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Current Events Databases (Full Text)

Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
News articles from U.S. and international newspapers, and TV and radio transcripts.
Provides cover-to-cover full text for 20 national (U.S.) & international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc.
McClatchy-Tribune Collection This link opens in a new window
Current news (last 90 days only) from newswires, newspapers, television, and radio shows.
Includes a 90-day archive of nearly 500 U.S. regional and international newspapers from the McClatchy-Tribune wire service. Updated daily.
PressReader Newspapers and Magazines This link opens in a new window
PressReader provides full-color, full-text access to thousands of newspapers and magazines from 120 countries and in more than 60 different languages. 1 year of extended back issues.
Click on the title above, or download the app using this URL: https://about.pressreader.com/download-app/
Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new window
Higher education news and job information source.
Weekly news and job-information source for college and university faculty members, administrators, and students.
US Midwest Newsstream This link opens in a new window
News sources from Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
US Midwest Newsstream enables users to search the most recent regional news content, as well as archives which stretch back to the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-text format. Midwest Newsstream covers news sources from Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Economist This link opens in a new window
Full access to The Economist website through Earlham.

Historic Newspaper Archives

Library purchased archives

American Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Full text of over 1100 magazines published in the USA between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary journals, children's and women's magazines, weekly news publications and more.
Full text of over 1100 magazines that began publishing in the USA between 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, literary journals, children's and women's magazines, and more. Coverage extends to 1940 at the latest.
New York Times (Historical Newspaper Archive) This link opens in a new window
Full-text page images of the newspaper, including advertisements, editorial cartoons, etc. Coverage is from 1851 up to the past three years and includes the New York Times Book Review and Magazine
Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2020 This link opens in a new window
Full archive of The Economist news magazine from the first issue in August 1888 through December 2020.
Wall Street Journal (Historical Newspaper Archive) This link opens in a new window
Full text of the Wall Street Journal from 1984 - current.
US Midwest Newsstream This link opens in a new window
News sources from Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
US Midwest Newsstream enables users to search the most recent regional news content, as well as archives which stretch back to the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-text format. Midwest Newsstream covers news sources from Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 This link opens in a new window
Newspaper articles from African American publications spanning a wide range of American history.
More than 270 African American newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Times (London) Digital Archives This link opens in a new window
Full-text page images of the newspaper, including advertisements, editorial cartoons, etc. Coverage is from 1785-1985.
British Periodicals This link opens in a new window
British journals and magazines published from 1680-1940.
Full text of over 70 magazines published in Britain from the 1680s to the 1930s. The material herein can usually be considered "primary documents."
Illustrated London News Historical Archive: 1842-2003 This link opens in a new window
Full-text page images of the world's first completely-illustrated newspaper.
Full-text page images of the complete run of the newspaper, including all content originally published. Covers social, political and cultural history, including fashion, theatre, media, literature, advertising and graphic design, and genealogy.

Free internet newpaper resources

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
View newspaper pages from 1836-1922.
Find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
SmallTownPapers
Free access to hundreds of newspaper titles from small town newspapers across the USA. Dates range from from 1865 to last week.

Hoosier State Chronicles This link opens in a new window
Online access to high quality digital images of Indiana's historic newspapers.
Hoosier State Chronicles is operated by the Indiana State Library and funded by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act. We seek to provide free, online access to high quality digital images of Indiana's historic newspapers by digitizing our collection, and assisting other organizations in making their collections digitally available.

Local / Regional Newspapers

Richmond Pal-Item Website
Current website, access to most recent 7 days of articles.

Richmond Palladium-Item archive (via US Midwest Newsstream) This link opens in a new window
Coverage dates: November 7, 1999 - present.
Use the top box on the linked page to search the entire available archive, or scroll down to the smaller box to search within a specific issue.

The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram. -- Via the Library of Congress Chronicling American collection
Originally including only issues from 1916-1918. More issues up to 1924 may be added.
The Cincinnati Enquirer Website

Cincinnati Enquirer archive (via US Midwest Newsstream) This link opens in a new window
Coverage dates: Jan 1, 1999 - present.
Use the top box on the linked page to search the entire available archive, or scroll down to the smaller box to search within a specific issue.

Dayton Daily News Website

Dayton Daily News archive (via US Midwest Newsstream) This link opens in a new window
Coverage dates: Jul 17, 1993 - present.
Use the top box on the linked page to search the entire available archive, or scroll down to the smaller box to search within a specific issue.

The Indianapolis Star Website

Indianapolis Star archive (via US Midwest Newsstream) This link opens in a new window
Coverage dates: May 21, 1991 - present.
Use the top box on the linked page to search the entire available archive, or scroll down to the smaller box to search within a specific issue.

Chicago Tribune Website

Chicago Tribune (Online) archive (via US Midwest Newsstream) This link opens in a new window
Coverage dates: Feb 23, 2017–present, some exceptions.
Use the top box on the linked page to search the entire available archive, or scroll down to the smaller box to search within a specific issue.