News & Magazines

Current New York Newspapers

New York Times (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Full text from 1980 to the present on the ProQuest platform.
New York Times (Fordham & The New York Times) This link opens in a new window
Get online access to the New York Times website and app courtesy of the Division of Student Affairs and the Parents Fund.

New York Daily News
Fordham has limited access to the New York Daily News across databases from 1995 to present.

Access World News Research Collection This link opens in a new window
Once inside this database, scroll down the page and select the blue box with the New York Metropolitan Collection for New York newspapers, TV news transcripts, and web content.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Providing full text of ethnic and religious newspapers and journals since 1991.

To use Nexis Uni, you will need to:

Create an account once inside the database using your Fordham email. Look towards the top right of the page for a "Sign In | Register" link. This account will allow you to take advantage of additional features.

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Major U.S. and world news, business information, U.S. legal information, cases, directories, and more. See Nexis Uni Training Videos to learn how to use the database and search for specific types of content or click the ? in the bottom right corner for help.
A user will be able to download 250 titles/headlines from the search results list at a time. Checking the box next to each search result allows users to download the full document. The system will allow downloading of 100 documents or 1,000 pages at a time. There are no overall total download limits.

THE CITY
Nonprofit, nonpartisan, digital news platform serving the people of New York founded in 2019.
City Limits
Nonprofit investigative journalism organization covering New York City.
Gotham Gazette
A nonpartisan watchdog publication covering city and state government, local elections, public policy, and more.
Gothamist
Nonprofit news website connected to WNYC.
NY1
Spectrum News NY1 provides 24/7 news coverage of the 5 boroughs of New York City since 1992.
WNYC
Produces local news and original content for public radio nationwide.

Bronx Times Reporter
The website of Bronx Times Reporter Inc., the Bronx’s largest weekly community newspaper.
BronxNet
Provides local television by the people of the Bronx, for the people of the Bronx.
Norwood News
A community newspaper primarily serving the northwest Bronx communities of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham, and University Heights.

The New Yorker
Fordham varying electronic access (1978, 1982, 1989, 1996, 1998 to present) as well as print and microfilm going back to 1925.
New York Magazine
Fordham has electronic access from August 1993 to present. Check the library catalog for print and microform availability.

Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index This link opens in a new window
Full text of The New York Times for 1851-2017.
Note: The digitized Index allows users to search on and view terms exactly as they appeared in the New York Times print index and newspaper articles.
American Periodicals (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Full text of over 1,500 journals published between 1740 and 1940.
America's Historical Newspapers, Early American Series 1-5 (1690-1922) This link opens in a new window
This database has over 200 historical papers from New York. To access these titles, click on the "Places of Publication" tab and select New York state or individual titles by city.
American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 1-5 (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Provides access American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection with content dating from 1684 to 1912.
Historical Newspapers: Black Newspapers This link opens in a new window
This database provides access to the New York Amsterdam News as well as other historical titles from other cities dating back to 1893.
New York State Historic Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Provides free online access to a range of newspapers through the Northern New York Library Network in partnership with the Empire State Library Network.

Chronicling America - Historic American Newspapers
Providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages from the Library of Congress.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Open access archive from the Brooklyn Public Library covering the paper's publishing history from 1841–1955.

HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Partnership of major research institutions and libraries creating digital archive of library materials. Full text access only to the portion of the archive comprising public domain works, indicated by "Full View". Not completely Open Access. Downloading or printing depends on each title's copyright status. Click into each title to see entitlements on the left sidebar.
History Commons (formerly Accessible Archives) This link opens in a new window
Contains text transcriptions of 19th century American primary source materials. Includes abolitionist and suffragist newspapers published in New York.