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Chinese American History: News & Magazines

An overview of resources on Chinese American History at Fordham University Libraries and beyond.

Recent History Newspaper Collections

Access World News Research Collection
Offers a combination of international, national, regional, and local news. Check each title for dates covered.

Ethnic NewsWatch
Full text of ethnic and community newspapers including Asian American newspapers from 1959-present (coverage varies by publication).

US Newsstream (Formerly National Newspapers Premier)
Offers recent U.S. news with archives back to the 1980s from newspapers, newswires, blogs, etc. Includes the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, plus local and regional newspapers.

Newspaper Source (Ebsco)
Provides full text access to more than 40 U.S. & international newspapers, selective full text for 389 regional U.S. newspapers, and television & radio news transcripts.

Asian Life in America - 2018 to Today
From Readex/Newsbank. Offers limited access (2018-present) to news content on Asian American topics.

Quick Links to Selected Magazines

Chinese American Forum
1984 to present.

Gidra: The Monthly of the Asian American Experience
Selected recent issues in print at RH and LC. Digital access from April 1969 to April 1974; 1990 20th anniversary issue; 1999 to 2001.

Historical Newspaper & Magazine Collections

Major newspapers:

Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index
Full text of The New York Times for 1851-2017.

Smaller newspapers:

America's Historical Newspapers, Early American Series 1-5 (1690-1922)
Provides access to digitized American newspapers from 1690 - 1922.

History Commons (formerly Accessible Archives)
Formerly Accessible Archives. Offers text transcriptions of 19th century American books, newspapers, and magazines.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Provides select digitized newspaper pages from across the U.S. from 1770 - 1963.

Magazines:

American Periodicals (ProQuest)
Offers magazines and journals published between 1740 - 1940.

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Newspapers at NYPL

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Radio & Television News Content

Immigrations, Migrations and Refugees: Global Perspectives, 1941-1996
Translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents and more on immigration, refugees, and global issues.

American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Offers 122,000+ items of digitized television and radio programs contributed by more than 140 public media organizations and archives across the United States.

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