Additional Library Resources:
OneSearch: OneSearch combines many initial searches into one interface: it includes print books from all CUNY libraries; Graduate Center ebooks; a massive index of articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers; Graduate Center course reserves; dissertations at CUNY and beyond; and unique digital content.

Interlibrary Loan: Need an article from a journal not at the Grad Center? Need a book that isn't available at any CUNY library? Go here to submit an interlibrary loan request

24/7 chat and email reference: Need an answer right away? Reference help available 24 hours a day through Ask-A-Librarian chat and email service.


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Subect Specific Resources:
NYCdata: Demographic, political, financial, and cultural information about New York City from Baruch College’s Weissman Center for International Business.  Includes links to data sources.


Recommended General Resources:
EBSCO (All Databases): This resource allows the simultaneous searching of all EBSCO databases to which the Graduate Center subscribes. OneSearch is another cross-database option, allowing searching of even more databases beyond EBSCO, in addition to the CUNY catalog.

Academic Search Complete: A multi-disciplinary database with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.  In addition to full text, the database includes indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and more than 13,200 publications, such as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.  While full text is available as far back as 1887 for a few titles, the text of most titles is available only for the past decade or two.


edings, etc.  While full text is available as far back as 1887 for a few titles, the text of most titles is available only for the past decade or two.JSTOR: A digital library containing journals, books, images, and primary sources. The GC’s subscription includes JSTOR’s Arts and Sciences I-XII collections of scholarly journals across the social sciences and humanities. Coverage begins with the first issue of almost every journal and continues through varying periods within the last five years. Also included are more than 700 freely accessible collections of illustrations, letters, literary documents, newspapers, magazines, photographs, postcards, and yearbooks; open access alternative press publications from the latter half of the 20th century; and thousands of research reports. 3+ million images in Artstor are also now discoverable in JSTOR. Browse content by subject, title, or collection, or search across the full resource. Register for a free personal account to save materials and organize your work.


t by subject, title, or collection, or search across the full resource. Register for a free personal account to save materials and organize your work.Project Muse: The CUNY and Graduate Center subscriptions provide access to the full text of nearly 400 journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences along with over 70,000 e-books and 4,600 open access books.  Select “Browse All Muse” and filter by Access type “Only content I have access to” to see subscribed and OA content. Or look for the green check mark and OA icons that appear next to accessible titles when searching across the platform. E-books are also available via the separate link to Project Muse E-Books .

Humanities Source: Over 1,500 full-text journals dating back to 1907.  Includes millions of records covering archaeology, art, communications, dance, film, folklore, history, journalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism, classical studies, area studies and gender studies. Should be included in any humanities search.


urnalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism, classical studies, area studies and gender studies. Should be included in any humanities search.Social Sciences Full Text: Provides access to English-language social science journals, including full text from 215 titles beginning in 1995 and indexing and abstracts of over 625 titles beginning in 1983, 400 of which are peer-reviewed. Subject coverage includes addiction studies, anthropology, community health & medical care, communications, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, international relations, law, mass media, minority studies, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, urban studies and more.

America: History & Life: Abstracts of articles covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. The database indexes 1,700 journals from 1964 to present and includes citations and links to book and media reviews.


, from prehistory to the present. The database indexes 1,700 journals from 1964 to present and includes citations and links to book and media reviews.New York Times Academic Pass: All of CUNY has access to the NYTimes Academic Pass. Anyone with a valid CUNY email address can sign up for free access to the NYTimes.com website and smartphone apps. Please see the full instructions for signing up.

New York Times Archive, 1851-2018: Actual page images from 1851 through 2018.  Following years are added annually. When the results of a search are displayed, you have three retrieval options:  1. bibliographic citation and abstract; 2. article image (retrieved with Adobe Acrobat Reader); 3. page map, displaying the entire page on which the article appears. For current access, see New York Times Academic Pass .


th Adobe Acrobat Reader); 3. page map, displaying the entire page on which the article appears. For current access, see New York Times Academic Pass .PAIS Index - International and Archive: Bibliographic citations from international sources including journals, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more, covering public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general from 1915 to the present.


reports, conference papers, web content, and more, covering public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general from 1915 to the present.Web of Science: Massive multidisciplinary index of scholarly publications, with especially strong coverage of the sciences and social sciences. Includes numerous sub-databases, most notably the Web of Science Core Collection, which provides cover-to-cover indexing of 21,000+ peer-reviewed journals. Includes citation data for publications, allowing searchers to identify highly cited articles, find citations to a given article/author, and track citations over time. Includes detailed author records and several unique search capabilities, such as the ability to search by author affiliation, grant number, or chemical structure. Also includes awarded grant information and associated publications.


Looking for a Specific Newspaper or Journal?:
GC Library Journal Search: Use the GC's Journal Search tool to check whether the library has access to a particular journal through our databases.

NYPL Journal Title Search: Select "Journal Title" from the drop down menu in the New York Public Library's Research Catalog to find specific newspapers, magazines, or other periodicals.

WorldCat Discovery: Use the Advanced search in WorldCat Discovery and select "Journal Source Phrase" under Source Index to find specific titles.


Newspaper Research Guides:
Newspaper Research Guides from the Library of Congress: Guides to and bibliographies of the Library of Congress's current and historical newspaper holdings in print, on microform, and online.

NYPL Guide - Major Microform Series of English and American Imprints: A research guide from the NYPL describing several of the major comprehensive microform series of English and American printed books, periodicals and newspapers.

NYPL Guide - Conducting Genealogical Research Using Newspapers: A comprehensive research guide from the New York Public Library that is useful for a wide range of topics, not just genealogy.

NYPL Bibliography - Jewish Division Current Periodicals: A spreadsheet arranged by title showing the NYPL's Jewish Division's current periodical holdings.


Researching Periodicals:
See the Background Reading and Directories, Lists, and Guides tabs in this guide for selected bibliographies on newspapers, magazines, and the alternative press. You'll also find links to directories of U.S. and international newspapers, research guides, and sample Library of Congress Subject Headings to help streamline catalog searches.


Getting Help:
There are many ways to get help from a librarian — choose the method that best suits your needs: In Person: Visit the reference desk (2nd floor of library) during reference hours . By Chat: Chat with an academic librarian 24/7 . If available, a CUNY librarian will answer your chat. By Email: Complete the question submission form and receive a reply by email during reference hours . By Phone: Call the reference desk at (212) 817-7077 during reference hours . By Appointment: Schedule a one-on-one research consultation by contacting your subject librarian .


Reference Sources for Newspaper Research:
Gale Ebooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library): Full text of over 1,800 reference works published by Gale, Brill Academic, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Greenwood, Sage, Salem Press, Wiley, and others. Titles include American Civil War Reference Library, Ancient Europe, 8000 BC to AD 1000, Encyclopedia of Aging, Encyclopedia of American Religions, Encyclopedia of Case Study Research, Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Magill's Survey of World Literature, Vietnam War Reference Library; World Education Encyclopedia.


America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Magill's Survey of World Literature, Vietnam War Reference Library; World Education Encyclopedia.NYC Newspapers in the Encyclopedia of New York City: The article on newspapers in the Encyclopedia of New York City provides a history and bibliography of the press in NYC.  It includes lists of 18th Century newspapers, daily newspapers arranged by date of first publication, foreign language papers, and more.


About this Guide:
Use this guide to find national and international, current and historical, alternative and mainstream newspapers, journals, and magazines. Linked resources include Graduate Center Library and New York Public Library databases, microfilm collections at the NYPL and the Center for Research Libraries, and digital collections from major research libraries and other reliable sources. Also included are links to helpful research guides from the New York Public Library and Library of Congress.


Current US Newspapers:  1980-present:
Ethnic NewsWatch (and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History): This resource contains full-text of over 500 newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press. Includes Ethnic NewsWatch , which covers 1990 to the present, and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History , which includes materials dating back to 1959 and provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989. Publications are in a wide variety of languages including English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Creole, Inuktitut, Russian, Hindi, Japanese, Arabic, and others.

Gale OneFile: News: Provides access to more than 3,000 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio, and TV broadcasts and transcripts.


and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio, and TV broadcasts and transcripts.General OneFile: Indexes over 14,000 periodicals, newspapers, reference books, and multimedia sources, along with over 200,000 images, 3,300 audio files, and thousands of videos. Includes full text from 8,070 publications.

Nexis Uni (previously LexisNexis): Nexis Uni is a full-text news, business, and legal database with sources from around the world, including local, regional, national, and international newspapers, scholarly journals, trade journals, and popular magazines, television and radio broadcasts, and newswires and blogs. Legal sources include federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790. Also contains business information on U.S. and international companies (see Dossier section) and patent data (see TotalPatent One section).

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siness information on U.S. and international companies (see Dossier section) and patent data (see TotalPatent One section).

Nexis Uni video tutorialsNew York State Newspapers: Now a part of Gale OneFile: News. Includes the following NY publications among thousands of others from around the world: New York magazine, New York Daily News, The New York Observer, New York Post, The New York Sun, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review New York Times Upfront, amNewYork, International New York Times, The Ticker, Our Town, WPIX-TV, Columbia Daily Spectator, Our Town Downtown, UN News Service, Washington Square News, and West Side Spirit. Use the Publication Search Tool to find specific titles.

New York Times: Multiple database options for accessing the NYT from 1851 to the present.

New York Times Academic Pass: All of CUNY has access to the NYTimes Academic Pass. Anyone with a valid CUNY email address can sign up for free access to the NYTimes.com website and smartphone apps. Please see the full instructions for signing up.


valid CUNY email address can sign up for free access to the NYTimes.com website and smartphone apps. Please see the full instructions for signing up.New Yorker Digital Archive (via NYPL login): The entire run of the New Yorker, in full text and full color, from 1925-present. Available at all NYPL locations and remotely with an NYPL library card.

PressReader (via NYPL login): Provides access to current newspapers and magazines published in the last 90 days, with many popular and international titles. Full-color, full-page format.


NYPL Newspaper Databases:
Through its Articles & Databases page, the New York Public Library provides access to numerous databases that contain newspapers and other periodicals.  Some are subscription resources available remotely with a library card, others are available on site at NYPL branch and/or research libraries, and others are open access resources available anywhere without a login.  Filtering the A-Z list for Newspapers and Historical News turns up over 120 databases that you can browse here .


Newspapers on Microfilm @ NYPL:
The Microforms Reading Room at NYPL's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (5th Ave & 42nd St) has a collection of national and international newspapers on microfilm. Titles can be found by searching the NYPL catalog or one of the pdf lists of microforms in the collection linked below.


More Digitized Newspapers and Magazines:
See the Digitized Texts page in our Beyond Wikipedia research guide for links to additional newspapers, magazines, books and other texts online, including the archive of Life Magazine , the Making of America sites from Cornell and the University of Michigan, The New Yorker Magazine archive, the Modernist Journals Project, and more. Many of the resources listed are open access.


Historical US Newspapers:
Accessible Archives: Full-text access to 18th and 19th century American newspapers, magazines, books, and other publications. Collections include African American newspapers, Civil War publications, anti-slavery periodicals, early women’s magazines, a collection of women’s suffrage periodicals, and publications by Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and more. Over 170 books and more than 70 journals are included.


tions by Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and more. Over 170 books and more than 70 journals are included.African American Historical Newspapers from ProQuest (NYPL database): This NYPL database is available to users onsite or remotely with a library card.  Includes African American historical newspapers from around the United States, such as the Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988), Chicago Defender (1910-1975), Cleveland Call and Post (1934-1991), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), Norfolk Journal and Guide (1921-2003), Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001), and Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002).


05), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), Norfolk Journal and Guide (1921-2003), Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001), and Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002).African American Newspapers, Series 1, 1827-1998, via NYPL: Please log in using your New York Public Library credentials! Online access to 280 U.S. newspapers from 35 states chronicling 150 years of African American history. Coverage includes life in the Antebellum South, the Jim Crow Era, the Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights movement, and more. This resource was created from the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society, Kansas State Historical Society, and the Library of Congress, with selections guided by James Danky, editor of African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: A National Bibliography .  Danky's Bibliography is also available in the Internet Archive .


ky, editor of African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: A National Bibliography .  Danky's Bibliography is also available in the Internet Archive .American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collections: A collection of over 7500 digitized American periodicals published from the 17th century through the late 19th century.  The Graduate Center subscribes to the five series which cover all aspects of American society, including science, medicine, literature, politics, the history of slavery, the Civil War, Westward expansion, industry and professions, agriculture, religion, fashion, family life, culture and the arts, and more.

American Periodicals (1740-1940) via NYPL: Please log in using your New York Public Library credentials! This database contains over 1,800 magazines, journals, and newspapers published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically significant titles.


interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically significant titles.America's Historical Newspapers: Searchable digital facsimiles of thousands of U.S. newspapers published in all 50 states from 1690 to the recent past.  Separately searchable series include Early American Newspapers, 1690-1922; African American Newspapers, 1827-1998; Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980; Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection, 1799-1971; and Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876. Also see the World Newspaper Archive


1808-1980; Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection, 1799-1971; and Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876. Also see the World Newspaper ArchiveBlack Thought and Culture: African Americans from Colonial Times to the Present: Over 100,000 pages of monographs, essays, speeches, letters, political leaflets, periodicals, trial transcripts, and interviews by major American Black teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other leaders, covering over 250 years of history. Writers include James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Ralph Bunche, Angela Davis, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Marcus Garvey, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, Huey Newton, Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson, Bobby Seale, Booker T. Washington, Cornel West, Richard Wright, and many others. Search across the collection or browse by person, subject, title, historical event, content type, place, or publisher.


ichard Wright, and many others. Search across the collection or browse by person, subject, title, historical event, content type, place, or publisher.Brooklyn Newspapers: Developed by the Brooklyn Public Library, this free resources provides access to the full-text of more than 40 newspapers published in Brooklyn from 1809 to 1999.  Papers include the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1841-1963), The Caravan (1953-1961), The Chat (1903-1929), and The Williamsburg News (1952-1965), among others.  Browse by title or date, or search across the archive.

Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Online Catalog: The Center for Research Libraries provides a shared collection of five million books, journals, documents and newspapers to supplement member libraries’ holdings in the humanities, science, and social sciences. With a strategic emphasis on expanding electronic access to international primary source collections, CRL participates in a number of cooperative digitization efforts, yielding millions of pages of digitized content to date. CRL resources include:


ons, CRL participates in a number of cooperative digitization efforts, yielding millions of pages of digitized content to date. CRL resources include:The largest circulating collection of newspapers in North America – more than 16,000 newspaper titles from all world regions and from every U.S. state – mainstream dailies, underground and alternative press titles, rare publications from international conflict zones, U.S. ethnic titles, early African-American newspapers, and radio broadcast reports and transcripts Foreign journals rarely held in U.S. libraries, with a focus on science and technology Access to rich holdings in science, technology, and engineering print serials through a partnership with the Linda Hall Library More than 800,000 non U.S. dissertations Area Studies: major collections of news, government documents, and archives from Africa, Latin America, Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Southeast and South Asia Millions of pages of primary source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.


ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.and international legal and government resources


he National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.and international legal and government resourcesChronicling America: Historic American Newspapers: This site from the Library of Congress includes a searchable directory containing information on more than 150,000 newspapers published in the U.S. since 1690.  It also includes searchable digitized images of 3,600 selected local and regional newspapers published from 1777 to 1963, including more than 20 New York papers.

Fulton Search: Historical Newspapers (U.S. & Canada): A searchable database of newspapers published in the U.S. and Canada.  Create an account to log in and search and see the Help & FAQs section for tips on using the site.  Fulton Search is an alternative search option for FultonHistory.com.  Users may also browse the list of newspapers .

HathiTrust Digital Library: Millions of books digitized by a variety of major research institutions. See this post for more information about public domain items available to all via HathiTrust .


digitized by a variety of major research institutions. See this post for more information about public domain items available to all via HathiTrust .Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980: Includes over 350 fully searchable and browsable Spanish-language newspapers published by Hispanics in the U.S. from New Orleans to Brooklyn during the 19th and 20th centuries. The papers cover nearly every major theme of American life and feature a range of voices from intellectuals and literary figures to politicians, union organizers, and grassroots activists.

Internet Archive: The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form with a mission to provide universal access to all knowledge. The archive contains tens of millions of books and texts, audio recordings, videos, images, and software programs, and 625 billion web pages.


owledge. The archive contains tens of millions of books and texts, audio recordings, videos, images, and software programs, and 625 billion web pages.Mexico - Periodicals in the US-Mexico Border Region: "Periodicals in the US-Mexico Border Region includes over 200+ Spanish, English, and bilingual publications. Archival materials come from print, microfilm and digital collections housed at the University of Houston’s Recovery Program."

New York City Record, 1873-1947: The City Record is has been published daily in NYC since 1873 and includes "official listings of more than 100 city agencies and departments about public hearings, meetings, property auctions, agency rules, personnel changes and contracts to be awarded" as noted in a profile article in the New York TImes .   Browse or search across PDFs of every issue published between 1873-1947.


tracts to be awarded" as noted in a profile article in the New York TImes .   Browse or search across PDFs of every issue published between 1873-1947.Newspapers.com via NYPL: Please log in using your New York Public Library credentials! Newspapers.com is an online newspaper archive consisting of millions of pages of historical newspapers from around the United States and beyond, with a special focus on full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional, and state titles in addition to small local newspapers. The collection includes a broad range of dates, mostly covering the 19th and 20th centuries. Access to this resource has been temporarily expanded to NYPL cardholders working from home, courtesy of ProQuest and its partner Newspapers.com.

New York City Newspapers: See the "Newspapers" article in the 1995 edition of the Encyclopedia of New York City for a history of newspapers in New York and lists of 18th Century newspapers, daily newspapers, and foreign-language newspapers published in NYC, organized by date of first publication.


York and lists of 18th Century newspapers, daily newspapers, and foreign-language newspapers published in NYC, organized by date of first publication.New York City Newspapers at the NYPL: Provides an overview of the NYPL's collection of New York City newspapers and facilitates access to the most frequently requested titles.

New York State Historic Newspapers: Over 11 million pages from newspapers published in New York State between 1725 and 2020. The newspapers on the website are either in the public domain (any papers published before January 1, 1924) or have been cleared for use by the original copyright holders for members of the public for noncommercial, educational, and research purposes.

New York Times Archive, 1851-2018: Actual page images from 1851 through 2018.  Following years are added annually. When the results of a search are displayed, you have three retrieval options:  1. bibliographic citation and abstract; 2. article image (retrieved with Adobe Acrobat Reader); 3. page map, displaying the entire page on which the article appears. For current access, see New York Times Academic Pass .


Current International Newspapers:  1980-present:
Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Online Catalog: The Center for Research Libraries provides a shared collection of five million books, journals, documents and newspapers to supplement member libraries’ holdings in the humanities, science, and social sciences. With a strategic emphasis on expanding electronic access to international primary source collections, CRL participates in a number of cooperative digitization efforts, yielding millions of pages of digitized content to date. CRL resources include:


he National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.and international legal and government resourcesGale OneFile: News: Provides access to more than 3,000 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio, and TV broadcasts and transcripts.

Nexis Uni (previously LexisNexis): Nexis Uni is a full-text news, business, and legal database with sources from around the world, including local, regional, national, and international newspapers, scholarly journals, trade journals, and popular magazines, television and radio broadcasts, and newswires and blogs. Legal sources include federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790. Also contains business information on U.S. and international companies (see Dossier section) and patent data (see TotalPatent One section).

Nexis Uni video tutorials


siness information on U.S. and international companies (see Dossier section) and patent data (see TotalPatent One section).

Nexis Uni video tutorialsNew York Public Library - International Newspapers Databases: The New York Public Library subscribes to many databases containing international newspapers. Some may be accessible remotely with an NYPL library card while others may only be accessed on site. Click on the "databases" tab to see a list of resources.

People's Daily Online: The People's Daily is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Provides full-text coverage of daily issues between 1946 to 2005.

World-Newspapers.com: A free online resource listing newspapers, magazines, and news sites from around the world, including the U.S., in English.  Also includes several world news services and providers. Organized by country and region.


Looking for a Specific Newspaper or Journal?:
GC Library Journal Search: Use the GC's Journal Search tool to check whether the library has access to a particular journal through our databases.

NYPL Journal Title Search: Select "Journal Title" from the drop down menu in the New York Public Library's Research Catalog to find specific newspapers, magazines, or other periodicals.

WorldCat Discovery: Use the Advanced search in WorldCat Discovery and select "Journal Source Phrase" under Source Index to find specific titles.


NYPL International Newspapers:
New York Public Library International Newspaper Databases: The New York Public Library subscribes to many databases containing international newspapers. Some may be accessible remotely with an NYPL library card while others may only be accessed on site. Click on the "databases" tab to see a list of resources.

New York Public Library - General Newspaper Resources: Through its Articles & Databases page, the NYPL provides access to numerous databases that contain newspapers and other periodicals.  Some are subscription resources available remotely with a library card, others are available on site at NYPL branch and/or research libraries, and others are open access resources available anywhere without a login.  Searching on the word newspapers turns up more than 160  resources that can be filtered further by subject or availability.


Historical International Newspapers:
African Newspapers, 1800-1922: Searchable 19th and early 20th century newspapers from Africa including titles from Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. These newspapers chronicle the evolution of Africa through eyewitness reporting, editorials, legislative information, letters, poetry, advertisements, obituaries and other items. Part of the World Newspaper Archive .

Brazilian Digital Newspapers and Periodicals Library: A portal from Brazil's National Library that allows access to digitized periodicals, magazines, yearbooks, bulletins and serial publications.

The British Newspaper Archive: Access hundreds of historic newspapers from all over Britain and Ireland. Search across the collection or browse by Date, Country, Region, County, or Place.


hundreds of historic newspapers from all over Britain and Ireland. Search across the collection or browse by Date, Country, Region, County, or Place.Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876: Fully searchable collection of 18th and 19th century Caribbean newspapers digitized from the American Antiquarian Society's collections. Includes more than 140 titles from 22 islands, providing primary source content on colonial history, the Atlantic slave trade, international commerce, and New World slavery. The newspapers chronicle the region’s evolution across two centuries through eyewitness reporting, editorials, legislative information, letters, poetry, advertisements, obituaries and other news items.


oss two centuries through eyewitness reporting, editorials, legislative information, letters, poetry, advertisements, obituaries and other news items.Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Online Catalog: The Center for Research Libraries provides a shared collection of five million books, journals, documents and newspapers to supplement member libraries’ holdings in the humanities, science, and social sciences. With a strategic emphasis on expanding electronic access to international primary source collections, CRL participates in a number of cooperative digitization efforts, yielding millions of pages of digitized content to date. CRL resources include:


he National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.and international legal and government resourcesDaily Observer Digital Archive: This is a comprehensive archive of the Daily Observer , Liberia’s best-known, independent, national newspaper, published in English. The Daily Observer , founded in 1981, is notable for its coverage of the modern history of Liberia—including the Liberian Civil War and through its current phase of development.

El Mundo Digital Archive: This is an archive of El Mundo, a conservative newspaper from Puerto Rico. Key topics covered by the newspaper include industrialization of Puerto Rican society, the Great Depression, territorial relations with the United States including citizenship and activities of independence movements such as the Macheteros and FALN, the rise of the Popular Democratic Party, the Ponce massacre, the Ley de la Mordaza (Gag Law) and more. The publication was founded in 1919 and ceased publication permanently in 1990.


c Party, the Ponce massacre, the Ley de la Mordaza (Gag Law) and more. The publication was founded in 1919 and ceased publication permanently in 1990.Ethnic NewsWatch (and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History): This resource contains full-text of over 500 newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press. Includes Ethnic NewsWatch , which covers 1990 to the present, and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History , which includes materials dating back to 1959 and provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989. Publications are in a wide variety of languages including English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Creole, Inuktitut, Russian, Hindi, Japanese, Arabic, and others.

Imperial Russian Newspapers: The collection chronicles 189 years of Russian history through out-of-copyright newspapers spanning the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The collection includes 33 publications, with core titles from Moscow and St. Petersburg, complemented by regional newspapers across the Russian Empire.


e collection includes 33 publications, with core titles from Moscow and St. Petersburg, complemented by regional newspapers across the Russian Empire.Independent and Revolutionary Mexican Newspapers: The collection includes more than 56,000 issues of nearly 1,000 newspaper titles from Mexico’s pre-independence, independence and revolutionary periods (1807-1929). These newspapers provide rare documentation of the dramatic events of this era and include coverage of Mexican partisan politics, yellow press, political and social satire, along with local, regional, national, and international news.

Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers: The collection provides researchers a richly comprehensive perspective on Chinese life, culture, and politics throughout the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, the years of provisional government and civil war, and the birth of the People’s Republic in 1949. It consists of 292 newspapers published between 1911 and 1949.


f provisional government and civil war, and the birth of the People’s Republic in 1949. It consists of 292 newspapers published between 1911 and 1949.Latin American Newspapers, Series 1 and 2, 1805-1922, via NYPL: Access to nearly 400 newspapers published between 1805 and 1922 in more than 20 countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. These papers chronicle the evolution of Latin America over two centuries through eyewitness reporting, editorials, legislative information, letters, poetry, advertisements, obituaries and other items. Part of the World Newspaper Archive


tness reporting, editorials, legislative information, letters, poetry, advertisements, obituaries and other items. Part of the World Newspaper ArchiveMiddle Eastern and North African Newspapers: The Middle Eastern & North African Newspapers collection includes publications from across this dynamic region, providing unique insights into the history of individual countries, as well as broad viewpoints on key historic events from the late nineteenth century through the present. Key topics include the decline of colonialism, the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Suez Crisis, the Cold War, the rise of the petroleum industry, twentieth-century pan-Arab movements, both World Wars, the establishment of the state of Israel, the Iran-Iraq War, and the recent Arab Spring. Content is predominantly in Arabic but also includes key titles in English and French.


state of Israel, the Iran-Iraq War, and the recent Arab Spring. Content is predominantly in Arabic but also includes key titles in English and French.Nineteenth (19th) Century British Newspapers: The GC’s subscription includes Parts I and II, comprised of 69 titles published between 1800 and 1900, selected by the British Library to best represent 19th century Britain. Includes national and regional newspapers, as well as those from both established country or university towns and the industrial powerhouses of the manufacturing Midlands, as well as Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Also includes newspapers that helped lead particular political or social movements such as Reform, Chartism, and Home Rule. The penny papers aimed at the working and clerical classes are also present.

Rand Daily Mail, 1902-1985: The Rand Daily Mail, a Johannesburg daily, is a critically important title that pioneered popular journalism in South Africa. It is renowned today for being the first newspaper to openly oppose apartheid and contribute to its downfall. This is a complete, fully searchable digital edition featuring every page of every issue.


r to openly oppose apartheid and contribute to its downfall. This is a complete, fully searchable digital edition featuring every page of every issue.Seventeenth-Eighteenth (17th-18th) Century Burney Collection Newspapers: The newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) represent the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media. The present digital collection, charting the development of the concept of news, newspapers, and the free press, totals almost one-million pages and contains approximately 1,270 titles.

South Asia Open Archives (SAOA): South Asia Open Archives is a free open-access resource containing historical and contemporary sources from and about South Asia, in English and other languages of the region. SAOA includes hundreds of thousands of pages of books, journals, newspapers, census data, magazines, and documents, with particular focus on social and economic history, literature, women and gender, and caste and social structure.


us data, magazines, and documents, with particular focus on social and economic history, literature, women and gender, and caste and social structure.SAOA is maintained by a consortium of 26 member research libraries in South Asia and around the world. Hosted by the Center for Research Libraries and working in collaboration with the South Asia Materials Project, SAOA is presented online through JSTOR.

South Asian Newspapers: The collection covers several countries, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan), India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, and features multiple languages such as Bengali, Dari, English, Nepali, and more. With titles and issues dating as far back as the 1850s, the collection provides coverage and perspectives on major regional and global events of the 19th and 20th centuries.


dating as far back as the 1850s, the collection provides coverage and perspectives on major regional and global events of the 19th and 20th centuries.South Asian Newsppers - NYPL Database: This NYPL database provides online access to a select group of South Asian newspapers from the 19th and early 20th centuries.  This resource is part of the NYPL's subscription to the World Newspaper Archive and does not overlap the GC's South Asian Newspapers database from CRL.  Requires NYPL login.

South Asian Newspapers: Provides online access to a select group of South Asian newspapers from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Part of the World Newspaper Archive .

Digital South Asia Library: The Digital South Asia Library provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia. The Library includes: images, maps, statistics, books, journals, and more.


ibrary provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia. The Library includes: images, maps, statistics, books, journals, and more.Southeast Asian Newspapers: The collection covers several countries from the region, including Myanmar (formerly Burma), Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, and features multiple languages such as Dutch, English, French, Javanese, Spanish, and Vietnamese. The collection includes 129 titles and incorporates coverage and perspectives on major regional and global events of the late 19th and 20th centuries.

World Newspaper Archive, 1800-1922: World Newspaper Archive includes historical newspapers published in Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and the United States, created in partnership with the Center for Research Libraries.

World Newspaper Archive, 1800-1922 - NYPL Database: This NYPL database includes historical newspapers published in Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and the United States.  NYPL Login required.


Alt Press Center:
Alternative Press Center: Founded in 1969, the APC is a non-profit collective dedicated to providing access to and increasing public awareness of the alternative press.  Use the Online Directory to identify current print and online publications by subject.


Current Periodicals (Selections):
Alternative Press Index: The API indexes over 300 alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines from 1991 to the present. International and interdisciplinary in scope, the API spans the social sciences and humanities with a focus on the practice and theory of socialism, national liberation, labor, indigenous peoples, LGBTQ issues, feminism, ecology, democracy, and anarchism.

Alternet.org: "AlterNet’s aim is to inspire action and advocacy on the environment, human rights and civil liberties, social justice, media, health care issues, and more. "

The Appeal: "[W]e produce original journalism about criminal justice that engages the public and holds officials to account. We focus on the most significant drivers of mass incarceration, which occur at the state and local level. ... We draw on deep expertise to expose the human impact of our most routine criminal justice practices."


n, which occur at the state and local level. ... We draw on deep expertise to expose the human impact of our most routine criminal justice practices."Capitol Hill Citizen: A print-only monthly English-language newspaper founded in 2022 by consumer advocate Ralph Nader.  The paper, which covers Congress and legislative affairs, and whose motto is "Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight," is available by mail for a donation of $5. Read about it in The Nation .

Common Dreams: "Breaking news and views for the progressive community." International in scope, coverage includes climate, the environment, war and peace, the economy, and rights.


and views for the progressive community." International in scope, coverage includes climate, the environment, war and peace, the economy, and rights.Contemporary Women's Issues: A multidisciplinary, full-text database that brings together content from mainstream periodicals, gray literature, and the alternative press, with a focus on the critical issues and events that influence women's lives in more than 190 countries. Contemporary Women's Issues includes English-language titles from East and West Africa, Asia, and South and Central America, the Caribbean, North America and Europe. It also includes hard-to-find newsletters and NGO research reports, plus ephemeral literature from leading research institutes and grass roots organizations that is rarely indexed or cataloged.

Current Affairs: "A bimonthly print magazine of culture, politics, and the absurd" with content online.

Democracy Now!: A daily independent international news program.  Browse the A-Z list of topics to find resources and reporting on important current events.


racy Now!: A daily independent international news program.  Browse the A-Z list of topics to find resources and reporting on important current events.Ethnic NewsWatch (and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History): This resource contains full-text of over 500 newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press. Includes Ethnic NewsWatch , which covers 1990 to the present, and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History , which includes materials dating back to 1959 and provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989. Publications are in a wide variety of languages including English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Creole, Inuktitut, Russian, Hindi, Japanese, Arabic, and others.


ns are in a wide variety of languages including English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Creole, Inuktitut, Russian, Hindi, Japanese, Arabic, and others.Holt Labor Library at CSU Dominguez Hills: The California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Gerth Archives and Special Collections has acquired the vast Hold Labor Library and archives, which includes include a complete run of The Black Panther newspaper, the civil rights publication Freedomways , La Raza , and early 20th century labor periodicals such as The Liberator , the Marxist magazine New Masses , and Western Worker , published by the Communist Party in San Francisco.

In These Times: Founded in 1976, this "independent, nonprofit magazine, is dedicated to advancing democracy and economic justice, informing movements for a more humane world, and providing an accessible forum for debate about the policies that shape our future."

The Intercept: "[A]n award-winning news organization that covers national security, politics, civil liberties, the environment, international affairs, technology, criminal justice, the media, and more."


that covers national security, politics, civil liberties, the environment, international affairs, technology, criminal justice, the media, and more."The Indypendent: A New York City-based free newspaper and online news site.  Published in print 13 times a year on Mondays, and updated daily online.

Jacobin: "Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture."

Left Index: Guide to the literature of the left, with an emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. Topics covered include art and aesthetics, ecology and environment, education, history, the labor movement, law and globalization, philosophy, race and ethnicity, social and cultural theory, and sociology. Includes more than 507,000 citations and abstracts (with some full text) and spans from 1982 and earlier to present.


d cultural theory, and sociology. Includes more than 507,000 citations and abstracts (with some full text) and spans from 1982 and earlier to present.LGBTQ+ Source: Full text from over 150 LGBTQi (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Intersex) journals, magazines, and newspapers and over 150 books. The database includes comprehensive indexing and abstract coverage as well as a specialized LGBTQ+ Thesaurus containing over 10,000 terms.

Mother Jones: A nonprofit news outlet reporting on the urgent issues of the day, "from politics and climate change to education and the food we eat."

The Nation: 150 year old independent weekly magazine covering politics, world news, books and arts, the economy, the environment, activism, and society. Issues of The Nation from 1975 to the present are available electronically at the GC.  Also see The Nation's website for additional content.

ProPublica: "An independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest."


on's website for additional content.

ProPublica: "An independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest."Rappler: "Through cutting-edge stories, conversations, and collaboration, Rappler aims to speak truth to power and build communities of action for a better world."

Unicorn Riot - Your Alternative Media: "Unicorn Riot is a decentralized, educational 501(c)(3) non-profit media organization of artists and journalists. Our work is dedicated to exposing root causes of dynamic social and environmental issues through amplifying stories and exploring sustainable alternatives in today’s globalized world."


Historical Alternative Periodicals (Selections):
American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020: Voices from the Inside: American Prison Newspapers brings together hundreds of newspapers published within prisons by incarcerated people over the past 200 years. When complete, the collection will contain newspapers from prisons in every state, representing penal institutions of all kinds, including women-only institutions.

Communist Historical Newspaper Collection via NYPL: Please log in using your New York Public Library credentials! The collection provides full-text access to major American communist newspapers: The Daily Worker (1924-1958); The Ohio Socialist (1917-1919); People's Daily World (1986-1990); People's Weekly World (1990-2013); Sunday Worker (1936-1958); The Toiler (1919-1922); The Worker (1922-1924); The Worker (1958-1968).


rld (1986-1990); People's Weekly World (1990-2013); Sunday Worker (1936-1958); The Toiler (1919-1922); The Worker (1922-1924); The Worker (1958-1968).Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection, 1799-1971: More than 130 fully searchable newspapers in 10 languages from 25 states, including many rare 19th-century titles. This online collection provides extensive coverage of many of the most influential ethnic groups in the U.S. and their contributions to the nation’s history, politics, and culture.

Ethnic NewsWatch (and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History): This resource contains full-text of over 500 newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press. Includes Ethnic NewsWatch , which covers 1990 to the present, and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History , which includes materials dating back to 1959 and provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989. Publications are in a wide variety of languages including English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Creole, Inuktitut, Russian, Hindi, Japanese, Arabic, and others.


ns are in a wide variety of languages including English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Creole, Inuktitut, Russian, Hindi, Japanese, Arabic, and others.I.F. Stone's Weekly: All issues of I.F. Stone's Weekly published between January 17, 1953 and December 1, 1971 are available online in pdf from the Official Website of I.F. Stone.  Annual subject indexes in pdf accompany each volume and are available from the Search Page of the website.

Independent Voices: "Independent Voices is an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century."


wer advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century."Internet Archive: The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form with a mission to provide universal access to all knowledge. The archive contains tens of millions of books and texts, audio recordings, videos, images, and software programs, and 625 billion web pages.

Labor Research Review: "To a generation of trade union scholars and activists, Labor Research Review was a central forum for analysis, criticism, and strategic thinking on the American labor movement in the late 20th century.  Coverage spans 1982 to 1996."

Leftist Newspapers and Periodicals via NYPL: Please log in using your New York Public Library credentials! The database is a collection of 156 newspapers and periodicals supporting the ideology of communism, most published in the United States. Dates range from 1845 through 2015, with most coverage in the early 20th century.


ting the ideology of communism, most published in the United States. Dates range from 1845 through 2015, with most coverage in the early 20th century.LGBTQ+ Source: Full text from over 150 LGBTQi (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Intersex) journals, magazines, and newspapers and over 150 books. The database includes comprehensive indexing and abstract coverage as well as a specialized LGBTQ+ Thesaurus containing over 10,000 terms.

Liberation News Service: The LNS was founded in 1967 and served an alternative to the mainstream media by producing weekly news packets for counter-culture and New Left periodicals. The LNS is currently digitizing all of their news packets, which went out to hundreds of periodicals serving millions of readers, and making them available via pdf via this website.


all of their news packets, which went out to hundreds of periodicals serving millions of readers, and making them available via pdf via this website.Marxists Internet Archive Periodicals: This freely available web resource contains a list and glossary of Marxist periodicals. Access varies by title but may include a list of issues published, table of contents, subject index, issues in pdf, or full text. Some covers are reproduced. Titles include American Socialist (1956-1959), Anvil (1952-1960), The Call (London, 1916-1920), Clarion (London, 1991-1894), Student Partisan (New York 1934-1953), The Militant (1928-1934), Southern Worker (1930-1937), Western Worker (1932-1933), International Socialist Review (1901-1918), and others. Click on the "See Archive" links after glossary entries to access content. See the Newspapers, Magazines, and Journals section of the U.S.A. History Archive page on marxists.org for a list of digital holdings.


access content. See the Newspapers, Magazines, and Journals section of the U.S.A. History Archive page on marxists.org for a list of digital holdings.Modernist Journals Project: A web-based resource for the study of modernism.  Includes a rich and growing collection of cover-to-cover digital editions of modern books and periodicals (ca. 1890-1922) and a biographical database of authors and artists.  Publications include Masses (1911-1917), The Freewoman (1911-1912), and The Crisis (1910-1922).

Student Activism: A collection of primary sources from the 20th and early 21st century representing the voices of students across a range of protests, political actions, and equal-rights advocacy. When complete, the collection will contain approximately 75,000 pages drawn from libraries and archives around the country and include circulars, leaflets, fliers, pamphlets, newsletters, campaign materials, protest literature, clippings, periodicals, bulletins, letters, and press releases, along with ephemera and meeting, demonstration, conference, and event documentation covering a wide range of political viewpoints.


and press releases, along with ephemera and meeting, demonstration, conference, and event documentation covering a wide range of political viewpoints.Trotskyist Publications from the Marxists Internet Archive: A collection of more than 50 Trotskyist publications ranging from The Militant (1928-) to Socialist Appeal (1935-1937) to Workers Vanguard (1971-).  Includes links to pdfs of complete issues or transcriptions of issues, as well as links to indexes where available.


Looking for a Specific Newspaper or Journal?:
GC Library Journal Search: Use the GC's Journal Search tool to check whether the library has access to a particular journal through our databases.

NYPL Journal Title Search: Select "Journal Title" from the drop down menu in the New York Public Library's Research Catalog to find specific newspapers, magazines, or other periodicals.

WorldCat Discovery: Use the Advanced search in WorldCat Discovery and select "Journal Source Phrase" under Source Index to find specific titles.


Directories & Lists:
U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-present: This directory from the Library of Congress lists newspapers published in the United States since 1690 can help identify what titles exist for a specific place and time, and how to access them.

Center for Research Libraries - Newspapers: The largest circulating collection of newspapers in North America. The Graduate Center is a member library and users have access to their collections of periodicals, books, and documents.

History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820: including additions and corrections, 1961: Available in the GC Library reference collection. Volumes 1 and 2 of the 1947 edition are available to borrow from the Internet Archive .

International Newspapers in English: Links to English language online newspapers and news outlets from around the world.


from the Internet Archive .

International Newspapers in English: Links to English language online newspapers and news outlets from around the world.Newspaper Indexes, Archives & Morgues: A list maintained by the Library of Congress containing links to national and international newspaper archives and indexes available online.

Online Newspapers by Country: Thouands of newspapers listed by country and region.

Serials Directory: Full bibliographic information and contact details for nearly 250,000 U.S. and international periodicals. Entries include indexing and abstracting information showing database coverage, ISSNs, publication frequency, title changes, Library of Congress classification, and more.

Undergrounds: A Union List of Alternative Periodicals in Libraries of the United States and Canada: A clasic bibliography compiled by James Danky.  State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1974.  Available to borrow from the Internet Archive.

Wikipedia List of Newspapers in the U.S.: Handy lists of newspapers by circulation, longest running, state and territory, specialty, defunct, etc.


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Wikipedia List of Newspapers in the U.S.: Handy lists of newspapers by circulation, longest running, state and territory, specialty, defunct, etc.Wikipedia List of Online Newspaper Archives (International): List of online newspaper archives and some magazines and journals from around the world. Includes both free and pay wall blocked digital archives

Rowell's American Newspaper Directory (1869-1925): "Containing a description of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland, and of the towns and cities in which they are published, together with a statement or estimate of the average number of copies printed by each publication catalogued."


Catalog Search:
The following are sample subject headings to help you find periodicals and bibliographies of periodicals in WorldCat , OneSearch , and other library catalogs. Black power -- United States -- Periodicals Feminism -- Periodicals -- bibliography [your subject -- newspapers -- bibliography] To find Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) for other topics, search the Library of Congress Subject Authorities . Another way to find periodicals on a subject is to search a library catalog for the title of a periodical you know and then click on the subject indexing in the catalog record to find other periodicals indexed under the same subject heading


Newspaper & Magazine Indexes - Selections:
Fiction Index: A website divided into three sections that (1) document all known fiction magazines; (2) provide an interface to all the key magazine indexes; and (3) list bibliographies of single authors.  The site covers all genres of fiction.

Magazine Art: A visual encyclopedia of American magazine art, 1870-1940. Includes over sixteen thousand magazine covers and ads and indexes to general and pulp magazines, and advertising art.

New York Daily Tribune Index for 1875-1906: Reprint of the original edition published in New York by The Tribune Association from 1876-1907.


Research Guides:
Library of Congress Periodical Collections: Gateway to the LOC's vast collections of newspapers and periodicals. Access the Chronicling Amerca project of historic newspapers, the online National Newspaper Directory, research guides, bibliographies, and collections of newspapers and periodicals in print, on microform, and online.

New York City Newspapers at the NYPL: Provides an overview of the NYPL's collection of New York City newspapers and facilitates access to the most frequently requested titles.

NYPL Guide - Newspapers in Genealogy & Local History Research: A research guide from the New York Public Library useful for a wide range of topics, not just genealogy. See the Access tab for information on finding titles in their collections and online.

NYPL Bibliography - Jewish Division Current Periodicals: A spreadsheet arranged by title showing the NYPL's Jewish Division's current periodical holdings.


Bibliography - Jewish Division Current Periodicals: A spreadsheet arranged by title showing the NYPL's Jewish Division's current periodical holdings.NYPL International Newspaper Databases: The New York Public Library subscribes to many databases containing international newspapers. Some may be accessible remotely with an NYPL library card while others may only be accessed on site. Click on the "databases" tab to see a list of resources.


New York City Newspapers:
See the "Newspapers" article in the 1995 edition of the Encyclopedia of New York City for a history of newspapers in New York and lists of 18th Century newspapers, daily newspapers, and foreign-language newspapers published in NYC, organized by date of first publication.


Sample Subject Headings:
Try the subject headings below to find books about the press. African American press -- History American periodicals -- History Anarchism -- Periodicals -- Bibliography Community newspapers -- United States -- History Journalism -- United States -- History Newspapers -- History Press and politics -- United States -- History Radicalism -- Periodicals -- History Right and left (Political science) -- Periodicals -- Bibliography Socialism -- Periodicals -- History


Background Reading in Gale eBooks:
Gale Ebooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library): Full text of over 1,800 reference works published by Gale, Brill Academic, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Greenwood, Sage, Salem Press, Wiley, and others. Titles include American Civil War Reference Library, Ancient Europe, 8000 BC to AD 1000, Encyclopedia of Aging, Encyclopedia of American Religions, Encyclopedia of Case Study Research, Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Magill's Survey of World Literature, Vietnam War Reference Library; World Education Encyclopedia.


Background Reading on Newspapers and Magazines - Selected Bibliography:


Background Reading on Newspapers and Magazines - Selected Bibliography:Background Reading on Newspapers and Magazines - Selected Bibliography:Following is a selected bibliography of books on the history of newspapers and magazines in the U.S.  To find additional sources, try a library catalog search using the subject headings in the boxes to the left.  Links will take you to records for the books in CUNY's OneSearch or WorldCat Discovery . Brigham, Clarence S. History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820: Including Additions and Corrections, 1961. Hamden [Connecticut: Archon Books, 1962. Danky, James Philip, and Maureen E. Hady. African-American Newspapers and Periodicals : a National Bibliography . Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1998. Gardner, Jared. The Rise and Fall of Early American Magazine Culture . University of Illinois Press, 2012. Haveman, Heather A. Magazines and the Making of America: Modernization, Community, and Print Culture, 1741-1860 . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015 . Mott, Frank Luther. A History of American Magazines.


nization, Community, and Print Culture, 1741-1860 . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015 . Mott, Frank Luther. A History of American Magazines.nization, Community, and Print Culture, 1741-1860 . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015 . Mott, Frank Luther. A History of American Magazines.nization, Community, and Print Culture, 1741-1860 . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015 . Mott, Frank Luther. A History of American Magazines.Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1957 . The five volume set is available both in print at the Mina Rees Library and online. See the OneSearch catalog record for details.Volume V contains a cumulative index. Mott, Frank Luther. American Journalism: A History, 1690-1960. 3d ed. New York: Macmillan, 1962. Rhodes, Leara. The Ethnic Press: Shaping the American Dream . New York: Peter Lang, 2010. Risley, Ford. Abolition and the Press: The Moral Struggle against Slavery . Visions of the American Press. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 2008. Rooks, Noliwe M. Ladies' Pages: African American Women's Magazines and the Culture That Made Them. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2004. Also available as a print book . Sachsman, David B., Rushing, S. Kittrell, and Morris, Roy. Seeking a Voice : Images of Race and Gender in the 19th Century Press . West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, 2009. Salmon, Lucy Maynard.


oy. Seeking a Voice : Images of Race and Gender in the 19th Century Press . West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, 2009. Salmon, Lucy Maynard.oy. Seeking a Voice : Images of Race and Gender in the 19th Century Press . West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, 2009. Salmon, Lucy Maynard.oy. Seeking a Voice : Images of Race and Gender in the 19th Century Press . West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, 2009. Salmon, Lucy Maynard.The Newspaper and the Historian . New York: Octagon Books, 1976. E-book available to borrow in the Internet Archive . Scher, Abby, et al. Many Voices, One City: The IPA Guide to the Ethnic Press of New York City . Independent Press Association, 2001. Shaw, Matthew J. An Inky Business : A History of Newspapers from the English Civil Wars to the American Civil War . London: Reaktion Books, Limited, 2021. Susca, Margot. Hedged : How Private Investment Funds Helped Destroy American Newspapers and Undermine Democracy . Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2023. Sumner, David E. The Magazine Century: American Magazines Since 1900 . Mediating American History; v. 9. New York: Peter Lang, 2010. Vincent, Theodore G., ed. Voices of a Black Nation : Political Journalism in the Harlem Renaissance . Trenton, N.J: Africa World Press, 1990. Washburn, Patrick Scott., and Medill School of Journalism. The African American Newspaper : Voice of Freedom . Visions of the American Press.


s, 1990. Washburn, Patrick Scott., and Medill School of Journalism. The African American Newspaper : Voice of Freedom . Visions of the American Press.s, 1990. Washburn, Patrick Scott., and Medill School of Journalism. The African American Newspaper : Voice of Freedom . Visions of the American Press.s, 1990. Washburn, Patrick Scott., and Medill School of Journalism. The African American Newspaper : Voice of Freedom . Visions of the American Press.Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2006. Welky, David. Everything Was Better in America: Print Culture in the Great Depression . University of Illinois Press, 2008.


Background Reading on The Alternative Press -- Selected Bibliography:


Background Reading on The Alternative Press -- Selected Bibliography:Background Reading on The Alternative Press -- Selected Bibliography:Following is a selected bibliography of books on the alternative press.  To find additional sources, try a library catalog search using the subject headings in the box to the left.  Links will take you to records for the books in CUNY's OneSearch or WorldCat Discovery . Baughman, et al. Protest on the Page : Essays on Print and the Culture of Dissent since 1865 . 2015. Also available in print . Conlin, Joseph Robert. The American Radical Press, 1880-1960. Greenwood Press, 1974 . Duncan, Brad. Finally Got the News: The Printed Legacy of the U.S. Radical Left, 1970-1979 . Brooklyn, NY: Common Notions, 2017. Hoerder, Dirk., and Harzig, Christiane. The Immigrant Labor Press in North America, 1840s-1970s : An Annotated Bibliography . Greenwood Press, 1987. Kaplan, Geoff. Power to the People: The Graphic Design of the Radical Press and the Rise of the Counter-Culture, 1964-1974 . 2013. Kessler, Lauren. The Dissident Press: Alternative Journalism in American History. Sage Publications, 1984.


e of the Counter-Culture, 1964-1974 . 2013. Kessler, Lauren. The Dissident Press: Alternative Journalism in American History. Sage Publications, 1984.e of the Counter-Culture, 1964-1974 . 2013. Kessler, Lauren. The Dissident Press: Alternative Journalism in American History. Sage Publications, 1984.e of the Counter-Culture, 1964-1974 . 2013. Kessler, Lauren. The Dissident Press: Alternative Journalism in American History. Sage Publications, 1984.Longa, Ernesto A. Anarchist Periodicals in English Published in the United States (1833-1955): An Annotated Guide . Scarecrow Press, 2010. Lumsden, Linda J. Black, White, and Red All Over: A Cultural History of the Radical Press in Its Heyday, 1900–1917. The Kent State University Press, 2014. McMillian, John Campbell. Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America. Oxford University Press, 2011. Ostertag, Bob. People's Movements, People's Press: The Journalism of Social Justice Movements . Beacon Press, 2006. Phillips, Peter. Project Censored Guide to Independent Media and Activism . New York: Seven Stories Press, 2003. Skidmore, Gail., et al. From Radical Left to Extreme Right: A Bibliography of Current Periodicals of Protest, Controversy, Advocacy, or Dissent, with Dispassionate Content-Summaries to Guide Librarians and Other Educators. 3rd ed., completely rev. / by Gail Skidmore and Theodore Jurgen Spahn.. ed., Scarecrow Press, 1987.


Summaries to Guide Librarians and Other Educators. 3rd ed., completely rev. / by Gail Skidmore and Theodore Jurgen Spahn.. ed., Scarecrow Press, 1987.Summaries to Guide Librarians and Other Educators. 3rd ed., completely rev. / by Gail Skidmore and Theodore Jurgen Spahn.. ed., Scarecrow Press, 1987.Summaries to Guide Librarians and Other Educators. 3rd ed., completely rev. / by Gail Skidmore and Theodore Jurgen Spahn.. ed., Scarecrow Press, 1987.Streitmatter, Rodger. Voices of Revolution: The Dissident Press in America . Columbia University Press, 2001. Wilcox, Laird M. Guide to the American Left: Directory and Bibliography. Editorial Research Service, 1986. Wilcox, Laird M. Guide to the American Right: Directory and Bibliography . Editorial Research Service, 1986.


Newspaper & Magazine Indexes - Selections:


Newspaper & Magazine Indexes - Selections:Newspaper & Magazine Indexes - Selections:U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-present - This directory from the Library of Congress lists newspapers published in the United States since 1690 can help identify what titles exist for a specific place and time, and how to access them. Center for Research Libraries - The largest circulating collection of newspapers in North America. The Graduate Center is a member library and users have access to their collections of periodicals, books, and documents. Newspaper Indexes, Archives, and Morgues - A list maintained by the Library of Congress containing links to national and international newspaper archives and indexes available online. Fiction Index - A website divided into three sections that (1) document all known fiction magazines; (2) provide an interface to all the key magazine indexes; and (3) list bibliographies of single authors.  The site covers all genres of fiction. MagazineArt.org - A visual encyclopedia of American magazine art, 1870-1940.


bibliographies of single authors.  The site covers all genres of fiction. MagazineArt.org - A visual encyclopedia of American magazine art, 1870-1940.bibliographies of single authors.  The site covers all genres of fiction. MagazineArt.org - A visual encyclopedia of American magazine art, 1870-1940.bibliographies of single authors.  The site covers all genres of fiction. MagazineArt.org - A visual encyclopedia of American magazine art, 1870-1940.Includes over sixteen thousand magazine covers and ads and indexes to general and pulp magazines, and advertising art.


Historical Newspapers:
Historical newspapers are great primary sources that can help you understand how a subject was viewed and understood at the time. They also fill in the record on people and topics that may not turn up in archival research. Many ideas that are accepted today were considered radical when they were first introduced. You'll find coverage of new or progressive ideas in radical publications before you can read about them in mainstream sources.  And you'll also hear the voices of marginalized people and organizations in the radical, underground, and independent media that are often not included in the mainstream media. So don't forget the alternative press! Conducting Genealogical Research Using Newspapers - NYPL Guide


Background Reading on the Press:
Try the subject headings below to find books about the press. African American press -- History American periodicals -- History Anarchism -- Periodicals -- Bibliography Community newspapers -- United States -- History Journalism -- United States -- History Newspapers -- History Press and politics -- United States -- History Radicalism -- Periodicals -- History Right and left (Political science) -- Periodicals -- Bibliography Socialism -- Periodicals -- History


Sample Subject Headings for Finding Periodicals:


Sample Subject Headings for Finding Periodicals:Sample Subject Headings for Finding Periodicals:The following are sample subject headings to help you find periodicals and bibliographies of periodicals in WorldCat , OneSearch , and other library catalogs. To find LCSH headings for other topics, search the Library of Congress Subject Authorities . Another way to find periodicals on a subject is to search a library catalog for the title of a periodical you know and then click on the subject indexing in the catalog record to find other periodicals on the same subject.


log for the title of a periodical you know and then click on the subject indexing in the catalog record to find other periodicals on the same subject.log for the title of a periodical you know and then click on the subject indexing in the catalog record to find other periodicals on the same subject.log for the title of a periodical you know and then click on the subject indexing in the catalog record to find other periodicals on the same subject.Anarchism -- Periodicals Anarchism -- Periodicals -- Bibliography Black power -- United States -- Periodicals Communism -- Periodicals Conservatism -- Periodicals Environmentalism -- Periodicals Feminism -- Periodicals Nationalism -- Periodicals New Left -- United States -- Periodicals Political Science -- Periodicals Press, Socialist -- United States Radicalism -- Periodicals Radicalism -- United States -- Bibliography Right and left (Political science) -- Periodicals Socialism -- Periodicals Student movements -- Periodicals Underground press publications -- United States Working Class -- United States -- Periodicals


Looking for a Specific Newspaper or Journal?:
GC Library Journal Search: Use the GC's Journal Search tool to check whether the library has access to a particular journal through our databases.

NYPL Journal Title Search: Select "Journal Title" from the drop down menu in the New York Public Library's Research Catalog to find specific newspapers, magazines, or other periodicals.

WorldCat Discovery: Use the Advanced search in WorldCat Discovery and select "Journal Source Phrase" under Source Index to find specific titles.


Find Out Where Journals are Indexed:
To find out where particular serials are indexed, consult the Serials Directory database (linked below).  You can also try a Journal Title Search from the library's home page. Results will show which database(s) in the Graduate Center's holdings include the journal.

Serials Directory: Full bibliographic information and contact details for nearly 250,000 U.S. and international periodicals. Entries include indexing and abstracting information showing database coverage, ISSNs, publication frequency, title changes, Library of Congress classification, and more.


Background Reading on Newspapers and Magazines - Selected Bibliography:


Background Reading on Newspapers and Magazines - Selected Bibliography:Background Reading on Newspapers and Magazines - Selected Bibliography:Following is a selected bibliography of books on the history of newspapers and magazines in the U.S.  To find additional sources, try a library catalog search using the subject headings in the boxes to the left.  Links will take you to records for the books in CUNY's OneSearch or WorldCat . Brigham, Clarence S. History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820 : Including Additions and Corrections, 1961. Hamden [Connecticut: Archon Books, 1962. Danky, James Philip, and Maureen E. Hady. African-American Newspapers and Periodicals : a National Bibliography . Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1998. Gardner, Jared. The Rise and Fall of Early American Magazine Culture . University of Illinois Press, 2012. Haveman, Heather A. Magazines and the Making of America: Modernization, Community, and Print Culture, 1741-1860 . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. Mott, Frank Luther. A History of American Magazines.


rnization, Community, and Print Culture, 1741-1860 . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. Mott, Frank Luther. A History of American Magazines.rnization, Community, and Print Culture, 1741-1860 . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. Mott, Frank Luther. A History of American Magazines.rnization, Community, and Print Culture, 1741-1860 . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. Mott, Frank Luther. A History of American Magazines.Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1957 . The five volume set is available both in print at the Mina Rees Library and online. See the OneSearch catalog record for details.Volume V contains a cumulative index. Mott, Frank Luther. American Journalism; A History, 1690-1960. 3d ed. New York: Macmillan, 1962. Rhodes, Leara. The Ethnic Press: Shaping the American Dream . New York: Peter Lang, 2010. Risley, Ford. Abolition and the Press: The Moral Struggle against Slavery . Visions of the American Press. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 2008. Rooks, Noliwe M. Ladies' Pages: African American Women's Magazines and the Culture That Made Them. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2004. Also available as print book . Sachsman, David B., Rushing, S. Kittrell, and Morris, Roy. Seeking a Voice : Images of Race and Gender in the 19th Century Press . West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, 2009. Scher, Abby, et al.


Roy. Seeking a Voice : Images of Race and Gender in the 19th Century Press . West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, 2009. Scher, Abby, et al. Roy. Seeking a Voice : Images of Race and Gender in the 19th Century Press . West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, 2009. Scher, Abby, et al. Roy. Seeking a Voice : Images of Race and Gender in the 19th Century Press . West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, 2009. Scher, Abby, et al.Many Voices, One City: The IPA Guide to the Ethnic Press of New York City . Independent Press Association, 2001. Sumner, David E. The Magazine Century: American Magazines Since 1900 . Mediating American History; v. 9. New York: Peter Lang, 2010. Washburn, Patrick Scott., and Medill School of Journalism. The African American Newspaper : Voice of Freedom . Visions of the American Press. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2006. Welky, David. Everything Was Better in America: Print Culture in the Great Depression . University of Illinois Press, 2008.


Background Reading on The Alternative Press -- Selected Bibliography:


Background Reading on The Alternative Press -- Selected Bibliography:Background Reading on The Alternative Press -- Selected Bibliography:Following is a selected bibliography of books on the alternative press.  To find additional sources, try a library catalog search using the subject headings in the box to the left.  Links will take you to records for the books in CUNY's OneSearch or WorldCat . Baughman, et al. Protest on the Page : Essays on Print and the Culture of Dissent since 1865 . 2015. Also available in print . Conlin, Joseph Robert. The American Radical Press, 1880-1960. Greenwood Press, 1974 . Hoerder, Dirk., and Harzig, Christiane. The Immigrant Labor Press in North America, 1840s-1970s : An Annotated Bibliography . Greenwood Press, 1987. Kaplan, Geoff. Power to the People : the Graphic Design of the Radical Press and the Rise of the Counter-Culture, 1964-1974 . 2013. Kessler, Lauren. The Dissident Press : Alternative Journalism in American History. Sage Publications, 1984. Longa, Ernesto A. Anarchist Periodicals in English Published in the United States (1833-1955): An Annotated Guide .


History. Sage Publications, 1984. Longa, Ernesto A. Anarchist Periodicals in English Published in the United States (1833-1955): An Annotated Guide . History. Sage Publications, 1984. Longa, Ernesto A. Anarchist Periodicals in English Published in the United States (1833-1955): An Annotated Guide . History. Sage Publications, 1984. Longa, Ernesto A. Anarchist Periodicals in English Published in the United States (1833-1955): An Annotated Guide .Scarecrow Press, 2010. Lumsden, Linda J. Black, White, and Red All Over : A Cultural History of the Radical Press in Its Heyday, 1900–1917. The Kent State University Press, 2014. McMillian, John Campbell. Smoking Typewriters : the Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America. Oxford University Press, 2011. Ostertag, Bob. People's Movements, People's Press : the Journalism of Social Justice Movements . Beacon Press, 2006. Skidmore, Gail., et al. From Radical Left to Extreme Right : a Bibliography of Current Periodicals of Protest, Controversy, Advocacy, or Dissent, with Dispassionate Content-Summaries to Guide Librarians and Other Educators. 3rd ed., completely rev. / by Gail Skidmore and Theodore Jurgen Spahn.. ed., Scarecrow Press, 1987. Streitmatter, Rodger. Voices of Revolution : the Dissident Press in America . Columbia University Press, 2001. Wilcox, Laird M. Guide to the American Left: Directory and Bibliography. Editorial Research Service, 1986.


America . Columbia University Press, 2001. Wilcox, Laird M. Guide to the American Left: Directory and Bibliography. Editorial Research Service, 1986. America . Columbia University Press, 2001. Wilcox, Laird M. Guide to the American Left: Directory and Bibliography. Editorial Research Service, 1986. America . Columbia University Press, 2001. Wilcox, Laird M. Guide to the American Left: Directory and Bibliography. Editorial Research Service, 1986.Wilcox, Laird M. Guide to the American Right: Directory and Bibliography . Editorial Research Service, 1986.


New York City Newspapers:
See the "Newspapers" article in the 1995 edition of the Encyclopedia of New York City for a history of newspapers in New York and lists of 18th Century newspapers, daily newspapers, and foreign-language newspapers published in NYC, organized by date of first publication.


Background Reading in Gale Virtual Reference Library:
Gale Ebooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library): Full text of over 1,800 reference works published by Gale, Brill Academic, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Greenwood, Sage, Salem Press, Wiley, and others. Titles include American Civil War Reference Library, Ancient Europe, 8000 BC to AD 1000, Encyclopedia of Aging, Encyclopedia of American Religions, Encyclopedia of Case Study Research, Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Magill's Survey of World Literature, Vietnam War Reference Library; World Education Encyclopedia.


Newspaper Research Guides:
Newspaper Research Guides from the Library of Congress: Guides to and bibliographies of the Library of Congress's current and historical newspaper holdings in print, on microform, and online.

NYPL Guide - Major Microform Series of English and American Imprints: A research guide from the NYPL describing several of the major comprehensive microform series of English and American printed books, periodicals and newspapers.

NYPL Guide - Conducting Genealogical Research Using Newspapers: A comprehensive research guide from the New York Public Library that is useful for a wide range of topics, not just genealogy.

NYPL Bibliography - Jewish Division Current Periodicals: A spreadsheet arranged by title showing the NYPL's Jewish Division's current periodical holdings.


Bibliography - Jewish Division Current Periodicals: A spreadsheet arranged by title showing the NYPL's Jewish Division's current periodical holdings.Researching and Finding Historical Newspapers in NYPL: This guide will help you navigate the rich holdings of the NYPL's collections. Be sure to take a look at the helpful lists of newspapers on microfilm in the Milstein Microform Reading Room and the complete list of newspaper databases available through NYPL.


Newspapers Research Guides - OLD:
The New York Public Library The Researching and Finding Historical Newspapers in NYPL guide will help you navigate the rich holdings of the NYPL's collections.  Be sure to take a look at the helpful lists of newspapers on microfilm in the Milstein Microform Reading Room and the complete list of newspaper databases available through NYPL.


Newspapers - NYPL:
The New York Public Library provides access to many historic, local, and international newspaper databases. You must go to an NYPL research library to access many of these databases.


Newspapers on microfilm:
The Microforms Reading Room at NYPL's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (5th Ave & 42nd St) has a collection of national and international newspapers on microfilm. Titles can be found by searching the NYPL catalog or one of the pdf lists of microforms in the collection linked below.


Current Newspapers and Magazines via NYPL:
PressReader (via NYPL login): Provides access to current newspapers and magazines published in the last 90 days, with many popular and international titles. Full-color, full-page format.


Center for Research Libraries:
The Center for Research Libraries has over 10,00 titles from every state in the US and around the world. Our membership with the CRL allows for on site use or interlibrary loan request of CRL holdings.

Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Online Catalog: The Center for Research Libraries provides a shared collection of five million books, journals, documents and newspapers to supplement member libraries’ holdings in the humanities, science, and social sciences. With a strategic emphasis on expanding electronic access to international primary source collections, CRL participates in a number of cooperative digitization efforts, yielding millions of pages of digitized content to date. CRL resources include:


ons, CRL participates in a number of cooperative digitization efforts, yielding millions of pages of digitized content to date. CRL resources include:The largest circulating collection of newspapers in North America – more than 16,000 newspaper titles from all world regions and from every U.S. state – mainstream dailies, underground and alternative press titles, rare publications from international conflict zones, U.S. ethnic titles, early African-American newspapers, and radio broadcast reports and transcripts Foreign journals rarely held in U.S. libraries, with a focus on science and technology Access to rich holdings in science, technology, and engineering print serials through a partnership with the Linda Hall Library More than 800,000 non U.S. dissertations Area Studies: major collections of news, government documents, and archives from Africa, Latin America, Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Southeast and South Asia Millions of pages of primary source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.


ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.and international legal and government resources


Historic US Newspapers:
NYPL newspaper databases: The NYPL subscribes to many historical US newspaper databases. Many can only be accessed onsite at a research library location. Click the link for additional information.

Historical American Newspapers: Search and view newspaper pages from 1860-1922 and find information about select American newspapers published between 1690-present.

New York State Historic Newspapers: Over 11 million pages from newspapers published in New York State between 1725 and 2020. The newspapers on the website are either in the public domain (any papers published before January 1, 1924) or have been cleared for use by the original copyright holders for members of the public for noncommercial, educational, and research purposes.


US Newspapers - 1980-present:
Alternative Press Index: The API indexes over 300 alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines from 1991 to the present. International and interdisciplinary in scope, the API spans the social sciences and humanities with a focus on the practice and theory of socialism, national liberation, labor, indigenous peoples, LGBTQ issues, feminism, ecology, democracy, and anarchism.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers: This site from the Library of Congress includes a searchable directory containing information on more than 150,000 newspapers published in the U.S. since 1690.  It also includes searchable digitized images of 3,600 selected local and regional newspapers published from 1777 to 1963, including more than 20 New York papers.


ludes searchable digitized images of 3,600 selected local and regional newspapers published from 1777 to 1963, including more than 20 New York papers.Ethnic NewsWatch (and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History): This resource contains full-text of over 500 newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press. Includes Ethnic NewsWatch , which covers 1990 to the present, and Ethnic NewsWatch: A History , which includes materials dating back to 1959 and provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989. Publications are in a wide variety of languages including English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Creole, Inuktitut, Russian, Hindi, Japanese, Arabic, and others.

Gale OneFile: News: Provides access to more than 3,000 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio, and TV broadcasts and transcripts.


and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio, and TV broadcasts and transcripts.Nexis Uni (previously LexisNexis): Nexis Uni is a full-text news, business, and legal database with sources from around the world, including local, regional, national, and international newspapers, scholarly journals, trade journals, and popular magazines, television and radio broadcasts, and newswires and blogs. Legal sources include federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790. Also contains business information on U.S. and international companies (see Dossier section) and patent data (see TotalPatent One section).

Nexis Uni video tutorials

New York Historical Society Newspaper Research Guide: The New-York Historical Society holds the fourth largest collection of American newspapers published before 1820: 634 titles by one estimate. This guide walks through how to find and use items in their collections.


ion of American newspapers published before 1820: 634 titles by one estimate. This guide walks through how to find and use items in their collections.New York State Newspapers: Now a part of Gale OneFile: News. Includes the following NY publications among thousands of others from around the world: New York magazine, New York Daily News, The New York Observer, New York Post, The New York Sun, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review New York Times Upfront, amNewYork, International New York Times, The Ticker, Our Town, WPIX-TV, Columbia Daily Spectator, Our Town Downtown, UN News Service, Washington Square News, and West Side Spirit. Use the Publication Search Tool to find specific titles.

New York Times Academic Pass: All of CUNY has access to the NYTimes Academic Pass. Anyone with a valid CUNY email address can sign up for free access to the NYTimes.com website and smartphone apps. Please see the full instructions for signing up.


valid CUNY email address can sign up for free access to the NYTimes.com website and smartphone apps. Please see the full instructions for signing up.New York Times Archive, 1851-2018: Actual page images from 1851 through 2018.  Following years are added annually. When the results of a search are displayed, you have three retrieval options:  1. bibliographic citation and abstract; 2. article image (retrieved with Adobe Acrobat Reader); 3. page map, displaying the entire page on which the article appears. For current access, see New York Times Academic Pass .

NYPL Newspaper databases: The NYPL subscribes to many national newspaper databases. Many can only be accessed onsite at a research library location.


Historic Int'l Newspapers:
NYPL newspaper databases: The NYPL subscribes to many historical newspaper databases. Many can only be accessed onsite at a research library location. Click the link for additional information.


International Newspapers - 1980-present:
People's Daily Online: The People's Daily is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Provides full-text coverage of daily issues between 1946 to 2005.

NYPL newspaper databases: The NYPL subscribes to many international news databases. Many can only be accessed online at a research library location.

Nexis Uni (previously LexisNexis): Nexis Uni is a full-text news, business, and legal database with sources from around the world, including local, regional, national, and international newspapers, scholarly journals, trade journals, and popular magazines, television and radio broadcasts, and newswires and blogs. Legal sources include federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790. Also contains business information on U.S. and international companies (see Dossier section) and patent data (see TotalPatent One section).

Nexis Uni video tutorials


Selected Historical Sources:
African American Historical Newspapers from ProQuest (NYPL database): This NYPL database is available to users onsite or remotely with a library card.  Includes African American historical newspapers from around the United States, such as the Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988), Chicago Defender (1910-1975), Cleveland Call and Post (1934-1991), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), Norfolk Journal and Guide (1921-2003), Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001), and Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002).