Databases
British Library Newspapers: Part 1-7
Trial period: 2 January 2026 - 31 March 2026
Sourced from the extensive holdings of the British Library, British Library Newspapers delivers a wide range of irreplaceable local and regional voices to reflect the social, political, and cultural events of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. These newspapers, emerging during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as a crucial channel of information in towns and major cities, provide researchers with a unique, first-hand perspective on history.
California Digital Newspaper Collection
Free Online Database
The California Digital Newspaper Collection contains over 1,500,000 pages of significant historical California newspapers published from 1846-present, including the first California newspaper, the Californian, and the first daily California newspaper, the Daily Alta California. It also contains issues of several current California newspapers that are part of a project to preserve and provide access to contemporary papers.
Canadian Newsstand Complete
This database offers unparalleled access to the full text of over 190 Canadian newspapers from Canada's leading publishers.
Factiva
Subscription terminated from January 2026.
Factiva provides worldwide full text coverage of local and regional newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, press release wires, media transcripts, news photos, business-rich Web sites, investment analyst reports, market research reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles, historical market data.
To access this database, please go to the Reference Desk (at G/F of the library) to first register so as for use at the designated desktop.
The Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003
Search the complete digital edition (over 260,000 full color pages) of the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper.
International Herald Tribune Historical Archive, 1887-2013
Trial period: 2 January 2026 - 31 March 2026
The International Herald Tribune Historical Archive, 1887-2013 features the complete run of the International Herald Tribune from its origins as the European Edition of The New York Herald and later the European Edition of the New York Herald Tribune. The archive ends with the last issue of the International Herald Tribune before its relaunch as the International New York Times.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: South China Morning Post
This historical newspaper provides users with online access to the coverage of the politics, society and events of the time from 1903 to 1995.
ProQuest Newsstand
ProQuest Newsstand offers unparalleled access to the full text of over 1300 newspapers, news websites and blogs from leading publishers throughout the world. The database includes backfile for most newspapers, providing access to articles, columns, editorials, obituaries and features published in each paper.
Major newspapers include the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, The Guardian and many other national and regional titles.
Regional Business News
It provides coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
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Sunday Times Historical Archive: 1822-2021
Trial period: 2 January 2026 - 31 March 2026
The Sunday Times launched its storied run on 20 October 1822, promising to instill "an invigorating spirit" in its readership, and to uphold the freedom of the press against those "emperors, kings, and their ministers" who would stifle it. Since that first issue, the newspaper has consistently provided thoughtful analysis and commentary on the week's news and society at large. Murder, theater, sports, and politics—all meet in its pages in an abundance of colorful detail. For much of the nineteenth century, The Sunday Times had similar preoccupations as much of the Victorian press, with extensive coverage of court cases, executions, and grisly crimes to titillate its readers. However, it also developed a reputation for its considerable arts coverage, especially the London theater and music scene.