Historical Newspapers

Searchable Associated Press content, including 4.6 million photographs (1826-present) as well as graphics, audio (1920-present), and articles (1997-present).

Full-text journal and magazine articles and citations covering the sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects. Coverage: 1901-present; most full-text coverage after 1980.

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Full-text journal and magazine articles, newspapers, and audiovisual material covering a diverse set of general interest and academic topics.

Text-only articles (not page reproductions) from national and international newspapers, newswires, and some magazines. Coverage: 1981-present. Local Coverage: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis (09.18.2002-11.05.2014); Christian Science Monitor, Boston (12.19.1996 to present); Jewish Advocate, Boston (08.22.1991 to present); Sun, Lowell (02.27.2003-05.12.2008); Telegram & Gazette, Worcester (02.14.1989-05.05.2015)

Text- only articles (not page reproductions).  Does not contain all content found in the published version of the Times, such as advertisements, charts, classified ads, graphs, most images, and non-staff written articles. Updated daily by 8 a.m.

Up-to-the-moment access to nytimes.com with no limit on the number of articles viewed. Read today's news stories as they happen.

Unlimited access while connected to the internet at the library. A limited number of 72-hour passes are available daily for home or remote use.

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Color full-page and article reproductions of thousands of U.S. and international newspapers and magazines. Coverage: usually current 3 months or more.

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Newspapers, pamphlets, and broadsides gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) representing the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media, containing approximately 1,270 titles from London, the British Isles, and the colonies. Local Coverage:  Boston Gazette (1721-1722); New England Courant (1721-1723).

Over 180,000 full-text searchable 18th century books, pamphlets, essays, broadsides, and more, primarily in English, covering all aspects of life and knowledge, including history, geography, arts and literature, law, science, medicine, and the social sciences.

Searchable full-page and article reproductions of newspapers from across the country. Massachusetts Coverage: Boston: Atlas, Congregationalist, Courier, Daily Advertiser, Emancipator & Republican, Investigator, Liberator; Lowell: Lowell Daily Citizen.

Partnering with the American Antiquarian Society (AAS), EBSCO provides digital access to a comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912 in fifty subject-based thematic subsets.

American Indian Newspapers is a collection of newspapers, ranging from historic pressings to contemporary periodicals, which together explore nearly 200 years of Indigenous print journalism from the US and Canada.

Searchable full-page and article reproductions back to the first issue on March 4, 1872. Coverage:  Morning Edition only.

Full page reproductions of national and regional newspapers specially selected to best represent nineteenth century Britain, including newspapers that helped lead political or social movements and penny papers aimed at the working and clerical classes.

Searchable page reproductions of U.S. newspapers from 1789-1963 and a directory of U.S. newspapers from 1690 to the present.  Produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

Searchable article and page reproductions of the world’s most authoritative daily business newspaper.

Historical newspapers and periodicals, primarily from Britain and the United States, covering the 17^th -21^st centuries.

Full-text searchable page reproductions of the leading 19^th century U.S. illustrated journal, browsable by date, subject, and page thumbnails.

Searchable full-page and article reproductions back to the first issue on March 29, 1859.

Searchable full-page and article reproductions back to the May 26, 1905 issue. Published as the Boston Advocate: New England’s Jewish Weekly from 1905-1909.

Searchable full-page and article reproductions back to the first issue on Sept 18, 1851.

Searchable full-page reproductions of historical newspapers, some of which were made from the collections of the Boston Public Library. Boston coverage includes: Boston Globe (morning and evening editions), 1872-1922; Boston Post, 1831-1922. Also includes historical newspapers published in these states: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, D.C., New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Searchable page reproductions of Britain’s premier Sunday newspaper, renowned for its investigative journalism and especially valuable for social sciences and humanities research.

Searchable page reproductions of one of the world’s most important and longest-running newspapers.

The International Herald Tribune Historical Archive (1887-2013) features the complete archive of the International Herald Tribune from its origins as the European Edition of The New York Herald and later the European Edition of the New York Herald Tribune. The archive ends with the last issue of the International Herald Tribune before its relaunch as the International New York Times.

Text- only articles (not page reproductions).  Does not contain all content found in the published version of the Globe, such as advertisements, charts, classified ads, graphs, most images, and non-staff written items.  Updated daily by 8 a.m.