Library Guides: News and Newspapers Library Guide: Historical Newspaper Databases

Intro

Tulane affiliates can access digitized historical newspapers through a mix of resources:

Paywalled databases that Tulane University Libraries (TUL) subscribes to
Open-access newspaper digitization projects
TUL's subscription to the Center for Research Libraries, whose newspaper collections Tulane affiliates can access through Interlibrary Loan

The boxes below are designed to help you discover key resources by type, region, and more.

Major Aggregators

The following databases aggregate dozens to thousands of newspapers, with geographic coverage spanning the globe. For more U.S.-specific and international newspaper databases, keep scrolling.

Access World News - Historical and Current
A vast collection of more than 16,000 U.S. and global news sources in English, Spanish, French, and many other world languages. This one-stop database allows you to search all Newsbank current and historical news sources that Tulane subscribes to, including Access World News, America's Historical Newspapers, World Newspaper Archive, Black Life in America, Hispanic Life in America, and the Times-Picayune collection. Find diverse global perspectives on topics related to business, communications, economics, education, health, journalism, marketing, politics, and more from a variety of current and retrospective news media.
Newspapers.com
Extensive online database of 4,000+ and growing historical newspapers from the early 1700's into the 2000's published in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Panama, Australia, Papau New Guinea, and the Philippines. Includes Louisiana Weekly (1956-1963) and 36 other Louisiana newspapers.

To clip, save, and share articles, sign in and create a free Newspapers.com or Ancestry.com account.
ProQuest News & Newspapers
Advanced search page to access all ProQuest news databases—both historical and current—available through Tulane University Libraries. Encompasses the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Latin American newsstream, Le Monde, Historical Black newspapers, Jewish American press, and more.

Tulane provides access to:
- The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857-1922)
- The American Israelite (1854-1874)
- The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1942)
- Atlanta Daily World (1931-2010)
- The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-2010)
- Baltimore Sun (1837-1998)
- The Boston Globe (1872-1993)
- Chicago Defender (1909-2010)
- Chicago Tribune (1849-1998, 2008-present)
- Civil War Era Newspapers & Pamphlets
- The Christian Science Monitor (1908-present)
- Cleveland Call and Post (1932-2010)
- Detroit Free Press (1831-1999)
- The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003)
- The Irish Times and The Weekly Irish Times (1859-2022)
- The Jerusalem Post (1932-2008)
- The Jewish Advocate (1905-1990)
- The Jewish Exponent (1887-1990)
- Latin American Newsstream
- Le Monde (1944-2000)
- Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2010)
- Los Angeles Times (2008-present)
- New York Amsterdam News (1922-2010)
- The New York Times (1851-present)
- New York Tribune (1841-1922)
- Norfolk Journal and Guide (1916-2010)
- Philadelphia Tribune (1841-1922)
- Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2010)
- The Scotsman (1817-1950)
- The Times of India (1838-2012)
- The Wall Street Journal (1889-2013)
- The Washington Post (1877-current)
- U.S. Hispanic Newsstream

United States and Canada

American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society
Provides a history of the American people and a testament to the growth of the nation from the colonial period through to the twentieth century. The collection includes unusual and short-lived magazines as well as better-known titles with long runs published in the U.S. and Canada.
America's Historical Newspapers
Contains text-searchable digitizations of U.S. newspapers published between 1690 and 1980, including titles from all 50 present states. Tulane has access to the following collections and series: African American Newspapers; Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection; Hispanic American Newspapers; Series 1: From Colonies to Nation; Series 2: The New Republic; Series 3: From Farm to City; Series 4: The Rise of Industry; Series 5: An Emerging World Power; Series 6: Compromise and Disunion; Series 7: Reform and Retrenchment; Series 8: A Nation in Transition; Series 19: Southern Newspapers, the Politics of Race in the South.
Black Life in America
Pre-curated search links to surface newspaper articles on major topics in Black history, such as slavery and flights to freedom; voting rights and voter suppression and disenfranchisement; segregation and civil rights; prejudice and discrimination; and activism and protest movements. Sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black newspapers.

Black Studies Center - Newspapers
Proquest's Black Studies Center database includes The Chicago Defender from 1909-2010, as well as other historical Black American newspapers. This link will lead you to a page to do a filtered search for newspapers in Black Studies Center.

Civil War Era: Newspapers and Pamphlets
Includes the earliest editions of the Daily Picayune (later Times-Picayune) from 1840 to 1865 and other important American newspapers and pamphlets from the antebellum and Civil War period: The Boston Herald (1846-1865); The Charleston Mercury (1840-1865); The Columbus Gazette (1856-1865); The Daily Dispatch (1852-1865); The Daily Ohio State Journal (1841-1841); Daily Ohio State Journal (1849-1853); The Daily Picayune (1840-1865); The Louisville Daily Journal (1840-1865); Memphis Daily Appeal (1847-1865); Morning Herald (1840-1840); The New York Herald (1840-1865); Ohio State Journal (1840-1841); and Weekly Ohio State Journal (1841-1849).

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (Library of Congress)
Search America's historic newspapers from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.

Georgia Historic Newspapers
Free access to newspapers spanning Georgia history from 1763-2024.

Google News Archive Search
The Google News Archive Search allows you to access to more than 100 North American, Latin American, and European historical newspapers in English, French, Spanish, German, and select other languages.

Hispanic Life in America
Hispanic Life in America is designed to help researchers surface newspaper articles on varied elements of the Hispanic American experience from the Spanish colonial era until today. The database draws on nearly 17,500 American and global newspapers, including almost 450 Hispanic American newspapers. Provides full-text searching as well as access to content by Topic, Event, and Eras in Hispanic American History. Tulane's subscription includes Series 1 (1704-1942) and Series 3 (2010-today).
History Commons
Primary source database with materials relating to global indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ communities, refugees and migration, and social justice, as well as African American history.

Tulane has access to the following History Commons modules:
- Indigenous Peoples Social Justice and Culture
- LGBTQ+ Social Justice and Culture
- Refugees, Migration, and Borders Social Justice and Culture
- African American Newspapers parts I-XIIS (formerly Accessible Archives)
- Civil War Collection Part 1, A Newspaper Perspective
- The Liberator, 1831-1865
- The South Carolina Gazette, 1732-1780
- The Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1800
- The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue
- Pennsylvania Newspaper Record
- Reconstruction of Southern States: Pamphlets
- Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman
- Twelve Years a Slave
- The Virginia Gazette, 1736-1780
Historical Black Newspapers
This is advanced search page is a custom collection of the ProQuest's Historical Black Newspapers databases. The focus is to give researchers full text and cross referenced article searches in the: Atlanta Daily World, 1931-2010; Baltimore Afro-American, 1893-2010; Chicago Defender, 1909-2010; Cleveland Call and Post, 1934-2009; Los Angeles Sentinel, 1946-2010; New Journal and Guide (Norfolk, VA), 1921-2010; New York Amsterdam News, 1922-2010; Philadelphia Tribune, 1912-2010; and Pittsburgh Courier, 1955-2010 as a whole. Individual titles may also be searched separately.
Illustrated Civil War: Newspapers and Magazines
Includes 23 pro-union titles, 11 pro-confederate titles, 15 campaign newspapers, and 600 letters and diaries, complete with illustrations, cartoons, and searchable text. Among the 19th-century newspapers and magazines included are Douglass' Monthly, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Harper's Weekly, Atlantic Monthly, and Vanity Fair.
Independent Voices
A digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Latinxs, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.
New York Times (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
This database offers full page and article image scans of The New York Times with searchable full text of every available issue from 1851 to 2020. Select "Browse Issues" from the menu to peruse content by date.
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
Access 500+ U.S. newspapers published between 1800 and 1900, many published in what were, at the time, territories. Covers a broad spectrum with a comprehensive geographical and chronological range.
Times-Picayune & Daily Picayune: 1837-2017 (New Orleans, La.) - Readex/Newsbank
Access full text and full image of articles from The Picayune, the Daily Picayune, and the Times-Picayune (New Orleans) from 1837 through 2017.
Washington Post (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
This database offers full page and article image scans with searchable full text of every available issue of The Washington Post from 1877 to 2008. Select "Browse Issues" from the menu to peruse content by date.
Wall Street Journal (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
This database offers full page and article image scans of the Wall Street Journal with searchable full text of every available issue from 1889 to 2012. Select "Browse Issues" from the menu to peruse content by date.

World

The following databases provide access to historical newspapers published outside of the United States.

Global/ Transnational

Global Press Archive
The East View Global Press Archive® (GPA), in collaboration with the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), is working to creating one of the most comprehensive collections of digital news sources from around the world. Currently, this expanding collection contains the following subsections/archives: East African Newspapers; El Caribe Digital Archive; El Mundo Digital Archive; Imperial Russian Newspapers; Independent and Revolutionary Mexican Newspapers; Izvestiia Digital ArchiveIzvestiia Digital Archive; Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers; Literaturnaia Gazeta Digital Archive; Middle Eastern and North African Newspapers; Prensa Libre; Post-Perestroika Newspapers; Pravda Digital Archive; South Asian Newspapers; and Southeast Asian Newspapers collections.
Historical Jewish Press
Historical Jewish Press provides access to Jewish newspapers published around the world from the eighteenth century onwards. It includes Jewish newspapers in Arabic, Croatian, English, French, German, Hebrew, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, and Yiddish.
World Newspaper Archive
A fully searchable collection of historical newspapers from around the globe. Tulane has access to: African Newspapers, Latin American Newspapers Series 1 and 2, and South Asian Newspapers.

Africa

African Newspapers
Full-text 19th- and 20th-century African newspapers, with Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe strongly represented.

Asia

PLA Daily (Jiefangjun Bao)
The official newspaper of the People’s Liberation Army, the military of the People’s Republic of China from Jan. 1956 -2012. Includes AI-powered English translation feature.
South Asian Newspapers
Searchable 19th- and 20th-century newspapers from South Asia. Featuring titles from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Europe (Continental)

Exilpresse Digital (German-Language Exile Journals 1933-1945)
In this project, the Deutsches Exilarchiv 1933-1945 of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek in Frankfurt am Main digitized select exile newspapers and journals held by it. Site is in German.

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Supplemented by the Sammlung Exil-Literatur 1933 - 1945 of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek in Leipzig and other libraries.

Le Monde (1944-2000)
This database offers full page and article image scans with searchable full text of issues of Le Monde from 1944-2000. Select "Browse Issues" from the menu to peruse content by date.

Latin America

Latin American Newspapers, Series 1 & 2
The URL opens to the World Newspaper Archive's search page for the combined Latin American Newspapers Series 1 & 2 gateway page. Series 1 includes more than 35 nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin American newspapers, featuring titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and elsewhere Series 2 features over 250 Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Latin American Newspapers. Featuring titles from: Belize, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay.
Hemeroteca Digital (Historic Spanish Newspapers)
La Hemeroteca Digital forma parte del proyecto Biblioteca Digital Hispánica, que tiene como objetivo la consulta y difusión pública a través de Internet del Patrimonio Bibliográfico Español conservado en la Biblioteca Nacional.

Russia

Pravda (Правда) Digital Archive
Full text archive of Russian-language edition of Pravda (Правда). 1912-2013.

U.K. and Former British Empire

British Library Newspapers
Sourced from the extensive holdings of the British Library, British Library Newspapers delivers a wide range of local and regional voices to reflect the social, political, and cultural events of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This collection illuminates diverse and distinct regional attitudes, cultures, and vernaculars, providing an alternative viewpoint to the London-centric national press. Tulane subscribes to Parts I & II only, which span 1800-1900.
17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
Newspapers and pamphlets gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757 - 1817). Published mostly in London, with some representation from provincial England, Ireland, Scotland, Europe and the British colonies.

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ProQuest News & Newspapers
Advanced search page to access all ProQuest News & Newspaper databases available through Tulane University Libraries. Includes: The Guardian & The Observer‎ (1791-2003); The Irish Times & The Weekly Irish Times‎ (1859-2022); The Scotsman‎ (1817-1950); and The Times of India‎ (1838-2011).

Tulane provides access to:
- The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857-1922)
- The American Israelite (1854-1874)
- The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1942)
- Atlanta Daily World (1931-2010)
- The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-2010)
- Baltimore Sun (1837-1998)
- The Boston Globe (1872-1993)
- Chicago Defender (1909-2010)
- Chicago Tribune (1849-1998, 2008-present)
- Civil War Era Newspapers & Pamphlets
- The Christian Science Monitor (1908-present)
- Cleveland Call and Post (1932-2010)
- Detroit Free Press (1831-1999)
- The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003)
- The Irish Times and The Weekly Irish Times (1859-2022)
- The Jerusalem Post (1932-2008)
- The Jewish Advocate (1905-1990)
- The Jewish Exponent (1887-1990)
- Latin American Newsstream
- Le Monde (1944-2000)
- Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2010)
- Los Angeles Times (2008-present)
- New York Amsterdam News (1922-2010)
- The New York Times (1851-present)
- New York Tribune (1841-1922)
- Norfolk Journal and Guide (1916-2010)
- Philadelphia Tribune (1841-1922)
- Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2010)
- The Scotsman (1817-1950)
- The Times of India (1838-2012)
- The Wall Street Journal (1889-2013)
- The Washington Post (1877-current)
- U.S. Hispanic Newsstream
Times Digital Archive
Access back issues of The Times (London) from 1785-1985.
Trove: Digitised Newspapers (Australia)
Historic Australian newspapers documenting more than 150 years of Australian history. Digitised by the National Library of Australia.

Center for Research Libraries

Center for Research Libraries - Newspapers
The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) has an extensive collection of international newspapers on microfilm. To access the newspapers you find in CRL's online catalog, put in an Interlibrary Loan request for the microfilm, OR use the notes field to request digitization on demand. Contact scholarlyengagement@tulane.edu for help.

Specialized Guides

For guides to discovering historical newspapers on specialized topics at more granular levels, see these pages: