LibGuides: Newspapers, Broadcast News & Popular Magazines: Newspapers by Title

Availability of Articles

Although many of these resources are described as "full text" it is possible that not all articles will be available, especially for very recent materials. If you are having trouble finding what you need, please contact Karen_Bouchard@Brown.edu or another subject librarian for assistance. If you have full citation information, you can also use your ILLiad account to request scans of articles that we don't have.

Finding Newspapers by Title

Below are some of our most commonly used titles, but in no way are these all the newspapers we have! To look up other titles, Go to BruKnow and click on the Find Journal link at the top of the page or...

.......or click on the radio button that says Journals by Title and entering your title in the search box. If our access is electronic, you'll be able to search within the record.

If we don't have a title, you may be able to get microfilm or a scan of an article through Interlibrary Loan. If you need help with this, please see my contact box on the main page of this guide.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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A digital newspaper archive offering more than 60 historical publications dating back to the 19th century.
These historical newspapers offer full text and full image articles for newspapers dating back to the 19th century. Use the list below to search each newspaper individually.
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H.A. Brendekilde. Reading the Newspaper. 1912. Wikimedia Commons.

New York Times

You can sign up for a free account that lets you access the current edition:

New York Times -- Academic Pass
Register here for daily access to the New York Times using your Brown email address.

For full text searching of the New York Times, see these resources:

New York Times 1980 to Present
Part of US Major Dailies database offering full text articles but not images of the newspaper.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2018) This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to full text and full image articles for newspapers dating back to the 19th century.

This historical newspaper provides researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

ProQuest Digitzed Newspapers: New York Times Recent
The full-page images of this digitized newspaper provide genealogists, researchers and scholars with cover-to-cover access to recent newspaper content. Every page is full-text searchable. Coverage: 2008 - three months ago. Includes images of pages.

Providence Journal & Pawtucket Times

Providence Journal 1829-1982
Allows full text searching and reproduces images of articles as they originally appeared.
Providence Journal 1980-present
Searchable full text articles but not images of the original newspaper.
Pawtucket Times Archives
Searchable database from the Pawtucket Public Library. Currently covers the years 1886-1951.

Wall Street Journal

To search current news:

Wall Street Journal (Online)
Available through ProQuest, covers 2010 to the present.

You can also sign up for a free account that lets you access the current edition:

Wall Street Journal -- Academic Pass
Register here for daily access to the Wall Street Journal using your Brown email address.

For full text searching of the Wall Street Journal:

Wall Street Journal 1980 to present.
Part of US Major Dailies database offering full text articles but not images of the newspaper.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers; Wall Street Journal (1889-2000)
Allows full text searching and reproduces images of articles as they originally appeared.

Washington Post

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Washington Post (1877-2001)
Allows full text searching and reproduces images of articles as they originally appeared.
Washington Post (1987-1996)
Searchable full text articles but not images of the original newspaper.
Washington Post (1996 to Present)
Searchable full text articles but not images of the original newspaper.

Other Titles

Financial Times Historical Archive 1888-2016 This link opens in a new window
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1888-2010; the Financial Times Historical Archive delivers the complete searchable run of this authoritative daily business newspaper. Every item ever printed in the paper, from 1888-2010, can be searched and browsed article by article and page by page.

1888-2016; the Financial Times Historical Archive delivers the complete searchable run of this authoritative daily business newspaper. Every item ever printed in the paper, from 1888-2016, can be searched and browsed article by article and page by page. Founded to serve the immediate needs of the City of London, the Financial Times quickly broadened its coverage, recognising that global financial and economic issues were to become the predominant forces of the twentieth century. Incorporating its rival the Financial News in 1945, the Financial Times expanded in the post-war years, reporting on topics such as industry, energy and international politics in full for the first time. In the final decades of the twentieth century, coverage of management, personal finance and the arts was added.
Times (London) Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to more than 200 years of the Times, 1795-2019.

1795-2010; researchers can search through the complete digital edition of The Times (London), using keyword searching and hit-term highlighting to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.