Journalism, Broadcasting, and Digital Media: Newspapers
Current Newspaper databases
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowIncludes the Grand Rapids Press and Detroit News along with regional, national and international newspapers.
- Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window*international, national, & regional newspapers, including NYT, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, GR Business Journal.
- Black Life in AmericaPart of Access World News, covers African American news to the present day.
- Alt-PressWatch This link opens in a new windowoffers a wide range of critical, independent, & grassroots news
- Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new windownewspapers & magazines from ethnic minority and native presses, including The Afro & Spanish titles.
- The AFROCurrent articles on its website.
- GenderWatch This link opens in a new windowIncludes 10 newspapers. Select Source Type: Newspapers below the search boxes.
- Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new windowWorld's major news from newspapers (including NYT), news wires, news magazines, TV and radio transcripts
To search multiple newspapers at once, chose Advanced Search, put the titles in quotations in the top box with the word OR in between each: "New York Times" OR "Washington Post" OR "wall street journal" and change the adjacent drop-down box to "Publication title - PUB." Next, change the Publication date box to "Last 7 days" or the time period that suits you. The rest is up to you the searcher - to enter a name or topic, etc.
*For non-U.S. news, leave the search boxes empty but scroll down, change Publication date to “last 7 days” and in Location, enter country name, e.g., “Taiwan,” select Source Type "Newspapers" and Sort Results by “Most recent first.” When viewing results, look for place name in the publication and scan for relevant topics. *Covers 1977-present but dates vary.
Look up other newspaper titles in our Magazines & Journals list.
Historical Newspaper databases
- America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new windowEarly American newspapers from 1690-1922. Also includes: African American Newspapers (1827-1998)
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new windowFind older articles in the following newspapers: New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Defender, Detroit Free Press, Atlanta Daily World, The Baltimore Afro-American, Cleveland Call and Post, Los Angeles Sentinel, Michigan Chronicle, New York Amsterdam News, Norfolk Journal and Guide, Philadelphia Tribune, and Pittsburgh Courier.
- Indigenous Newspapers in North America This link opens in a new windowNearly 200 years of newspaper journalism by people from tribal sovereign nations and settlers in the U.S. and Canada.
- Black Newspapers CollectionNewspapers, including college papers, that were owned by, operated by, or intended for Black communities in Illinois, from 1897 (the only surviving issue of the Chicago Reflector) to 2003 (the Lincolnian.)
- Independent Voices This link opens in a new windowHistorical, small alternative press in the areas of: Black American, Campus Underground, Feminist, GI PRESS, LGBT, Latino, Little Magazine, Native American, and Right-Wing
- Detroit Free Press (1923-1999) This link opens in a new window
- Documenting White Supremacy and its Opponents in the 1920s This link opens in a new windowLocal, regional, & national newspapers published by Klan organizations and by sympathizers. Also includes anti-Klan voices from newspapers published by ethnic, Catholic, & Jewish organizations.
Grand Rapids Press
- Grand Rapids PressMost recent 18 years via Access World News database (one day delay for current issue)
- Grand Rapids Press 1893-2018 onlinevia Early American Newspapers database
- Grand Rapids Public Library Index to the Grand Rapids PressPublication Date: 1982-2005
- MLive - Grand Rapids PressMany articles are behind a paywall for subscribers only.
Grand Valley Lanthorn
- Lanthorn official siteCurrent issues
- Lanthorn, via Issuu2010-current & special editions
- Last Updated: Feb 22, 2024 12:55 PM
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