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ENGLISH 110: Introduction to Academic Prose

Historic Newspaper Databases

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Access World News Research Collection

A comprehensive news collection for exploring issues and events at the local, regional, national and international level. Includes the Kansas City Star 1991-present.

Accessible Archives

Contains American newspapers from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 1

Newspapers and magazines from the United States' Colonial era, covering 1691 through 1820.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 2

Newspapers and magazines from the United States, covering 1821 through 1837.

Chronicling America

Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1770-1963 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.

Early American Newspapers

Full text digital articles from American newspapers, including the Kansas City Star, 1690-1922.

Ethnic NewsWatch

Includes multi-ethnic and multi-cultural newspapers, magazines, and journals

Independent Voices

A freely available digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals from the latter half of the 20th century. Topics span feminism, activism in minority communities, extreme right-wing press, and more.

Newspaper Source

Full article access to many International, national, and local/regional newspapers (Washington Post, USA Today, Columbia Daily Tribune)

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Defender

Premier US historical newspaper titles.

Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (H.W. Wilson)

Provides a quick way to search the most popular general-interest magazines from 1890-1982 in the United States.

19th Century U.S. Newspapers

Full article access to major, rural, and specialty news sources.

Steps to Limit Library Homepage Search Results to News

1. Enter your search string in the library homepage search bar.

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2. Scroll to the "Limit by Type" option on the left hand side and select "News."

Screenshot of search results for coffee with red circle around the News selection for limiting results by type.