LibGuides: Communication: News Sources

News Databases: Single Sources and Collections

This section starts with some major databases that let you search many news sources at one time. Further down the page you will see links to individual newspapers like the Los Angeles Times or New York Times that we license so you can get behind their pay wall.

Access World News
Dates vary. More than 1500 sources worldwide, including 650 in the U.S. Largely newspapers,local news video for the U.S.; newspapers for Canada, UK and other English-speaking countries. For the rest of the world mostly wire services, BBC news digests
Nexis Uni
Thousands of full-text sources including newspapers, wires, broadcast transcripts, blogs, newsletters, magazines, trade journals; also industry news, company information, law reviews, court decisions. Coverage dates vary.
Factiva
Provides access to over 8,000 sources including: * 1,000+ Global and local newspapers * 3,000+ Journals and magazines * 30,000+ Company Reports Factiva.com delivers content in 22 languages.
Scroll down on the landing page to the Newsstand: US section for the latest content of Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Barron's & more.
Alt-PressWatch
1995-present. Full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. Provides a valuable new source of coverage, viewpoints and perspectives to complement and challenge the coverage of the mainstream media

Ethnic NewsWatch
1960-present. Full text U.S. ethnic community newspapers, newsletters, magazines. Includes African-American, Arab/Middle Eastern, Asian-Pacific, European-American, Hispanic, Jewish, Native-American. Searchable in English and Spanish.
New American Media
New America Media Key site
A nationwide association of over 700 ethnic media organizations. News page contains both current selections from those media and archives.[Full Description]
http://newamericamedia.org/
Vanderbilt Television News Archive
1968-present. Browse or search summaries of evening network news programs for ABC, CBS and NBC from 1968, CNN from 1995, Fox News from 2004. Streaming video for CNN and NBC only. From the videotape archives maintained by Vanderbilt University.

Los Angeles Times (1985-present)
1985-present. Search and view full text of the Los Angeles Times on Proquest. No page images
Los Angeles Times (1881-1990)
1881-1987. Search and browse full text and display images of both articles and complete newspaper pages. For page images of years not yet digitized, current, use SSHL Microfilm XF81
New York Times (1999-present)
1999-present. Search and display full text of the New York Times on Proquest. Uses the Late Edition (East Coast). Also includes abstracts and articles 1984-1998, but for better results use New York Times (Historical)
New York Times (1851-2010)
1851-2007. Search and browse full text and display images of both articles and complete newspaper pages. Via Proquest.
San Diego Union Tribune
1984-present. Full text (but no images) of the Union-Tribune, and before their 1990 merger, of the separate San Diego Union and Evening Tribune. For page images, available in SSHL microfilm XF 248

San Diego Union
1898-1912, with some years and months missing. Will eventually expand with full coverage back to 1877 and forward to 1983. Full text and page images. Includes earlier names for newspaper such as San Diego Union and Daily Bee.
AP Images
With millions of images dating back more than 150 years, this is one of the world's largest archives of historical & current imagery. Updated every minute. Includes news, entertainment, arts, business, and sports coverage from AP and selected partners.

US Major Dailies
U.S. Major Dailies provides access to current content and significant archives dating back to the 1980s for five of the nation’s most respected national and regional newspapers, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and The Wall Street Journal, in full-text format.

Directories and News Digests

This section starts with some large directories leading to the websites of news media and organizations around the world. It continues with databases that digest and summarize news from many sources and the websites of a few organizations that monitor and critique the news media.

ABYZ News Links
Links to newspapers, broadcast and other news media around the world, arranged by country. For the United States, listing are organized by state.

Newslink
Links to newspapers, magazines, broadcast media and resources for journalists. Assembled by the American Journalism Review
Historical Newspapers for the United States
A guide to finding United States historical newspapers available from the UCSD Libraries: links to those online; locations for those on microfilm. Includes major collections of historical newspapers and well as listings of some important individual papers
New America Media
A nationwide association of over 700 ethnic media organizations. News page contains both current selections from those media and archives.
Selected Western European News and Newspapers
This page provides links to some major online news sources in Western Europe. It is not intended to be exhaustive and links to other meta news sites are included. Maintained by experts at the American Library Association
Facts on File World News Digest: U.S. and world news
1940-present. Summary of all major political, social, economic events since November 1940. Includes extensive full-text collection of biographies, historical documents, editorials, background articles. Complete archive of print version of Facts on File
Keesing's World News Archive
1931-present. More than 75 years of international news reports, with summaries of political, economic and social events. Search by subject or browse by country. UCSD users ignore logon prompt.
Current Digest of the Russian Press
2001-current. Formerly Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press. A weekly selection of Russian-language press materials, translated into English. Also available in print in the SSHL Stacks, including Current Digest of the Soviet Press back to 1949.
AllAfrica.com
Online distributor of African news and information, posting over 1,000 stories daily in English and French, and a searchable archive of 900,000 articles (including the Africa News Service back to 1997).
September 11 News.com
Permanent Internet archive of news coverage of the events of September 11, 2001
Center for Public Integrity
Conducts investigative research and reporting on public policy issues in the United States and around the world.
Reporters Without Borders
An organization that fights for press freedom and denounces violations of human rights all over the world. Provides news & alerts on various issues concerning freedom of the press via over 100 correspondents from the all over the world.