News and Newspapers Library Guide

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.

Proquest's Newspapers.com Library Edition is an 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.

Advanced search page to access all ProQuest News & Newspaper databases available through Tulane University Libraries. Includes: The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857-1922); The American Israelite‎ (1854-2000); The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1945); Atlanta Daily World‎ (1931 - 2010); The Baltimore Afro-American‎ (1893-2010); The Baltimore Sun (1837-1998); The Boston Globe‎ (1872-1993); Chicago Defender‎ (1909-2010); Chicago Tribune‎ (1849-1998); The Christian Science Monitor‎ (1908-2011); Cleveland Call & Post‎ (1934-2010); Detroit Free Press‎ (1831-1999); The Guardian & The Observer‎ (1791-2003); The Irish Times & The Weekly Irish Times‎ (1859-2022); The Jerusalem Post (1932-2008); The Jewish Advocate‎ (1905-1990); The Jewish Exponent‎ (1887-1990); Le Monde (1944-2000); Los Angeles Sentinel‎ (1934-2010); Los Angeles Times‎ (1881-2000); New York Amsterdam News‎ (1922-2010); The New York Times‎ (1851-2020); New York Tribune‎ (1841-1922); Norfolk Journal & Guide‎ (1916-2010); Philadelphia Tribune‎ (1912-2010); Pittsburgh Courier‎ (1911-2010); The Scotsman‎ (1817-1950); The Times of India‎ (1838-2011); The Wall Street Journal‎ (1889-2012) and The Washington Post‎ (1877-2008).

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.

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 is designed to help researchers surface newspaper articles on varied topical categories 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 publications. Tulane's subscription includes: Series 1: 1704-1877; Series 2: 1878-1975; and Series 3: 1976-today.

Proquest Civil War Era 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).

Free access to 440,663 issues of 1,084 newspapers spanning Georgia history from 1763-2024.

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 (formerly Accessible Archives) is a historical newspaper and primary source database with strengths in early U.S. History and the history of slavery and abolition. Tulane has access to the following modules: African American Newspapers parts I-XIIS; 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; and The Virginia Gazette, 1736-1780.

Historical Black Newspapers (ProQuest) allows you to access full text articles in the: Atlanta Daily World, 1931-2010; Baltimore Afro-American, 1893-2010; 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. Individual titles may also be searched separately.

Illustrated Civil War 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.

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.

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.

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.

Access full text and full image of articles from The Picayune, the Daily Picayune, and the Times-Picayune (New Orleans) from 1837 through 2017.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Contains full-text 19th and 20th-century African newspapers, especially featuring titles from Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

The official newspaper of the People’s Liberation Army, the military of the People’s Republic of China from Jan. 1956 -2012.

Searchable 19th and 20th century newspapers from South Asia. Featuring titles from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Newspapers and news pamphlets gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757 - 1817) that represent the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media. Published mostly in London, however some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and the American colonies, Europe, and India are represented.

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).

Access back issues of The Times (London) from 1785-1985.

Historic Australian newspapers documenting more than 150 years of Australian history. Digitised by the National Library of Australia.