Research Guides: The Historian's Craft: HIST 2001 LRS: Find Newspaper & Magazine Articles

Historical American Newspapers

New York Times Full-Text / Full-Image (1851-2021) [via ProQuest Historical Newspapers]
Incorporates the New York Times Index
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
ProQuest Historical Newspapers contains many US and international newspapers from the 19th and 20th centuries, including the New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Washington Post. Best for 1850-2000.
America's Historical Newspapers
America's Historical Newspapers provides reproductions of pages from historical American newspapers. It contains Early American Newspapers, covering 1690-1922.
Black Historical Newspapers
Black Historical Newspapers contains primary source material from American history and African-American culture, history, politics, and the arts. It covers the periods from the Harlem Renaissance to Civil Rights.
US Newsstream (formerly ProQuest Newsstand)
U.S. Newsstream features newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites dating back to 1980. Some titles include: Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia Inquirer (1829-1922)
Full-text of the Philadelphia Inquirer via Readex from 1829 to 1922.
Philadelphia Inquirer (1860-2001) [via ProQuest Historical Newspapers]
The Philadelphia Inquirer from 1860-2001. When digitization is complete, the complete run will include 1829-2009.
Philadelphia Inquirer (1983-present)
Full-text of the Philadelphia Inquirer via Proquest Newsstand from 1983 to present.

Find Historical Magazines

Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization (1857-1916)
An American political magazine based in New York City. Scanned issues (including illustrations) from the Internet Archive.
McClure's Magazine (1893 to 1926)
An American illustrated monthly periodical popular at the turn of the 20th century.

American Periodicals Series Online
American Periodicals Series Online (APS Online) provides full text articles from American magazines and journals that began publication between 1741 and 1900.
Men’s Magazine Archive‎ (1845-2015)
Access guaranteed through May 2027
Men’s Magazine Archive offers backfiles of selected leading men’s consumer magazines, with coverage from the mid-19th century to the 21st.
Women's Magazine Archive‎ (1846-2005)
Access to Volume III guaranteed through May 2027
Women's Magazine Archive offers backfiles of leading women's interest consumer magazines from the late-19th century through to 2005, examining the events, trends, and attitudes of this period.
Youth and Popular Culture Magazine Archive‎
Access guaranteed through May 2027
Youth and Popular Culture Magazine Archive showcases unique periodicals from 1940-present, highlighting topics and trends of youth culture such as fashion, rock and roll, sports, sexuality, dating, as well as youth portrayal in the media.

Tips on Searching Historical Newspapers

Use specific names of individuals, places, events, and organizations.
- Women may be referred to as Miss or Mrs. + [Last name] in older publications, without their first name.
Use Advanced Search to limit by date; Get this information from biographical and reference sources
Think about alternative phrasing, language used during the time period; build your list of terms as you read secondary and primary sources. For example:
- protest - riot - mob
- draft - conscription
- Black Americans - African Americans - Negroes - Colored People
- Native Americans - Indians

Historical International Newspapers

British Library Newspapers (1732-1950)
Note: Access to Part III and Part V of this resource is guaranteed through May 2027. Part VI is not currently available.
British Library Newspapers is a digital historic newspaper archive. It provides access to historic newspapers, news books, ephemera and national & regional papers from the British Isles.
London Times (1785-2019) [via Gale Times Digital Archive]
London Times provides a searchable, full-text and full-image archive of every page of the (London) Times from 1785 to 2014.
Latin American Historical Newspapers, Series 1
Latin American Historical Newspapers, Series 1 is a collection of historical Latin American newspapers, 1805-1922, covering people, issues and events that shaped this region during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Latin American Historical Newspapers, Series 1
Latin American Historical Newspapers, Series 1 is a collection of historical Latin American newspapers, 1805-1922, covering people, issues and events that shaped this region during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876
Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876 is a collection of newspapers on Caribbean and Atlantic history, culture and daily life. Featuring publications from islands, Caribbean Newspapers provide complete facsimiles of issues. These newspapers were published in the English language, but a number of Spanish-French and Danish-language titles are also provided.

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