Research Guides @ Fordham: Urban Studies: News & Newspapers

Current Newspapers by Subscription

New York Times (Fordham & The New York Times)
NYT website access administered by the Division of Student Affairs and the Parents Fund, not the library. Click the link above to create an account with your Fordham email with the "New Subscribers" link at the bottom of their page.

New York Times (ProQuest)
Full text from 1980 to the present on the ProQuest platform.

US Newsstream (Formerly National Newspapers Premier)
Most recent U.S. news content, as well as archives back into the 1980s from newspapers, newswires, and blogs including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Wall Street Journal plus local, regional, and African American newspapers.

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

Access World News Research Collection
Full-text news resource consisting of local, regional, national and international sources. Updated daily with content from newspapers, newswires, transcripts, video clips, the web, and blogs. For NY newspapers, scroll down the page and select the box for the New York Metropolitan Collection.

Ethnic NewsWatch
Full text of ethnic and religious newspapers and magazines. Coverage varies by publication.

Selected Historical Newspaper Databases

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

America's Historical Newspapers, Early American Series 1-5 (1690-1922)
Offers newspapers chronicling the evolution of American history, culture and daily life from 1690-1922.

History Commons (formerly Accessible Archives)
Formerly Accessible Archives. Offers access to 19th century newspapers and periodicals.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Provides select digitized newspaper pages from the Library of Congress.

New York Public Library

Increase your access to newspapers with a library card from New York Public Library!

See their list of newspaper databases.

Get a New York Public Library Card
Available to anyone 13 or older who lives, works, attends school, or pays property taxes in New York State.

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