Pre-1980 International News
International News Databases
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ProQuest Historical NewspapersProQuest Historical Newspapers also includes some international newspapers:
ABC [Madrid] (1903-2010),
Chinese Newspapers Collection (1832-1953, English-language titles)
Globe and Mail [Toronto] (1844-2021),
Hindustan Times (1924-2000),
Irish Times / Weekly Irish Times [Dublin] (1859-2022),
Le Monde (1944-2000),
Montreal Gazette (1785-2010), and
Times of India (1838-2012)
Individual International Newspapers/Newsmagazines Databases
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The Economist Historical Archive.Delivers a complete searchable copy of every issue of The Economist from 1843 to 2020. Includes new full-color images, multiple search indexes, exportable financial tables and a gallery of front covers highlighting a key topic of each week. Updated with an additional year annually.
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The Financial Times Historical ArchiveEvery item ever printed in the paper, from 1888-2021, can be searched and browsed.
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Times [London] Digital ArchiveOffers online, full-text access to the weekday Times [London] from 1785 through 2019. The separate Sunday Times Digital Archive covers 1822 through 2016.These are the longest runs of international newspaper indexing and access available online.
Major International Newspapers with Separate Print Indexes
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Times of London.Call Number: Library Annex AI 21 .T58London: Times Newspapers Ltd., 1891-July 2013.
In addition to providing an invaluable source of information on world events during this early time period, the index has an obituary section under the heading "Deaths" which frequently supplies biographical information not available elsewhere.
See also: the searchable online versions spread across three different databases:
Times [of London] Digital Archive (Monday - Saturday).
The Sunday Times Digital Archive, 1822 - 2006.
Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive.
Coverage and format: Times, 1785 - 2014; The Sunday Times, 1822 - 2006; Literary Supplement, 1902 - 2010. -
Le Monde.Call Number: Library Annex AI 21 .M741 +Paris: Le Monde, print index covers 1944/1945-1951, 1958, 1965-1968, and 1985-2001.
Online, searchable full text of Le Monde covers 1944-2000, in ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
Le Monde (Film 481) has been published since 1944. It continues a newspaper called Temps (Film 2663), which began publication in 1861.
A searchable full-text version of Le Monde is also available on 8 CD-ROMS from the Library Annex that cover 1995 to 2009.
For a detailed list of indexes to international papers, see Newspaper Indexes formerly in Olin Library--International.
Current Asian Newspapers
Current Asian newspapers and indexes to Asian newspapers are kept in the Severinghaus Reading Room in Kroch Library.
Discovering International Newspapers outside Cornell
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ICON: International Coalition on NewspapersBibliographic information only. List of international newspapers preserved on microfilm. Linked CRL catalog includes specific holdings. Titles are available from Center for Research Libraries via interlibrary loan. ICON's searchable union list of international newspapers; good historical data with preservation status and holdings information.