collection consist of a selection of major US Dailies from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, historical Black titles from the same period, and a small selection of international titles and two American Jewish publications. Titles can be searched together or individually. For a list of individual titles with links to search them please see Individual ProQuest Historical Newspaper titles
- African American Newspapers, the 19th Century (from Accessible Archives)This collection of African American newspapers contains a wealth of information about cultural life and history during the 1800s and is rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day, including the Mexican War, Presidential and Congressional addresses, Congressional abstracts, business and commodity markets, the humanities, world travel and religion.
- Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive170 newspapers and periodicals are available via this database. To access, click on "Browse by Title" tab at the top of the welcome screen, then click on "newspapers and periodicals" link on the left-hand side of the screen. In addition to newspaper collections and books published in the antebellum era, Slavery and Anti-Slavery contains documents from several archives originally available only on microfilm.
- 19th Century U.S. Newspapers Digital Archive This link opens in a new windowWith digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers and advanced searching capabilities, researchers will be able to research history in ways previously unavailable. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.
- Chronicling America: America's Historic NewspapersNewspaper images from 1880 to 1910 from the following states: California, District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. A Library of Congress project. Site includes a link to the U.S. Newspapers Directory.
- Associated Press Collections Online This link opens in a new windowAssociated Press Collections Online is a publishing program focusing on making varied treasures of the Associated Press Corporate Archives, AP Images, and AP Archive available to libraries worldwide.
- Indigenous Newspapers in North America This link opens in a new windowAmerican Indian Newspapers presents the publications of a range of communities, with an extensive list of periodicals produced in the United States and Canada, including Alaska, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Nevada and Oklahoma, from 1828 to 2016.
- Brooklyn NewsstandBrooklyn Newsstand is a newspaper digitization initiative between Brooklyn Public Library's local history division -- the Brooklyn Collection -- and Newspapers.com. This partnership gives the public free access to the full run of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper, which was published from 1841 to 1955, as well as Brooklyn Life, a society magazine published from 1890 to 1931. For a complete list of titles included in this collection please see Brooklyn Newsstand Title List.
Recent News Sources
Also see News Sources guide, especially the Current Newspapers tab.
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowAccess World News is a comprehensive resource that includes a variety of news publications worldwide. These sources include major national and international newspapers, as well as local and regional titles as well as newswires, blogs, web-only content, videos, journals, magazines, transcripts and more. Access World News is updated daily. This database combines news articles from more than 12,000 sources and over 200 countries. Much of the material in non-English languages has been translated into English, but a significant amount of material is presented in the original language.
- Factiva This link opens in a new windowFactiva provides access to over 6,000 US and foreign full-text news and business publications. Factiva also includes reports, financials, stock quotes and other investment data on public companies. Some titles listed are not available to academic library users. These titles cannot be blocked from the title list.
- Library PressDisplayOnline access to over 200 newspapers from more than 55 countries, displayed in their original format and accessible by country, language, or title. Coverage: most recent 60 days
- Newspaper SourceThis database provides selected full text coverage for 245 newspapers, newswires and other sources. This collection includes cover-to-cover full text for and selected full text from hundreds of regional newspapers. International newspaper coverage includes cover-to-cover full text for The Times (London), The Toronto Star, The Australian, and more. Newswire coverage includes AP Online (Associated Press), Asia Pulse, Canadian Press Wire, World Stream Newswires and more. Coverage 1985-present
- Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis Nexis)Nexis Uni features news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790, with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types.
- US NewsstreamUS Newsstream enables users to search current U.S. news content, as well as archives that stretch back into the 1980s. It features top newspapers, wires, broadcast transcripts, blogs, and news sites in full-text format. US Newsstream provides key national and regional news sources from the U.S. and includes exclusive and preferred access to top titles, including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Newsday, and Chicago Tribune. All titles are cross searchable on the ProQuest platform.
Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Microfilm Collections
- News GuidesIncludes guides to Civilian Conservation Corps Camp newspapers, African American newspapers, Ethnic Press, Underground & Alternative Press