Research Guides: Legal Databases by Subject: News

News and Legal News Databases

This is a selective list. Other databases will include news resources.

Contents

Major News Sources & Indexes
Legal News Sources
Historical News Sources
Buffalo & WNY News Sources
Other news links

Law students: be sure to also search News and Legal News sources on Lexis and Westlaw.

Major News Sources & Indexes

Financial Times This link opens in a new window
A leading global financial newspaper. More Info
Full-Text LAW ONLY
New York Times Academic Pass for UB Users This link opens in a new window
Digital access to NYTimes.com (1851-present). Account set up and activation required. More Info

Full-Text UB ONLY
Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new window
A leading newspaper in business and finance. More Info
UB ONLY
Factiva This link opens in a new window
News, business, the Wall Street Journal & much more. Replaces Dow Jones Interactive. More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY
Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new window
Westlaw's Campus Research provides access to primary and secondary law at the federal and state level for all United States jurisdictions. This includes: cases, statutes, and regulations. More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY
Access World News This link opens in a new window
Provides the fulltext of many USA and international newspapers.More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
Full-text newspapers, newswires, TV/radio transcripts. More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
American ethnic press. More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY

Legal News Sources

Law360 This link opens in a new window
Law360 is a LexisNexis information database. More Info
IN-HOUSE
New York Law Journal (Law School) This link opens in a new window
Newspaper covering New York legal news and cases as well as national legal issues. More Info
Full-Text IN-HOUSE

New York Law Journal (newspaper)
available via Factiva database (9/11/2001-present)
(NOTE: The Law Library owns the NYLJ on microfilm 1888-present)
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The LEXIS+ database (accessible by current UB Law Students only) includes the New York Law Journal
from January 3, 1989 through current.

National Journal Group's Policy Central This link opens in a new window
Online access to the National Journal and resources on United States government and public policy. More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY

Global Legal Monitor (Library of Congress)
"The Global Legal Monitor is an online publication from the Law Library of Congress covering legal news and developments worldwide. It is updated frequently and draws on information from official national legal publications and reliable press sources. "

Reuters Legal News This link opens in a new window
Legal news covering Litigation, Transactional, Government and Legal Industry. Registration is FREE. More Info
Full-Text PUBLIC

Historical News Sources

African-American Newspapers: The 19th Century This link opens in a new window
Complete text of seven 19th century African-American newspapers. More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY
African American Newspapers, Series 1 & 2 This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to more than 350 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African-American experience. More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Digitized images of America's historical newspapers. More Info
Full-Text PUBLIC
New York Times (1851-2023) with Index (1851-1993) This link opens in a new window
Historical local, regional, national and international news. More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
19th Century U.S. Newspapers provides access to primary source newspaper content from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Defender (1910-1975) This link opens in a new window
Historical local, regional and national news. More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2013) with Index (1851-1993) This link opens in a new window
see New York Times (1851-2012) with Index (1851-1993). More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY
Seventeenth & Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection This link opens in a new window
See 17th & 18th Century Burney Newspapers Collection More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY

fultonhistory.com
New York State Historical Photos & Newspapers (1795 Thru 2007). Also some Canadian newspapers.
NYS Historic Newspapers
"The New York Historic Newspapers project exists to digitize and make freely available for research significant runs of historic newspapers for every county in the state. This is created and administered by the Northern New York Library Network in partnership with the Empire State Library Network. "

Buffalo & WNY News Sources

Buffalo News (UB folks only)
As part of The Buffalo News’ News in Education (NIE) program, all UB faculty, staff and students now have free unlimited access to digital editions of The Buffalo News, which includes BuffaloNews.com, the daily E-edition and mobile app.
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Despite the dates listed in the UBNow story, access to this database by UB folks may NOT have expired...

Access World News database offers the Buffalo News (updated daily; image of print version of the paper is available):

Image of list of 3 options for accessing the Buffalo News in this database

Investigative Post
Non-profit "local news organization dedicated exclusively to watchdog journalism."
Business First of Buffalo
Albany Times Union
Newspaper from the capitol of New York State
Access World News
Use the A-Z Source List in this database to select these and other WNY-area local newspapers. Current coverage included.
Amherst Bee (NY)
Batavian, The (NY)
Buffalo News, The (NY)
Buffalo News, The (NY)
Buffalo News, The: Web Edition Articles (NY)
Cheektowaga Bee (NY)
Citizen, The (Auburn, NY)
Clarence Bee (NY)
Eagle Bulletin (Onondaga County, NY)
Eagle Star-Review (Onondaga County, NY)
East Aurora Bee (NY)
Genesee Country Express (Dansville, NY)
Indian Country Today (Oneida, NY)
Investigative Post (Buffalo, NY)
Island Dispatch (Grand Island, NY)
Ken-Ton Bee (Kenmore, NY)
Leader, The (Corning, NY)
Leader, The (Freeport-Baldwin, NY)
Livingston County News (NY)
Livingston County News: Web Edition Articles (NY)
Niagara Falls Reporter (NY)
Niagara Gazette (NY)
Niagara-Wheatfield Tribune (Niagara Falls, NY)
Oneida Daily Dispatch, The (NY)
Orchard Park Bee (NY)
Oswego News (NY)
Post-Standard, The: Web Edition Articles (Syracuse, NY)
Rochester Business Journal (NY)
Spectator, The (Hornell, Wellsville, NY)
Spectator, The: Web Edition Articles (Hornell, Wellsville, NY)
Union-Sun & Journal (Lockport, NY)
West Seneca Bee (NY)

See Also:

United States History: Newspapers (UB Research Guide)
Newspaper Research (UB Research Guide)
This Guide links to news databases in these categories:
-- Current Newspapers Online
-- Newspapers Currently Received in Print
-- Newspapers on Microform
-- Newspaper Indexes
--Historical News Online
--UB Campus Newspapers and Magazines
-- Western New York News
-- Current News Resources on the Web
Abyz News Links (worldwide news sources)

Reminder

Don't forget to also consult
"Key Legal Databases"
for your research!

Key to Symbols

UB ONLY - Restricted to current UB-affiliated students, faculty and staff.

LAW ONLY- Restricted to current LAW students and LAW faculty.

IN-HOUSE- Accessible only in designated location (UB library or building).

PUBLIC- Free resource on the Internet, available to everyone.

Lexis+ (UB law students only)

Westlaw Edge (UB law students only)

In-House (inside UB Law Library only)

Public (free on the Internet)

UB Only (UB credentials required)