Old Newspaper Archives on the Internet
- Chronicling America (Library of Congress)
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Offers over 2500 digitized newspapers from 1789 to (at best) 1963. There are 48 Washington State newspapers included. - Elephind
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Keyword search across over 3,500 digitized historical newspapers. - Google News Archive
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Offers thousands of archival newspapers that have been scanned, but aren't keyword searchable. May browse specific issues page by page. - Historical U.S. Newspapers Online (Bowling Green State University Libraries)
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Bowling Green's list of newspapers available online. - Wikipedia:List of online newspaper archives
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Alphabetical list, arranged by state.
Just Newspapers
- Access World News (NewsBank) This link opens in a new windowWorldwide news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues. Includes access to over 140 Washington state newspapers including the Seattle Times and Spokesman-Review.
- U.S. Newsstream (ProQuest) -- 1980-present This link opens in a new windowCurrent and archival access to U.S. news featuring key national and regional sources, from 1980s to present.
- Global Newsstream (ProQuest) -- 1980-current This link opens in a new windowSearch the most recent global news content, as well as archives back into the 1980s. News from the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia.
- US Major Dailies (ProQuest)Limit your search to just 5 major dailies: Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post
- US West Newsstream (ProQuest)Limit your search to around 100 newspapers in 8 Western states: WA, OR, CA, ID, AK, UT, NV, HI.
- Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowSelected full-text articles from U.S. newspapers, along with over one million radio and television transcripts.
- Newswires (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowArticles from the Associated Press, United Press International, PR Newswire, Xinhua, CNN Wire, and Business Wire. Coverage only goes back one calendar year.
Just Magazines
- MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowCovers periodicals and full-text reference books. Includes the World Almanac & Book of Facts; biographies, primary source documents, the American Heritage Dictionary, and photos, maps & flags.
- CQ Researcher -- 1923-present This link opens in a new windowArticles from this magazine; each weekly issue covers one current event or policy topic.
- Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowIndexing from magazines and a few journals.