Newspapers & News Sources
News articles can be used to discover contemporary issues and potential research topics. They can also serve as a bridge to scholarly articles if they cite experts or studies. If you are researching something from the past, historical news sources provide access to how people understood events as they happened.
The library has access to most major U.S. newspapers, many international news sources, and many regional newspapers through its database subscriptions (see below). You can search the title of a specific newspaper in the library catalog to see if the library has online access.
Multi-Newspaper Databases
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US Newsstream This link opens in a new windowUS Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format. For academic and public libraries, US Newsstream offers exclusive access to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and co-exclusive access to The Wall Street Journal.
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Newspaper Source This link opens in a new windowNewspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.
National Newspapers
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New York Times This link opens in a new window
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The Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new window
Local News Sources
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Investigative PostInvestigative Post is a non-profit new organization. It is the only news organization in Western New York dedicated exclusively to watchdog journalism.
Historical Newspapers
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Chronicling America: Historic American NewspapersChronicling America is a searchable full-text collection of pages from thousands of digitized newspapers from across the United States, including Puerto Rico. Coverage ranges from 1789 to 1963 but varies for each newspaper.
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NYS Historic NewspapersThe NYS Historic Newspapers project provides free online access to a wide range of newspapers chosen to reflect New York's unique history.
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times, The (1851-2014) This link opens in a new windowThis historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.