News & Newspapers - ENGL 1260W - Literature and the Environment - Nugent

Working with News & Newspapers

Newspaper & News Magazine Collections

ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Historical access to the following newspapers: Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta Daily World, The Baltimore Afro-American, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Defender, The Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cleveland Call & Post, Detroit Free Press, The Globe and Mail, Hartford Courant, The Jerusalem Post, The Jewish Advocate, The Jewish Exponent, Los Angeles Sentinel, Los Angeles Times, Louisville Courier Journal, Michigan Chronicle, New York Amsterdam News, The New York Times, New York Tribune, Norfolk Journal & Guide, The Philadelphia Tribune, Pittsburgh Courier, San Francisco Chronicle, South China Morning Post, St. Louis Post Dispatch, The Tennessean, The Times of India, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
19th Century U.S. Newspapers
Digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for 19th century US newspapers. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.

Access Note: Available only to Tennessee residents.
Atlanta Historic Newspapers
Newspapers published in Atlanta from 1847 to 1922: Atlanta Daily Examiner (1857), Atlanta Daily Herald (1873-1876), Atlanta Georgian (1906-1911), Atlanta Intelligencer (1851, 1854-1871), Atlantian (1911-1922), Daily/Georgia Weekly Opinion (1867-1868), Gate-City Guardian (1861), Georgia Literary and Temperance Crusader (1860-1861), New Era (1869-1872), Southern Confederacy (1861-1864), Southern Miscellany, and Upper Georgia Whig (1847), Southern World (1882-1885), Sunny South (1875-1907), Weekly Constitution (1869-1882).

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

Gale NewsVault
Includes: 17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers, Economist Historical Archive, Financial Times Historical Archive, Sunday Times Digital Archive, Times Digital Archive, Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive.
News, Policy, & Politics Magazine Archive
Archive of 15 major magazines (including Newsweek), spanning areas including history of politics, current events, international relations, and public policy.

Coverage: 1918-2015.
World Newspaper Archive
Historical newspapers from North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and South Asia. (note: North American section includes Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and the US.)

Access Note: Vanderbilt and CRL member institutions. Coverage: 18th - 20th centuries.

Specific Newspapers

Atlanta Constitution (1868-1984)
Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

Coverage: 1868 to 1984.
New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
First-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

Coverage: 1851 through five years ago. Vendor Tutorials: http://proquest.umi.com/i-std/en/hnp/searchtips/searchtips.htm
Tennessean (1812-2002)
Full-text archive of Nashville's main daily newspaper.

Coverage: 1812-2002.
Wall Street Journal (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Historical access to the Wall Street Journal from ProQuest.

Coverage: 1889-1994.
Washington Post
First-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

Coverage: 1877-1996.

Accessible Archives
African American Newspapers; The Charleston Mercury; Chester & Delaware Federalist; The Christian Recorder; The Civil War Part I. A Newspaper Perspective; The Colored American; Delaware County American; Delaware County Republican; Frederick Douglass Paper; Douglass Monthly; Freedom's Journal; Media Advertiser; The National Era; The New York Herald; The North Star; The Pennsylvania Gazette; The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalog [collection]; Pennsylvania Newspaper Record; The Pennsylvania Packet; Porcupines Gazette; Provincial Freeman; Richmond Enquirer; The Upland Union; Village Record; Weekly Advocate.
African American Historical Serials Collection
Newspapers, magazines, reports, and annuals from various African American organizations including churches and educational and service institutions.

Coverage: 1816-1922.
African American Newspapers (Accessible Archives)
This database of eight African-American Newspapers provides information about cultural life and history during the 1800s and reports on major events and issues of the day. Newspapers are:
The Christian Recorder (1861–1902), The Colored American (1837–1841), Frederick Douglass’ Paper (1851–1855; 1859–1863) , Freedom’s Journal (1827–1829), The National Era (1847–1860), The North Star (1847–1851), Provincial Freeman (1854–1857), Weekly Advocate (1837–1837)
African American Newspapers (ProQuest)
Primary source material for the study of American history and African-American culture, history, politics, and the arts. Includes: Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988), Chicago Defender (1909-1975), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), Norfolk Journal and Guide (1916-2003), The Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001), and Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002).

Coverage: Varies by newspaper.
African American Newspapers (Readex)
Extensive African American newspaper archives. Includes the Wisconsin Historical Society, Kansas State Historical Society, Freedom's Journal (NY), The Colored Citizen (OH), Rights of All (NY), Wisconsin Afro-American, New York Age, Virginia Journal and Alexandria Advertiser, Richmond Planet, Cleveland Gazette, The Appeal (MN), etc.

Coverage: 1827-1998.

ProQuest News and Newspapers
Direct link to the newspaper section of ProQuest. Includes Alt-Press Watch, Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch, Latin American Newsstand, Canadian Newsstand Complete, ProQuest Newsstand, ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Times of London, and The Tennessean.

All current Vanderbilt University students, faculty, and staff have access, both on and off campus.
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic)
News and newspaper stories, federal and state court cases, US law reviews and journals, company profiles and directories. Company Dossier; data on public figures.

Access Note: Personal account required for some functionality. User Limit: Unlimited.
News (Gale OneFile)
National, regional, and local newspapers; images; radio and television broadcasts and transcripts.

Coverage: 1977 to present.
Factiva
Business magazines, trade publications, and newspapers; includes the Wall Street Journal.

User Limit: 10 simultaneous users. Logs out after 15 minutes of inactivity.
ProQuest Recent Newspapers - Digital Microfilm
Digital replacement of microfilm for several major papers (Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Tennessean, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post).

Access Note: You must click the "select" link to access the title.
Tennessean (2002-present)
Nashville's local and regional newspaper: The Tennessean.

Coverage: Nov. 7, 2002, to date, with incomplete coverage back to Jan. 1, 1999.
World News Digest
Archival record of domestic and international news covering all major political, social, and economic events since November 1940. Facts on File.

Coverage: 1940 to present.

Follow these steps below to start or renew your subscription to the New York Times:

Navigate to www.accessnyt.com
Search for and select "Vanderbilt University". You will be redirected to the NYT registration page.
If you have previously registered your @vanderbilt.edu email address on the NYT site, you will click the "Already have an account? Log in here" link
Verify your account (you will receive a confirmation email). You must click the link in this email to complete the registration. Please note that the confirmation email may be routed to your spam folder.

One registered, users will have 364 days of full account access at www.nytime.com. If you still have questions, please contact newsdesk@list.vanderbilt.edu

IMPORTANT: Streaming clips from the Television News Archive from off-campus requires the installation of the Pulse VPN service and the use of Duo Multi-Factor Authentication. You can find detailed information about the Pulse VPN and Duo as well as download files on Vanderbilt's Information Technology page: https://it.vanderbilt.edu/services/catalog/end-point_computing/network_access/remote-access/index.php

Vanderbilt Television News Archive
The world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. All individual network evening news broadcasts since 1968 and special news-related programming since 1989.