LibGuides: Newspapers and News: Home

About this Guide...

The home page provides links to news databases offered by the WSU Libraries and some basic web links. Use the specialized tabs to find additional sources. [Note: this is a work in progress...]

1/2021 - We no longer have access to the NewsBank Access World News database - this was an extended trial via the Washington State Library.

3/2021 Be sure to check out the "Spring 2021 Update: New and/or Helpful WSU Libraries Resources and Services" tab - we have temporary access to some great resources that might be of interest to you (PolicyMap, extra JSTOR, a polling database extension...)

Newspaper Databases

Newspapers available in print and in microform @ the WSU Libraries - a list is coming soon!

These links should take you directly to the specific newspaper database (if you are off-campus you will need to log in with your WSU Network (MyWSU) ID and password. If you have problems connecting, please report them.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers. New York Times
Full-text and very searchable (i.e. display ads, classified ads, and more)
Global Newsstream (ProQuest)
Click on "Publications" and search for New York Times, or Click on the Advanced Search link and then limit your search query to the New York Times by using the drop-down menu in the Select A Field box and choosing Source. Note: this database link includes different editions of The Times.
Nexis Uni
Excellent source for state/regional/US newspapers (including the New York Times) as well as English-language foreign newspapers and foreign language newspapers. Not really browsable, and no images. Includes legal and business information as well.
The Times (London, England) Digital Archive 1785-1985 (Gale)
1785 - current (separate databases). Note: this does NOT include the Sunday Times.
The Sunday Times is available in microfilm from 1976-2008 at AN411.42 .S86x.
Financial Times Historical Archive
This complete online fully searchable facsimile edition of the Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2016, provides the London edition of this international newspaper, covering business, global financial and economic issues as well as topics such as industry, energy, and international politics
Seattle Times (1896-1984) (Readex)
This database provides full text coverage of the Seattle Times, a major Northwest newspaper, from 1896 to 1984. Currently contains material back to 1900, including articles and advertisements. Also available at Holland Library on microform.
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers (Gale)
This database Provides access to approximately 500 U.S. newspapers, published between 1800 and 1900. Includes titles from throughout the United States, many published in what were, at the time, only territories. Papers selected cover a broad spectrum, with a comprehensive geographical and chronological range.
Newspaper Source Plus
This database provides selected full text coverage for 245 newspapers, newswires and other sources. This collection includes cover-to-cover full text for The Christian Science Monitor and The Los Angeles Times as well as selected full text from hundreds of regional newspapers. International newspaper coverage includes cover-to-cover full text for The Times (London), The Toronto Star, The Australian, and more. Newswire coverage includes AP Online (Associated Press), Asia Pulse, Canadian Press Wire, World Stream Newswires and more.
Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Regional Business News provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications). This database has full text for more than 50 sources.
Ethnic Newswatch
An interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and Native presses. Articles date from 1960 to the present.
Left Index (EBSCO)
The Left Index is a complete guide to the diverse literature of the left, with an emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. Coverage includes more than 247,500 citations and abstracts (with some full text) and spans from 1982 and earlier to present.

Newspapers and News Sites on the Web

Newspapers & Magazines (Internet Public Library)
OnlineNewspapers.com
An excellent source for finding foreign newspaper websites.
NewsLink
Links to U.S. and foreign newspapers
Google News/Archive Search
(For older articles, be sure to change the "Return articles added to Google News between" date to something that works for your search, i.e. 1/1/1901 - click the down-caret in the Search box to do this).
Newsy: Multisource Video News Analysis
"Newsy.com is an online video news site unlike any other - we highlight the nuances in reporting from media outlets around the world."
CNN Politics
Elephind
Historic digitized newspaper archives from around the globe, nearly 30,000 titles from 1800-present. Largely Oceania, Asia, U.S.

Fall 2021 Update: New and/or Helpful WSU Libraries Resources and Services

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We bumped up our abstract and indexing subscription for Philosopher’s Index to a subscription that includes full-text content for the next year (2021-2022)

Temporary Access, Summer 2021 and following

JSTOR - we have access to ALL their journal content (they divide it into specific collections, and we don’t subscribe to all of them), and the ArtStor database through the end of June *2022*.
We will be continuing our Roper Center (survey data iPoll database plus more) access through 3/31/2022. Probably not after, however. Note: If you create an account, please carefully read the Terms and Conditions (which you should always do, of course)!
We have access to PolicyMap through the end of [updated!] December of 2021. (They have a new version with extra functionality but to download data you have to use the legacy (default) version) - blog at Mapchats Blog | PolicyMap to provide some use cases, etc.
What is PolicyMap?

An online (no software installation needed) U.S. national data and mapping tool and analytics platform with multidisciplinary applications for college students and faculty. Undergraduate and graduate schools use us in their curriculum and research related to social sciences, urban studies, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic development, public administration, public health, policy and political science, education, business, economics, statistics, and geography, among others. Users can leverage thousands of U.S. data indicators in PolicyMap to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group in many cases, up to a national level, as well as create custom regions, for their research and studies.
Look for Blog Posts, Customer Stories, and sample Maps, Tables, and Reports.

Our MapChats Blog features stories on Mapping Consumer Spending Habits, Internet Access Disparities, and the Social Drivers of Health and more!
Our Academic Web Page gives insight into how other universities and colleges use our data and mapping tool
Visit PolicyMap Support for tutorials, training videos, the training calendar.
A complete list of our data related to Demographics, Incomes and Spending, Housing, Lending, Quality of Life, Economy, Education and Health can be found here

The Dimensions Lab
Big Monitors. Cool software. Large (but not really large) scanner. 3D Photogrammetry. Macs. And more. #DigitalMaking
The Libraries’ Dimensions Lab is equipped to provide computing resources and tools for computer-based projects in the fields of media, art, music, engineering, computer science, and physics. The lab is located on the first floor of the Holland Library on the WSU Pullman campus, right off the main elevators between Holland and Terrell.
Major updates coming in fall, 2021, including a small recording studio, the Whisper Lab.
The Proxy Bookmarklet and LibKey Nomad
Have you ever found something on the Web that you knew was available through the Libraries, but it was too much of a pain to log into the Libraries site and find it? Now we have a bookmarklet that you can add to your browser button bar so that you can log in via the Libraries and get immediate access (most of the time…) find out more about our new proxy bookmarklet. And it works with tablets too...
Note: after you log in, if you don't get access, just click the proxy bookmarklet again and you will (if your browser is idle for too long you may need to log in again). Also provides information on new library service LibKey Nomad which can also be used to provide instant access to PDFs available though the WSU Libraries.

SAGE Research Methods
Designed to guide users to the content they need to learn a little or a lot about their method, SAGE Research Methods includes more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher. The Methods Map can help those less familiar with research methods to find the best technique to use in their research.

WSU Libraries Citation Style Quick Guides (includes APA 7th)
"These quick reference guides are designed to provide easy access to common formatting and stylistic requirements for each citation style."
APA: The Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style (free)
Free tutorial
Just in case, APA Sixth Edition Resources
APA: Style and Grammar Guidelines (7th edition; free)
Just in case, APA Sixth Edition Resources
Citation Linker
Use this link when you have a citation and want to get to the book or article. It will link to the item you want. If it is not available at the WSU Libraries, it will generate an automatic interlibrary loan form so you can easily request it.