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International

Databases

Access World News (NewsBank) [Text Content; Limited Streaming Video]
Factiva (Dow Jones)
- For Today's headlines and to browse by date:
  - Select the News Pages tab in Factiva.com
  - Click the Factiva Pages Link
  - Select the page you want from the pull-down menu (ex. Top World News)
- We have a limited number of user seats for this database. Please select the logout option before you leave your session.
Major World Newspapers (via LexisNexis Academic-News Sources) [Text Content Only]
PressDisplay [Full Page Reproduction]
- Printing Instructions
Russian Newspaper Database Archive (content available through 2009) [Text Content Only]
World News Connection [Text Content Only]
- Non-US media sources
FBIS (Foreign Broadcast Information Service) [Text Content Only]
- U.S government agency
- Translates the text of daily radio and television broadcasts, newspapers and periodicals, etc.
Illustrated London News, 1842-2003 [Full Page Reproduction]
- More than one and half million color images providing a vivid pictorial commentary on domestic and world affairs
- Searches can be limited to illustrations, or sections such as advertising, news and business, arts and leisure, or people
- Gale NewsVault is a front-end that allows researchers to search across several news and 19th century Gale databases at once

Directories

The Library of Congress Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room
- Approximately 9000 U.S. Newspaper titles and 25,000 non-U.S. titles
ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers
- Contains over 25,000 records pertaining to global newspapers and holding libraries
Editor & Publisher International Year Book, Editor & Publisher Co. (1921-current) [CAT record]
Willing's Press Guide, J. Willing (various)
- Concise and comprehensive index to the press of the United Kingdom
Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media (Gale)
- Print media entries provide address; phone, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses; key personnel, including feature editors
Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, Gale Research Inc. (1990-2000) [CAT record]

Websites

Newspaperindex.com
- Links to international newspapers and front pages
NewsLink
- Newspapers from US and other continents
world-newspapers.com
- World newspapers, magazines, and news sites
worldpress.org
- International newspapers and non-U.S. publications
Naver News Archive Service
- Korean newspaper archive service
- Includes: KyÅnghyang Sinmun, Tonga Ilbo, and Maeil KyÅngje
- Date coverage from 1960-1999
BBC Languages
- News and audio in 32 languages
Imooty
- European news
AJR.org News Sources (American Journalism Review)
- Includes specialty and alternative international newspapers

United States

Databases

Major United States Newspapers (via LexisNexis Academic) [Text Content Only]
Major National Newspapers (via Access World News) [Text Content Only]
Factiva (Dow Jones)
- For United States news and to browse by date:
  - Select Search tab
  - Click All Sources
  - Selected Source Category: Publications by Region
  - Select North America, then click on United States
- We have a limited number of user seats for this database. Please select the logout option before you leave your session.
Center for Research Libraries Catalog
- Request newspapers through Interlibrary Loan
Chronicling America
- America's historic newspapers pages from 1836-1922
- U.S. Newspaper Directory
  - Information about American newspapers published between 1690-present
- Guide to using Chronicling America (Ohio Historical Society and the National Digital Newspaper Program in Ohio)
Newspapers on Digital Microfilm [Full Page Reproduction] [Note: Titles are delayed by several months]
- Chicago Tribune (2008-)
- Los Angeles Times (2008-)
- New York Times (2008-)
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (2009-)
- USA Today (2009-)
- Wall Street Journal (2008-)

Directories

UlrichsWeb (Periodicals Directory)
- Detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals
- More than 900 subject areas
Editor & Publisher International Year Book, Editor & Publisher Co. (1980 - 20080 [CAT record]
Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media (Gale)
- Print media entries provide address; phone, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses; key personnel, including feature editors
Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, Gale Research (1990-current) [CAT record]
The Library of Congress Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room
- About 9000 U.S. Newspaper titles

Search Engines & Aggregators

Google News Search
- Over 25,000 news sources
- Create timeline for a news event
- News archive
Yahoo news
- Pew Daily Number
- Search recent editorial cartoons
- Search by columnist
Newser (from HighBeam Research)
- Created by Michael Wolff
- Aggregator
- Overview of today's news from 100 top-ranked English language news sites
- Personalize page using a sliding scale from hard to soft news

Pennsylvania

Databases

Pennsylvania News Sources (via LexisNexis Academic-News Sources)
Pennsylvania Newspapers (via Access World News) [Text Content Only]
Factiva (Dow Jones) [Text Content Only]
- For Pennsylvania news and to browse by date:
  - Select Search tab
  - Click All Sources
  - Selected Source Category: Publications by Region
  - Select North America, then United States, then click on Pennsylvania
- We have a limited number of user seats for this database. Please select the logout option before you leave your session.
Historical Daily Collegian (1887-1987) [Full Page Reproduction]
NewspaperArchive [Full Page Reproduction]
- Search Pennsylvania newspapers
- Primarily 19th and 20th centuries
- Many newspapers from small and medium-sized cities
Pennsylvania Historic Newspapers (via PA State Library) [Full Page Reproduction]
- Pennsylvania newspapers dating back to the early 1800s
Pennsylvania Civil War Newspapers
- Contain all the words, photographs, and advertisements from selected newspapers published during the pivotal years before, during, and after the U.S. Civil War
America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1922)
- Over 100 Pennsylvania newspapers
Newspapers on Digital Microfilm [Full Page Reproduction] [Note: Titles are delayed by several months]
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (2009-)

Directories

Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media (Gale)
Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, Gale Research (1990-current) [CAT record]
Editor & Publisher International Year Book, Editor & Publisher Co. (1980 - 2008) [CAT record]
The Library of Congress Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room
Pennsylvania State Library Resources
- Pennsylvania Digitized Newspaper Directory
  - Directory of Digitized Pennsylvania Historical Newspapers (Excel)
- Newspaper Searching Instructions for the State Library Catalog
  - Search for Newspapers via the State Library of Pennsylvania online catalog/PILOT
Newspapers (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh)

Websites

Chronicling America
- America's historic newspapers pages from 1836-1922
- U.S. Newspaper Directory
  - Information about American newspapers published between 1690-present
Hershey Press (1909-1926)
- Hershey Press newspaper
- Materials documenting Hershey’s corporate and community history
- Free online repository
Historical Newspapers Online — Free and fee (subscription) access
NewsLink : Pennsylvania newspapers
NewsLibrary.com

Search Engines

Centre Daily Times

Centre Daily Times (1996-present)
- via Access World News (NewsBank) [Text Content; Limited Streaming Video]
  - Local news coverage
  - Covers local businesses
Centre Daily Times Index (1981-2002)
- via Local newspapers [electronic resource]
- Also includes Daily Collegian Index
- Indexes local news articles
- Selected editorials
- Theater, Music, Visual Arts
- Book reviews
- Obituaries (1990-present)
Centre Daily Times. Selective Index (print edition)
Centre Daily Times Obituaries Index, 1937-1995 & 2011
- Obituaries or death notices included in the obituary section of the Centre Daily Times, 1937-1995, 2011, and does not include news stories about deaths that appeared in other sections.
- Search by Last Name, First Name, Maiden Name, or Obituary Date Range.

HyperLocal News Sources

Patch.com
- Community-specific focused news and information platform within 23 states
- Includes communities with populations between 15,000-100,000 that are underserved by other media outlets
- 59 Pennsylvania communities
- Local contributors
- Coverage June 2011 - to date
- Indexed in Factiva (Dow Jones)
  - Click on Search tab
  - Click on Sources
  - Select source category: all sources/top sources
  - Type "patch" in Browse sources box
  - Choose from alpha list (by town or community name)

HelloMetro
- 1500 websites focused on news and information
- Yellow and white pages
- Zip code/neighborhood search
- Events calendar
- Artist and musician showcase
- User generated ratings and reviews
- All pages adapted to be mobile compatible
- Examples: