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Newspaper Databases Available at Stanford

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• SULAIR Electronic Journals - Search engine for locating full-text newspapers available at Stanford

• America's Historical Newspapers - (1690-1922)
• America's Newspapers - Full-text local and regional news from Newsbank
• East View Universal Databases of Russian, Ukrainian, Baltic and CIS publications
• Facts.com - Facts on File World News Digest 1950+ (complete text)
• Global Newsbank (1996+) - Full-text of selected articles from wire services, broadcasts, newspapers, and periodicals worldwide
• Historical Newspapers Online, including Palmer's Index to the Times (1790-1905), The Official Index to the Times (1906-1980), Palmer's Full-Text Online (1785-1870), and The Historical Index to the New York Times (1851-1922)
• Info-Latinoamerica (1988+) - Indexes over 1,500 leading international and domestic newspapers, journals, news magazines, newsletters, and other sources, including full-text for many beginning with 1995
• LexisNexis Academic - Full-text of news, business, and legal sources, including transcripts of national radio and television news programs
• Wall Street Journal Historical Archive (1889-1985) - Offers full-page and article images with searchable full-text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. WSJ (1986 to current) — please access ABI/Inform Global

Microform

• U.S. Newspapers on Microfilm and in Special Collections in Green Library
• African American Newspaper in Green Library

Newspaper Indexes

• New York Daily Tribune Index (1875-1906) part of 19th-Century Masterfile
• New York Times, Historical Index to the (1851-1922) from Chadwyck-Healey
• New York Times Index (1863-1905) part of 19th-Century Masterfile
• The Official Index to the Times (1906-1980)
• Palmer's Index to the Times (1790-1905)
• The Media Microtext Center has a microfiche index to San Francisco newspapers (1904-1959) and the San Francisco Chronicle (1950-1980), plus the California Information File (1846-1985)

Stanford Publications

• Stanford University News Service including the Stanford Report
• The Stanford Daily
• SULAIR Publications including Speaking of Computers

Directories of news sources

• Yahoo's News and Media links
• Internet Public Library's - List of Online Newspapers
• AJR (American Journalism Review) NewsLink - Links to all sorts of news resources on the internet.
• Newspaper and Current Periodical Room of the Library of Congress with links to many other Internet resources.

Wire Services

• Top Stories from Yahoo.

United States Newspapers

News Choice Online Newspaper Network

California

• Eureka Times-Standard 9/15/2001 to current in America's Newspapers
• Fresno Bee 1986+ in Access World News
• Los Angeles Times Latest six months only in LexisNexis; Jan. 2006 to current in America's Newspapers ; 1881-1984 is in Los Angeles Times Historical
• Oakland Tribune 9/14/2001 to current in America's Newspapers
• Orange County Register 1987+ on America's Newspapers
• Palo Alto Weekly
• Sacramento Bee 1984+ on America's Newspapers
• San Diego Union-Tribune 2001 to current in America's Newspapers
• San Jose Mercury News 1886-1922 in America's Historical Newspapers , 1985+ on America's Newspapers
• SF Gate.com from The San Francisco Chronicle 1985+ on America's Newspapers

Rest of Country: Selected Newspapers of National Interest

• Arizona Republic 1999+ on America's Newspapers
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution 1985 to current in America's Newspapers , 1868 - 1929 in Historical Newspapers
• Baltimore Sun
• Boston.com from the Boston Globe 1980+ on America's Newspapers
• Brooklyn Eagle online (1841-1902)
• Chicago Defender Nov. 1999 to current in Ethnic NewsWatch , 1905-1975 in Historical Newspapers
• Chicago Tribune , 1985 to current in America's Newspapers , 1849 -1985 in Historical Newspapers
• Christian Science Monitor 1987+ on America's Newspapers
• Cleveland.com from The Plain Dealer 1991+ on America's Newspapers
• Dallas Morning News 1984+ on America's Newspapers
• Denver Post 1989+ on America's Newspapers
• Detroit Free Press 1982+ on America's Newspapers
• Honolulu Advertiser 1999+ on America's Newspapers
• Houston Chronicle 1985+ on America's Newspapers
• Kansas City Star 1991+ on America's Newspapers
• Miami.com from the Miami Herald 1983+ on America's Newspapers
• onWisconsin.com Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 1990+ on America's Newspapers
• New York Times
• New York Times Historical (1851-2001) full-text
• Oregon Live from The Oregonian (Portland) 1988+ on America's Newspapers
• Philadelphia Online produced jointly by The Inquirer 1981+ on America's Newspapers and Daily News 9/15/2001+ on America's Newspapers
• STL Today from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1988+ on America's Newspapers
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer 1986+ on America's Newspapers
• Star Tribune Online, Minneapolis/St. Paul 1986+ on America's Newspapers
• The Tampa Tribune 1991+ on America's Newspapers
• USA Today 1988+ on America's Newspapers
• Village Voice
• Washington Post 1977 to current in America's Newspapers , 1877-1990 in Historical Newspapers
• Washington Times 1990+ on America's Newspapers

Television and Radio News

• ABC News
• CBS News
• CNN.com
• FOX News
• PIX Page - KPIX Television and Radio
• KRON Online
• MSNBC, with stories from NBC, plus the cable CNBC and MSNBC.
• NPR: National Public Radio
• Online Newshour from PBS.

The Rest of the World

Africa

• all Africa.com, with reports from Africa's leading newspapers, magazines and news agencies
• Africa
     Current Events
     Current Events - Countries
     Latest Breaking News (pages of links created by Karen Fung)
  
• Electronic Mail and Guardian (South African)

Asia and Pacific

Australia

• Sydney Morning Herald

Cambodia

• Phnom Penh Post

China

• China News Digest
• The Standard Hong Kong
• Renmin ribao (People's Daily)

India

• Times of India

Japan

• Japan's Asahi shimbun in English or Japanese
• Japan's Daily Yomiuri in English or Japanese
• Kyodo News (Japanese news agency)

Korea

• Korea Herald

Philippines

• Balita-L: Philippine News Agency

Singapore

• Straits Times (Singapore)

Canada

• CANOE: Canadian Online Explorer
• Nunatsiaq News, weekly for Nunavut, home of northeast Canada's Inuit
• Toronto Globe and Mail
• Toronto Star

Europe

• Deutsche Welle news in 30 languages
• East View Universal Databases of Russian, Ukrainian, Baltic and CIS publications
• European Journalism Page - "Sites and resources of interest to journalists working in or covering Europe."
• European Broadcasting with links to many internet resources
• Radio Free Europe

Austria

• Der Standard
• Wiener Zeitung

Czech Republic

• Prague Post

France

• News and Journals links from the French and Italian Studies pages (Stanford University Libraries)
• International Herald Tribune (Paris)
• Libération
• Le Monde
• Le Monde Diplomatique

Germany

• News from Mitteleuropa links from the Germanic Collections pages (Stanford University Libraries)
• Tageszeitungen links for online daily newspapers
• Deutsche Welle Online
• Express Online
• Spiegel Online
• Die Süddeutsche Zeitung
• Die Welt
• Die Zeit

Great Britain

• BBCi
• London Times and Times (London) Digital Archive (1785-1985)
• Electronic Telegraph (London)
• The Guardian/The Observer
• Jewish Chronicle

Ireland

• Irish Times On The Web

Italy

• News, Journals, Political Sites links from the French and Italian Studies pages
• Corriere della Sera
• Il Mondo
• La Stampa

Portugal

• Público and links to other Jornais

Russia

• East View Universal Databases of Russian, Ukrainian, Baltic and CIS publications
• Russian/NIS Publications, Online Databases of
• Moscow News Weekly
• St. Petersburg Times, English version

Spain

• El Paisplus (Spain)
• ABC (Madrid)

Sweden

• Stockholm Dagens Nyheter
• Sveriges Radio - Swedish Radio available in English and several other languages
• Sveriges Television - Swedish Television available in English

Switzerland

• Neue Zürcher Zeitung - hardcopy in IC News, "Selected International Titles" display

Ukraine

• Kyiv Post (in English)

Latin America

• LANIC links to Latin American newspapers (University of Texas, Austin)

Argentina

• La Nacion (Buenos Aires)
• Clarin (Buenos Aires)
• Pagina/12 (Buenos Aires)

Brazil

• JBonline (Rio de Janerio)
• Folha de Sao Paulo
• O Globo (Rio de Janeiro)
• Estado de Minas

Mexico

• Nexos
• Proceso
• Reforma
• El Norte Jan. 2004 to current in LexisNexis

Middle East

Israel

• Ha'aretz
• Jerusalem Post

Jordan

• The Star: Jordan's political, economic and cultural weekly

Alternative News

• Alternative news links from FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting)
• AlterNet - online community of the alternative press

Special Topics

Business

• Economist
• Financial Times
• Fortune
• Wall Street Journal Historical Archive (1889-1985) - offers full-page and article images with searchable full-text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. WSJ (1986 to current) — please access ABI/Inform Global

Environment

• ENN (Environment News Network) Online
• Grist - environmental news and commentary, includes Gristmill blog
National Resource Defense Council - includes news on global warming, energy, endangered places, oceans; issues online journal OnEarth

Internet & Computer News

• C|NET: The Computer Network
• MacInTouch Home Page
• MacWorld Online
• ZDNet

Media Criticism

• Adbusters - examines and parodies advertising culture
• FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), publisher of Extra! (hardcopy in Current Periodicals, also e-journal, some articles available online to all)
Index on Censorship - promotes free expression around the world, journal in Current Periodicals, also e-journal, some articles available online to all

Politics

• Inside Politics from CNN and Time
• Campaigns & Elections from Congressional Quarterly

Science News

• Science Daily
• Sci-Tech & Industrial News a more comprehensive list of sources

Sports News

• ESPN.com from ESPN and ABC Sports
• CNNSI from CNN and Sports Illustrated
• SportsLine from CBS
• FOX Sports from FOX and The Sporting News

Updated by Molly Molloy

Last modified: April 13, 2010