The New York Times Archive searches the contents of the New York Times from 1851 to present. Full text is provided to Murray State users. Murray State users must create an account to authenticate access, AND MUST BE ON CAMPUS FOR REGISTRATION. Following registration, access is available off-campus. Visit https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/ippass to create a free account. If you are unable able to come to campus to create your account, please contact Cris Ferguson .
Newspaper articles can provide a useful source of information by serving as a primary source of information about historical and current events.
Newspaper articles can
Newspaper articles can also be a secondary source because they contain commentaries or retrospective articles about events.
Period newspapers can provide primary source information for specific eras in time.
Provides easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the Louisville Courier Journal from 1830 to 2000.
Full-page images of the Courier Journal from 1923 - current. Regional, national, and international news. Every page is full-text searchable.
The Times (London) is the world's oldest continuously published newspaper. Readers — world leaders and the general public — have consistently turned to The Times for its in‐depth news coverage, parliamentary reports and comment, editorial opinion and unique view of history from the major reporters and editors of the period. The Times Digital Archive covers years 1785–2012.
Provides easily-searchable first-hand accounts and coverage of the Wall Street Journal from 1889 to 2011.
Full-page images from 2008 - current. Regional, national, and international news. Every page is full-text searchable.
Part of the British Library Newspaper Collection. Full-text, fully searchable digital archive of nearly 1,270 newspapers and news pamphlets from the UK and around the world.
Provides selected full text coverage for more than 240 newspapers and other sources. This collection includes cover-to-cover full text for USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor and The Times (London) as well as selected full text from more than regional newspapers, international papers, news wire services and TV/Radio transcripts. Generally one year's coverage only.
News archive search provides an easy way to search and explore historical archives. In addition to helping you search, News archive search can automatically create timelines which show selected results from relevant time periods.
Chronicling America is a project by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) to provide an Internet-based searchable database of historical U.S. newspapers. This includes a main page hosted by the Library of Congress and state repositories which receive funding from NDNP. Existing repositories from nearby states are also listed below.
State repositories will typically include a more in-depth collection of digitized newspapers. The list below shows a small sample of state newspaper programs. You will have to seek other states out, or contact the history subject librarian for assistance.
Many historical newspapers from around the world get digitized and uploaded to Internet Archive or HathiTrust by academic and historical institutions. Using these tools for this purpose works best when you have a specific newspaper you want to search for. Typically, a year's worth of papers will be cataloged together as a single volume, but that may differ between lending institution.
A collection of text, audio, moving images, and software from libraries and museums archived in order to prevent digital artifacts from "disappearing." Provides free access to researchers, historians, scholars, the print disabled, and the general public.
A partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
