Start Here for Metropolitan News
- Global NewstreamU.S. Newsstream database is a part of Global Newsstream that includes the U.S. Midwest, North Central, Northeast, South Central, Southeast, and West Newsstream database content. Select on included databases to limit to the region of your city.
- Access World NewsCoverage: Current, from roughly the mid-1980s on. Over 2,700 newspapers and newswires, including some web-only titles. Over 600 U.S. sources. Includes many smaller newspapers in the U.S.
- Ethnic NewsWatchCoverage: 1960 to date. A full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press
Additional News Databases
- FactivaFull-text online service for international news and business information. Covers over 28,000 sources in 23 languages in more than 150 countries. Some company and market research is included. Factiva includes full-text coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
- Nexis UniAn interdisciplinary, full-text database of over 18,000 sources including newspapers, journals, wire services, newsletters, company reports and SEC filings, case law, government documents, transcripts of broadcasts, and selected reference works. Formerly LexisNexis Academic.
- ProQuest Historical NewspapersThe New York Times (1851-2013), Wall Street Journal (1889-1999), and Washington Post (1877-1999), the Chicago Tribune (1849-1992), the Los Angeles Times (1881-1992), the Chicago Defender (1910-1975), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1994), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002), Baltimore Sun (1837-1991) and others. PDFs scanned from microfilm. Search a single newspaper or cross-search any combination of titles in this collection.
Additional guides to news resources
If you need more news resources there are two detailed guides that may be helpful.