Primary Sources for Historical Research

Provides full text, searchable access to:

African-American Newspapers, Parts I-XII
? The Christian Recorder (18611902)
? The Colored American (18371841)
? Frederick Douglass Paper (18511855; 18591863)
? Freedoms Journal (18271829)
? The National Era (18471860)
? The North Star (18471851)
? Provincial Freeman (18541857)
? Weekly Advocate (18371837)
Civil War, Parts I-IV
Godey's Lady's Book, 1830-1898
The Liberator, Parts I & II, 1831-1840
The Lily, 1849-1856
The Pennsylvania Gazette, Parts I-IV, 1728-1800
Virginia Gazette

Keyword(s): United States

Black Studies Center is a fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies including scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, reference books, Black Abolitionist Papers, and much more. At the heart of Black Studies Center is Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, consisting of essays that provide an introduction to major topics in Black Studies. Black Studies Center provides the historical full-text of one of the most influential black newspapers in the United States, The Chicago Defender, as well as the Michigan Chronicle (1936-2010).

Keyword(s): United States

Includes these newspapers and collections of newspapers, which can also be searched separately:

• 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
  
• 19th Century UK Periodicals Digital Archive
  
• British Library Newspapers, 1732-1950
  
• Daily Mail Historical Archive
  
• Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2020
  
• Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2021
  
• Illustrated London News Historical Archive (1842-2003)
  
• Independent Historical Archive, 1986-2016
  
• International Herald Tribune Historical Archive 1887-2013
  
• Liberty Magazine Historical Archive, 1924-1950
  
• Listener Historical Archive 1929-1991
  
• Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
  
• Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938-1957
  
• Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992
  
• Sunday Times Digital Archive, 1822-2006
  
• Telegraph Historical Archive, 1855-2016
  
• Times Digital Archive, 1785-2019
  
• Times Educational Supplement Historical Archive, 1910-2000
  
• Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive
  

Includes:

• Arizona Republican (1890-1922)
  
• Atlanta Constitution (1868-1984)
  
• Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003)? *
  
• Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988) *
  
• Baltimore Sun (1837-1996)
  
• Chicago Defender (1909-1975) *
  
• Chicago Tribune (1849-2012)
  
• Christian Science Monitor (1908-2008)
  
• Cincinnati Enquirer? (1841-2009)
  
• Cleveland Call and Post? (1934-1991) *
  
• Dayton Daily News? (1898-1922)
  
• Detroit Free Press (1831-1922)?
  
• The Guardian (1821-2003) & The Observer (1791-2003)?
  
• Indianapolis Star (1903-2004)
  
• Jerusalem Post (1932-2008)?
  
• Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005) *
  
• Los Angeles Times (1881-2013)
  
• Louisville Courier Journal? (1830-1922)
  
• Louisville Defender (1951-2010)
  
• Michigan Chronicle (1939-2010) *
  
• Nashville Tennessean? (1812-1922)
  
• New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993) *
  
• New York Times (1851-2018)?
  
• Norfolk Journal and Guide (1916-2003)
  
• Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001)
  
• Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002) *
  
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (1786-2003)
  
• South China Morning Post? (1903-2001)
  
• St. Petersburg Times / Tampa Bay Times (1901-2009)
  
• U.S. Midwest Collection (various years of coverage)
  
• Wall Street Journal (1889-2004)?
  
• Washington Post (1877-2005)?
  
• Windsor Star (1893-2010)
  

All the newspapers can be searched individually or in combinations in this database. They are listed separately in the A-Z list as "Historical Newspapers: Title." Newspapers noted with * are also searchable in the database Black Historical Newspapers.

Includes two collections:

• Readers Guide Full Text Mega includes indexing of over 450 periodicals as far back as 1983 and searchable full text of articles from over 250 journals as far back as 1994. Subject coverage includes antiques, arts, business, computers, education, entertainment, film & television, gardening, health & medicine, history, home improvement, literature, news & current events, photography, popular & classical music, politics, popular culture, religion, science, sports & fitness, transportation, travel and much more.
  
• Readers Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 provides indexing of over three million articles from more than 550 leading magazines, including full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers Guide to Periodical Literature. This important resource offers a wide range of researchers access to information about history, culture and seminal developments across nearly a century.
  

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Includes these titles:

• The Guardian and The Observer (1791 - 2003)
  
• Hindustan Times (1924-2000)
  
• The Jerusalem Post (1932 - 2008)
  
• Le Monde (1944 - 2000)
  
• South China Morning Post (1903 - 2001)
  
• Montreal Gazette (1785 - 2010)
  
• Vancouver Sun (1912 - 2010)
  
• Windsor Star (1893 - 2010)

Includes these newspapers and collections of newspapers, which can also be searched separately:

• 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
  
• 19th Century UK Periodicals Digital Archive
  
• British Library Newspapers, 1732-1950
  
• Daily Mail Historical Archive
  
• Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2020
  
• Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2021
  
• Illustrated London News Historical Archive (1842-2003)
  
• Independent Historical Archive, 1986-2016
  
• International Herald Tribune Historical Archive 1887-2013
  
• Liberty Magazine Historical Archive, 1924-1950
  
• Listener Historical Archive 1929-1991
  
• Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
  
• Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938-1957
  
• Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992
  
• Sunday Times Digital Archive, 1822-2006
  
• Telegraph Historical Archive, 1855-2016
  
• Times Digital Archive, 1785-2019
  
• Times Educational Supplement Historical Archive, 1910-2000
  
• Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive