Research Guides: HE360 American Documentary Theater: Newspaper Collections

Newspaper Collections

Nimtiz Library subscribes to a number of full text newspaper collections. Newspapers make useful primary sources because they can capture the public reaction, mood, and description of an event. Often these change over time but the newspaper preserves a first rough draft of history. The newspaper collections here include sources from a variety of time periods. Select the collection that is most appropriate for your topic.

17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
The largest single collection of English news media from these two centuries, 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers provides rare and often unique content for scholarly research into a wide range of political, educational, economic or journalistic study.

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19th Century U.S. Newspapers
Provides full-text content from a range of urban and rural 19th-century U.S. newspapers.

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America's Historical Newspapers, Series I (1690 - 1876)
Offers searchable digital facsimiles of thousands of titles from all 50 states. With eyewitness reporting, editorials, letters, advertisements, obituaries and much more, this acclaimed collection uniquely chronicles the evolution of American culture and daily life from 1690 to the recent past.
Gale NewsVault
Gale NewsVault delivers the definitive cross-searching experience for exploring your library's collection of Gale historical newspapers. With the power to search over 10 million digitized facsimile pages, Gale NewsVault provides an unparalleled window to the past.
Early American Newspapers, Series I
Offers searchable digital facsimiles of thousands of titles from all 50 states. With eyewitness reporting, editorials, letters, advertisements, obituaries and much more, this acclaimed collection uniquely chronicles the evolution of American culture and daily life from 1690 to the recent past.
U.S. Major Dailies
Formerly National Newspapers.
Provides access to the Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
New York Times
Full-text coverage of the US newspaper of record. Offers superb coverage of national and international news, plus coverage of important speeches and documents, Supreme Court decisions, and presidential press conference transcripts.
New York Times Historical
Offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue (1851-2006). The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
Nexis Uni
Provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications. It includes deep backfiles and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources. Use the included Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. This product also provides access to the renowned Shepard's Citations service for all federal and states court cases back to 1789.
Wall Street Journal - text only
The financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news.
Washington Post
Coverage of national, international, and local news. The Washington Post is renowned for its political reporting, editorials and columnists.
PressReader
This is available as part of the Navy MWR Digital Library. Users must be on campus and access with a CAC card.
Pressreader.com is the most convenient and complete way to read all your favorite newspapers and magazines on one site. With Pressreader users gain access to publications from within the library, from home and around the world on the day they are published. Pressreader.com enhances your reading experience with a simple user interface and easy-to-use navigation tools. Pressreader offers access to current newspaper issues.