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Full text databases/directories covering multiple publications

African American Newspapers, Series 1 and 2, 1827-1998 This link opens in a new window
more than 350 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection, which includes historically significant papers from more than 35 states, features many rare 19th-century titles. Part of the America’s Historical Newspapers collection, African American Newspapers was created from the most extensive African American newspaper archives in the world.
African Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Nineteenth and twentieth century African newspapers.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922 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.

Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection This link opens in a new window
Spanning the Early Republic’s Open Door Era to the Era of Liberalization in the mid-1960s, Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection covers two centuries of immigrant life in the United States
Hispanic American Historical Newspapers, 1808-1980 This link opens in a new window
The single largest compilation of Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries. The distinctive collection features hundreds of Hispanic American newspapers, including many long scattered and forgotten titles published in the 19th century
Independent Voices This link opens in a new window
Independent Voices is an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.
Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Open access collection of newspapers from more than twenty cities spanning the Chinese mainland during the first half of the twentieth century (1911 - 1949). Content in Chinese.

Making of America
The Making of America "The Cornell University Library Making of America Collection is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. This site provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints."

Middle Eastern and North African Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Open access collection of newspapers from the Middle East and North Africa (1870 - present). Content is predominantly in Arabic, but also includes key titles in English and French.

Eight Centuries This link opens in a new window
A collection of periodical indexes created in the nineteenth century. Includes: Index to the New York Times (1863-1905); Index to Harper's Magazine (1880-1905); Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906); Stead's Index to Periodical Literature (the "British Poole's") (1890-1902); Index to the New York Daily Tribune 1875-1906; Descriptive catalog of the government publications of the U. S. (1774-1881).
Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
(1890-1982) Provides indexing to older popular magazines published in the United States and Canada.

The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900 by Walter E. Houghton; Jean H. Slingerland; Wellesley College Staff
Call Number: MH Reference AI3 .W45Library Info
ISBN: 0415030544
Publication Date: 1966-01-01

Atlanta Constitution Historical Newspaper This link opens in a new window
Full text of the back issues of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper from June 17,1868-Dec. 31, 1984.
The Baltimore Afro-American This link opens in a new window
Full-text of The Baltimore Afro-American from 1893 to 1988.
Boston Globe Historical This link opens in a new window
Full Text of the back issues of the Boston Globe from 1872 to 1982
Chicago Defender Historical This link opens in a new window
Full text of the back issues of the African American newspaper, Chicago Defender, from 1910 to 1975.
Chicago Tribune Historical This link opens in a new window
Full text of the back issues of the Chicago Tribune from 1849 to 1970.
Illustrated London News This link opens in a new window
Includes a full run of the illustrated newspaper, 1842-2003, including specials and presentation pieces.

Los Angeles Times Historical Newspaper This link opens in a new window
Full text of the back issues of the Los Angeles TImes from 1881 to 1990.

Mount Holyoke College Student Newspaper Collection
(1891 - April 2017) The title of the student paper has changed over time from The Mount Holyoke to The Mount Holyoke News to Choragos to The Mount Holyoke News. Tip: This digital collection is still a work in progress. Currently you can only search by keyword, not by date. However, it is possible to sort by date issued and browse in chronological order.

NAVER News Library This link opens in a new window
(1920-1999) Korean digital newspaper archive - in Korean only
New York Amsterdam News Historical Newspaper This link opens in a new window
Full text of the back issues of the New York Amsterdam News from 1922 to 1993.
New York Times Historical Newspaper This link opens in a new window
Full text of the back issues of the New York Times from 1851 to 2010.
Springfield Republican Historical Newspaper This link opens in a new window
Back issues of the Springfield Republican from 1844 to 1946.
Sunday Times (London) This link opens in a new window
Full text of the back issues of the Sunday Times (London) from 1822 to 2006.
San Francisco Chronicle, 1865-1922 This link opens in a new window
Full Text of the back issues of the San Francisco Chronicle (and variant titles) from 1865 through 1922
Times London (The Times London) This link opens in a new window
Full text of the back issues of The Times (London) from 1785 to 2010.
Times of India (Historical Archive) This link opens in a new window
Full text of back issues of The Times of India from 1838-2005
Washington Post Historical This link opens in a new window
Full text of the back issues of The Washington Post from 1877 to 1997.

Times (London, England - 1956-2008)

Die Zeit (Germany - 1946-2009)