United States History: Newspapers & Statistics
Newspapers
- 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
- 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, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions.More InfoFull-Text PUBLIC
- Chicago Defender (1910-1975) This link opens in a new windowHistorical local, regional and national news. 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
- Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective This link opens in a new windowContains the full text of major articles. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- News (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowCollection of more than 1000 English language news sources. 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 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
- Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728 - 1800 This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to articles from the newspaper known as the "New York Times" of the 18th century". More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): U.S. Newspaper ProgramA vast listing of NEH-funded initiatives to digitize newspapers published in the U.S. from the 18th century to the present.
- Newspaper Research in the UB LibrariesA guide to performing historical research with newspapers at UB.
Associate Librarian for the Humanities
Statistical Sources
- Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online This link opens in a new windowHistorical statistics and comprehensive essays placing the data in context from colonial times through the present. More InfoData UB ONLY
- ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new windowComprehensive single source for U.S. statistics. More InfoData UB ONLY
- ProQuest Statistical Insight This link opens in a new windowIndexes government publications of the US federal & state governments as well other intergovernmental, trade & professionals organizations. More InfoData UB ONLY