Access World News from NewsBank provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. This archive provides comprehensive coverage of current events (history in the making) and historical events. Each newspaper or wire service provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including specific information about local companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and the people in the community.

Full-text and full-image articles from the New York Times (1851-2003), the Wall Street Journal (1889-1989), the Washington Post (1877-1990), the Los Angeles Times (1881-1985), the Chicago Tribune (1849-1985), Atlanta Constitution (1868-1929), the Chicago Defender (1905-1975), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), Boston Globe (1872-1981), Baltimore Sun (1837-1985), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002), Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Detroit Free Press (1831-1922) and Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), the Cincinnati Enquirer (1841-1922), the Guardian (1821-2003) and the Observer (1791-2003), every page from every issue in PDF files.