Newspaper Research: Historical News
Associate Librarian for the Humanities
More Historical News Links
- International Coalition on Newspapers: Lists digitization projects, internationally and in the US.
- UIUC Guide to Historical Newspapers: University of Illinois guide to historical papers online. Scroll down to see the freely-available titles.
- Online Newspaper Archives: Wikipedia's links to online newspapers, including historical papers.
- Cyndi's List - Newspapers: A large collection of links to open-access newspaper sites, including many outside the U.S.
- NYS Historic Newspapers: Complete, full-text, OCR runs of historic newspapers from every county in NYS.
- Library of Congress US Newspaper Directory, 1690-present: Useful tool for identifying titles published in specific locations or at specific times.
Newspapers Received in Print & Microform
The following newspapers are received in print and are available on the 3rd floor of Lockwood in the Current Periodicals area. Each title is linked to the corresponding catalog record.
- Am-Pol Eagle
- Business First of Buffalo
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Iran Times
- Muslim Journal
- Naród Polski
- The New York Times
- The Wall Street Journal
At present, we continue to receive only The New York Times and the Muslim Journal on microform.
To discover whether UB has microform holdings of any newspaper or journal, simply search in the Libraries Catalog for the title of the publication that interests you and check in the item record under 'Get It' for availability and call numbers.
Lockwood offers a digital microform reader for public use in the reference area on the 2nd floor. Patrons can scan microform images to PDF and email or save them to flash media.
If you would like training in how to use this reader or have any questions about microform research, please contact Michael Kicey at makicey@buffalo.edu.
Newspapers on Microform
To discover whether UB has microform holdings for any newspaper, search for the newspaper's title in the Libraries' Catalog.
Many local papers on microfilm are available at the Research Library of the Buffalo History Museum. See their complete list of titles at Newspapers on Microfilm.
For a list of all known New York State Newspapers available on microfilm, see the New York State Library's guide to New York State Newspapers on Microfilm and Paper.
Additional items may be available from the Center for Research Libraries; check their catalog.
If a newspaper has been converted to microfilm but is not available in UB's collections, it may be available through Delivery+. Speak to our Delivery Services staff to learn more.
Historical News Online
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowProvides the fulltext of many USA and international newspapers.More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- African-American Newspapers: The 19th Century This link opens in a new windowSeven 19th century African-American newspapers. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- African American Newspapers, Series 1 & 2 This link opens in a new windowMore than 350 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African-American experience. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- American Periodicals Series (APS) Online This link opens in a new windowMore than 1,100 periodicals, both scholarly and popular, published between 1741 and 1900. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020: Voices from the Inside This link opens in a new windowHundreds of prison periodicals from across the US representing penal institutions of all kinds.More InfoFull-Text PUBLIC
- Chicago Defender (1910-1975) This link opens in a new windowOne of the most significant African-American newspapers.More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new windowDigitized images of America's historical newspapers, page by page.More InfoFull-Text PUBLIC
- Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective This link opens in a new windowMajor articles in the Charleston Mercury, New York Herald, and Richmond Enquirer.More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new windowPeriodicals in the ethnic, minority and native press, including material in both English and Spanish.More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Illustrated London News Historical Archive This link opens in a new windowThe entire run of the ILN, 1842-2003.More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Making of America This link opens in a new windowA digital library of primary source material in American social history, from the antebellum period to Reconstruction.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 from the American newspaper of record. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new windowNewspapers from the American 19th century, including a range of urban and rural regions.More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728 - 1800 This link opens in a new windowThe newspaper known as "the New York Times of the 18th century."More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new windowHundreds of academic journals in the arts, humanities and social sciences. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Times Digital Archive, 1785-Onwards This link opens in a new windowA full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of The Times. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY