Post-1980 News Coverage
Searchable newspaper indexes and full-text newspapers/news services:
Comprehensive text searching and access to U.S. and international news by computerized newspaper databases begins for most titles around 1980. A major exception is ProQuest Historical Newspapers (PQHN) which provides searchable historical coverage and page images from a number of mainstream newspapers, primarily from North America, beginning with the first issue published.
Extended coverage of many of the mainstream U.S. newspapers in PQHN is available in ProQuest Digitized Newspapers (also searchable, with page images) which covers issues from 1/1/2008 to 3 months ago.
To find news content from the last three months search one or more of the news databases listed below with current coverage.
- ABI/Inform DatelineRegional U.S. business news. Part of the Proquest ABI/Inform collection of databases. To search only ABI/Inform Dateline, go to "Select multiple databases" and select only "ABI/Inform Dateline."
ABI/Inform Dateline focuses on hard-to-find local and regional business news coverage of large corporations, privately held companies, local start-ups, executive profiles, marketing, finance, and industry news. Provides access to business information not typically found in national news sources. Contains news and analysis, information on local markets, and more gathered from major business tabloids, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and city, state, and regional business publications. Cornell only. To see a list of titles, click the Publications tab above the search bar. - ABYZ News LinksA collection of links to news sites worldwide. Coverage: Mainly the current issue; some searchable archives; see individual sources. Includes some streaming video and audio; television, radio, and online news sources. Many languages.
- Access World NewsNewsBank/Readex.
Access World News features the text content of over 2,400 U.S. and international newspapers and newswires. Starting dates for each newspaper vary. Good access to many regional and local newspapers. The Ithaca Journal (1999 to date) is now in the Newspapers section of ProQuest. Cornell only. - Alt-Press WatchProQuest.
Full-text database of selected newspapers, magazines, and journals of the alternative and independent press. Coverage of the peace movement, ecology and the environment, labor, indigenous peoples, public policy, and grassroots organizing. This coverage of diverse points of view and perspectives complements the reporting in the mainstream press. - FactivaAccess funded by the Library.
Scroll down to the Newsstand: US box on the Factiva home page to browse the last two weeks of the following news sources—every article, plain text (no graphics)—The New York Times, Wall Street Journal (U.S. edition), and Washington Post from the print editions. Articles in the online versions may not be available in Factiva! Use the Search/SearchBuilder menu to query the full database content. Access limited to 10 simultaneous users. - Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1974-1996.Created by the U.S. intelligence community to benefit policy makers and analysts, FBIS Daily Reports offer foreign views and perspectives on historical events from thousands of monitored broadcasts and publications. Translated into English from more than 50 languages, these comprehensive media reports from around the globe include news, interviews, speeches and editorial commentary. The FBIS Daily Reports in this collection cover April 1974 through September 1996. For coverage after 1996, see World News Connection below.
- Ithaca JournalSearchable full text, 8/9/1999 to present. Plain text. See also ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Collection (below) that covers the Ithaca Journal from 1914 through 2013. PDFs.
- Latin American News Sources in Olin LibraryA table of print sources for Latin American news.
- Latin American NewsstreamProQuest.
A searchable full-text database of newspapers from Latin America--most coverage begins in 2005, but see the title list for specific dates (click the Publications tab above the search bar). A related resource for print sources is the LibGuide Latin American News Sources in Olin Library. - Nexis Uni (replaces LexisNexis Academic)Coverage: roughly 1980 to date. Includes television and radio. Plain text. Mainly English and Western European languages.
Updated daily. An international online news and legal database originally created for lawyers, businesses, and broadcast and print news organizations. Contains the the text of a number of large- and medium-size newspapers around the world; transcripts of broadcast news shows, interviews, and press conferences; local and state business publications; international wire services; and legal materials. - ProQuest Digitized Newspapers [PQDN] / ProQuest Recent NewspapersFull coverage for 31 titles (plus five multi-title regional newspaper collections) starting from either 1/1/2008, 1/1/2009, 1/1/2010, or 1/1/2011, and ending "within days of the current issue.". Primarily publisher PDFs backed by full text searching of OCRed text with some searching of publisher's text feed for the newest issues.
- ProQuest Historical NewspapersProvides searchable full-image databases from the beginning for
General newspapers: Coverage:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1868-1984),
Baltimore Sun (1837-1997), Boston Globe (1872-1991), Chicago Tribune (1849-2013), Hartford Courant (1764-1997), Los Angeles Times (1881-2014), New York Times (1851-2019), New York Tribune / Herald Tribune (1841-1962), Wall Street Journal (1889-2011), and Washington Post (1877-2006).
African-American newspapers: Chicago Defender (1910-2010), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), and Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2010).
International newspapers: Chinese Newspapers Collection (1832-1953), Globe and Mail [Toronto] (1844-2019), Hindustan Times (1924-2000), Irish Times / Weekly Irish Times [Dublin] (1859-2020), Le Monde (1944-2000), Montreal Gazette (1785-2010, and Times of India (1838-2010).
Note: Titles are searchable across any combination of newspapers in this collection. For most titles, another year of coverage is added each calendar year. - ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York CollectionCovers the Ithaca Journal,1914-2013. Extensive coverage of the Binghamton (1904-2012), Elmira (1891-2011), and Rochester (1884-2011) newspapers.
- US Northeast NewsstreamProQuest. Subscription.
Coverage varies by title: 1980s to date. Plain text.
About 100 newspaper titles from Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont plus additional non-newspaper titles. - World News Connection1995-2013.
A foreign news service from the U.S. government that provides the text of English translations for international newspaper articles and radio/television broadcasts. Coverage begins in 1995 and ends 12/31/2013. For coverage before 1995, see the Foreign Broadcast Information Service entry (above).
See also: Ethnic News