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.
- Financial Times This link opens in a new windowA leading global financial newspaper. More InfoFull-Text LAW ONLY
- New York Times Academic Pass for UB Users This link opens in a new windowDigital access to NYTimes.com (1851-present). Account set up and activation required. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new windowA leading newspaper in business and finance. More InfoUB ONLY
- Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new windowWestlaw'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 InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowProvides the fulltext of many USA and international newspapers.More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new windowFull-text newspapers, newswires, TV/radio transcripts. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- New York Law Journal (Law School) This link opens in a new windowNewspaper covering New York legal news and cases as well as national legal issues. More InfoFull-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)
- National Journal Group's Policy Central This link opens in a new windowOnline access to the National Journal and resources on United States government and public policy. More InfoFull-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 windowLegal news covering Litigation, Transactional, Government and Legal Industry. Registration is FREE. More InfoFull-Text PUBLIC
- African-American Newspapers: The 19th Century This link opens in a new windowComplete text of seven 19th century African-American newspapers. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- African American Newspapers, Series 1 & 2 This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to more than 350 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African-American experience. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new windowDigitized images of America's historical newspapers. More InfoFull-Text PUBLIC
- New York Times (1851-2023) with Index (1851-1993) This link opens in a new windowHistorical local, regional, national and international news. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window19th 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 InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Defender (1910-1975) This link opens in a new windowHistorical local, regional and national news. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2013) with Index (1851-1993) This link opens in a new windowsee New York Times (1851-2012) with Index (1851-1993). More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Seventeenth & Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection This link opens in a new windowSee 17th & 18th Century Burney Newspapers Collection More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- fultonhistory.comNew 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 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.
- Access World News
database offers the Buffalo News (updated daily; image of print version of the paper is available):
- Investigative PostNon-profit "local news organization dedicated exclusively to watchdog journalism."
- Access World NewsUse 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)
- 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
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)