Journalism, Broadcasting, and Digital Media: Newspapers
Current Newspaper databases
- Access World NewsIncludes the Grand Rapids Press and Detroit News along with regional, national and international newspapers.
- Global Newsstream*international, national, & regional newspapers, including NYT, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, GR Business Journal.
- Black Life in AmericaAfrican American news.
- Alt-PressWatchIndependent and grassroots newspapers
- Ethnic NewsWatchNewspapers & magazines from ethnic minority and native presses, including The Afro & news in Spanish.
- The AFROCurrent articles on its website.
- GenderWatchArticles about gender issues.
- Newspaper Source PlusWorld'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 NewspapersEarly American newspapers from 1690-1922. Also: African American Newspapers (1827-1998), Grand Rapids Press 1893-2018.
- 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 AmericaNearly 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 VoicesHistorical, small alternative press in the areas of: Black American, Campus Underground, Feminist, GI PRESS, LGBT, Latino, Little Magazine, Native American, and Right-Wing
- Regional and Historical PublicationsCommunity and business newspapers from the West Michigan region, in the Lemmen Library and Archives
Grand Rapids Press
- Grand Rapids PressMost recent 18 years via Access World News database (one day delay for current issue)
- 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: Dec 4, 2024 3:41 PM
- URL: https://libguides.gvsu.edu/multimediajournalism