Finding Newspaper Articles: Historical News

The library subscribes to a few online databases containing historical news:

• Early American Newspapers Digital (1700-1859) - Digital renditions of newspapers published in America from 1700-1859.
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers (US) - Searchable full-text articles and images from:
  
  Atlanta Constitution (1868-1939)
  Chicago Defender (1921-1975)
  Chicago Tribune (1849-1986)
  Christian Science Monitor (1908-1993)
  Hartford Courant (1764-1984)
  Los Angeles Times (1881-1986)
  New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993)
  New York Times (1851-2004)
  Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)
  Wall Street Journal (1889-1990)
  Washington Post (1877-1991)
• Times (London) Digital Archive (1785 - 1985) - Scanned version of the London Times. Contains full content of the newspaper including advertisements, editorials, reviews, stock exchange tables, and weather reports. Does not include the Sunday edition. Works best in Internet Explorer.

Search Tips:

• Use the vocabulary in use at the time (e.g., Negroes instead of African American).
• Think about how journalists would write about the topic. What words would they use?
• Limit your search to abstract or citation and abstract to get more precise results.
• Combine synonyms with OR to increase results (e.g., conservatives or right-wing).
• Use the asterisk (*) to get multiple endings of a word. (e.g., integrat* for integrate, integration, integrating, etc.)

If the newspaper you want is not available in these databases, see Finding Newspaper Articles: Specific Newspapers.