Penn State Libraries / News and Microforms Library

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News Databases

America's News Magazines (Newsbank)
"Full-text articles from leading news, business, entertainment, lifestyle, science and technology, and sports magazines."
America's Newspapers (Newsbank)
Nearly 400 U.S. newspapers includes,
- Pennsylvania Newspapers (Newsbank)
  Ten newspapers including the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Centre Daily Times.
Capitolwire.com (Pennsylvania Edition)
"Provides current news related to policy and government."
Ethnic NewsWatch
Full-text articles from the ethinic, minority and native press.
LexisNexis Academic
Articles in news, legal, and reference sources; includes U.S. and international news sources.
Newspaper Photos (AccuNet/AP Photo Archive)
Database of Associated Press photographs.
ProQuest National Newspapers
24 major U.S. and two international news sources.
Russian Newspapers (Digital Archive)
Full-text of over 30 Russian newspapers.
Television News Archive (Vanderbilt)
Network evening news broadcasts from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX, and special news-related programming.
World News Connection
Foreign news service from the U.S. government, includes translations of non-English news services.
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (Africa, Middle East/Near East, South Asia) (1974-1996) [Digital Archive]
  "Translations of broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from nations around the world are the sources of this information."

Accessible Archives (18th- and 19th-century news)
Includes the Penn. Gazette, 19th Century African-American Newspapers, Civil War Newspapers, Pennsylvania Newspaper Record:Delaware County, 1809-1870.
America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922 (Readex)
1,000 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690-1922, including titles from all 50 states.
New York Times Historical (1851-2004) (Proquest)
"Digitized images of every backfile issue of The New York Times from cover to cover, including news stories, editorials, photos, graphics, and advertisements."
Pennsylvania Civil War Newspapers
"A selection of Pennsylvania newspapers published during the critical years before, during, and after the U.S. Civil War."
U.S. Newspapers (19th Century) (Gale)
"Newspapers from urban and rural regions throughout the U.S."

Burney Collection (17th-18th Century)
"Titles from London, the British Isles, and the colonies."
British Newspapers (1600-1900) (Gale)
"Includes the 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers."
British Library Collection (19th Century) (Gale)
"Includes national and regional newspapers from the Midlands, Scotland, Ireland and Wales."
Times of London, 1785-1985 (Gale)
"Complete digital edition of The Times (London)."
- Palmer's Index,Times of London, 1790-1905
  "Contains records from the 461 printed volumes of Palmer' Index to the London Times newspaper."