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News & Newspaper Sources

 

Contact

News & Microforms Library
21 W Pattee (ground floor of Pattee Library, West Entrance, near MacKinnon's Cafe)
814-863-0377

Eric Novotny, Acting Head George and Sherry Middlemas Arts and Humanities Library and Acting Head News and Microforms Library
ecn1@psu.edu
814-865-1014

News Librarians

or Your Campus Librarian

 

RESOURCES

Today's Headline News

NewsCAT: Find Penn State access to newspapers (online, paper, microformats by geography, time period or language)

Did You Know? (Watch NML's videos and learn more)

Citation & Writing Guides

New York Times.com Academic Passes (PSU students ONLY)

Penn State Student Newspaper Readership Program

 

Databases

The University Libraries provide access to newspapers, news magazines and other news content from around the world.

Newspaper Databases

Try these first for current & archival newspaper articles in regional, national & international news sources.

  • Access World News (NewsBank) [Text Content; Limited Streaming Video]
    • News content from The Associated Press, Reuters, local affiliates of ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox, as well as coverage from Canadian Broadcasting, Agence France-Presse and more
    • Tutorial: NewsBank Access World News
  • LexisNexis Academic - News Sources [Text Content Only]
    Content in aggregated sources, such as Major World Newspapers, University Wire, Healthcare News, Business Wire, Web Blogs, etc.
     
  • PressDisplay [Full Page Reproduction]
    • More than 1,000 newspapers in 39 languages, from 82 countries
    • most recent 60 days
    • More information
       
  • Factiva (Dow Jones) [Text Content Only]. We have a limited number of user seats for this database. Please select the logout option before you leave your session. Factiva includes:
    • The Wall Street Journal
    • The New York Times
    • The Washington Post
    • Chicago Tribune
    • Los Angeles Times
       
  • 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-)

Direct Links to Specific Newspaper Titles

 

National Coverage

  • The New York Times
    • via LexisNexis [Text Content Only]
      • Coverage: 6/1/1980 through current
    • via Factiva [Entry page for database includes The New York Times][Text Content Only]
      • Coverage: 6/1/1980 through current
      • We have a limited number of user seats for this database. Please select the logout option before you leave your session.
    • via NYTimes.com Academic Passes
      • For Penn State Students ONLY
      • Content Included: 1851-1922 & 1987-Today
      • Access to 1923-1986, limited to 5 free articles / 24 hours
  • The Washington Post
    • via LexisNexis [Text Content Only]
      • 1/1/1977 through current
    • via Factiva [Entry page for database includes The Washington Post][Text Content Only]
      • Coverage: 1/1/1984 through current
      • We have a limited number of user seats for this database. Please select the logout option before you leave your session.
  • USA Today
    • via Access World News [Text Content Only]
      • Coverage: 7/1/1987 - Current
    • via LexisNexis [Text Content Only]
      • Coverage: 1/3/1989 - current
 

Financial

  • Wall Street Journal
    • via Proquest [Text Content Only]
      • Coverage: 1/2/1984 - Current
      • Citation Only: 1982-1983
    • via Factiva [Entry page for database includes The Wall Street Journal][Text Content Only]
      • Coverage: 1/2/1984 - Current
      • Abstracts & Selected Coverage: 6/13/1979-1/1/1984
      • We have a limited number of user seats for this database. Please select the logout option before you leave your session.
  • Financial Times
    • via Access World News [Text Content Only]
      • Coverage: 1/2/1998 - Current
    • via LexisNexis (FT.com Online Archive) [Text Content Only]
      • Coverage: 2006 - Current
    • via ProQuest [Text Content Only]
      • Coverage: 5/31/1996 - Current
  • Investor's Business Daily
 

Pennsylvania

  • The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Pittsburgh Post Gazette
  • Harrisburg Patriot News
  • Centre Daily Times

Additional Titles:
To discover what database has coverage of the newspaper you need, use NewsCAT. Not all databases enable us to directly link to titles within the database.

Finding Aids

Specific Newspapers

[The following sites may charge for content but they allow free archive searching for articles. Use NewsCAT to find University Libraries holdings of specific newspapers]

State Newspapers

United States Newspapers

International Newspapers

  • Editor & Publisher International Year Book Editor & Publisher Co. (1945-2008)[CAT Record]
    • Lists US and International daily newspapers
    • Includes US and Canadian community and special interest weeklies
  • Willing's Press Guide Publisher varies (various dates)[CAT Record]
    • Concise and comprehensive index to the press of the United Kingdom

Special Interest Newspapers

Index to Collections