Newspapers Online
The University of Illinois offers full-text access to hundreds of current and historical newspapers through a number of databases. Browse the list below to find the right news source for your search.
Newsbank
Full-text articles from major metropolitan newspapers, international papers, and smalltown U.S. papers. This service includes both contemporary and historical databases. Access full-text articles from The News-Gazette (6/1/1997 to present) and Chicago Tribune (1985 to present). Click on America's Historic Newspapers (1690-1876), which features cover-to-cover reproductions of hundreds of historic newspapers, providing more than one million pages as fully text-searchable facsimile images.
LexisNexis
Full-text access to hundreds of recent (and even not-so-recent) newspaper and magazine articles. Type in your search terms in the center search box, using and to narrow and or to broaden; put quotation marks around unique phrases. The default search is set to Major U.S. and World Publications for the Previous 2 years, which can be changed to suit your needs. After you click search, notice that you can narrow your search by clicking on the categories in the left toolbar. Click on the plus sign to expand your options and click on the blue link to narrow your search.
Library PressDisplay
Today's papers from around the world in their original full-page layout and design (advertisements and images intact). Over 250 titles from over 50 countries available online.
Proquest Historical Newspapers
Scroll to the bottom of the database menu to access these papers:
- Historical New York Times (1851-2003)
- Historical Chicago Tribune (1849-1985)
- Historical Chicago Defender (1905-1975)
- Historical Wall Street Journal (1889-1989)
Historical Newspapers Online
The History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library at UIUC has compiled an enormous list of newspapers available online, both subscription-based and free. They include major newspaper titles with dates of publication as well as local and international digital newspaper collections with descriptions and access information.
A-Z List of Online Newspapers Available at UIUC
Scroll through this list to see the hundreds of current and historical newspapers you can access. When you select a title, you will be linked to LexisNexis, ProQuest, or another database to search the publication.
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