Newspapers
This is a selection of mostly full-text historical and current newspapers online. Requires OU 4x4 for access unless noted otherwise. Also try Laurie Scrivener's Primary Sources guide.
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (1756-1963)No login required. Library of Congress site providing searchable content from American newspapers.
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NYTimes.comAn account is required to access NYTimes.com Click here to set up your NYTimes.com account.
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African American Newspapers: The 19th Century This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 19th century
Provides access to major African American newspapers published in the United States during the 19th century. Publications include Freedom's Journal, The Colored American, The North Star, The National Era, Provincial Freeman, Frederick Douglass Paper, and The Christian Recorder.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1690-1980
Features cover-to-cover reproductions of hundreds of historic newspapers, providing more than one million pages of full text, searchable facsimile images. Collections include Early American Newspapers (1690-1922) and Hispanic American Newspapers (1808-1980).
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1800-1900
Contains full runs of influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of British society during the 19th century.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Eighteenth Century Journals This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1685-1835
Access rare eighteenth century newspapers and periodicals from around the world. Topics covered are wide-ranging and include social customs, world events, colonial life, provincial and rural affairs, the French and American revolutions, reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe, political debates, and London coffee house gossip and discussion.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Historically Black Newspapers via ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Searches the full text of the Atlanta Daily World, The Chicago Defender, Los Angeles Sentinel, New York Amsterdam News, Norfolk Journal and Guide, and The Pittsburgh Courier.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Historical Newspapers via ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Searches the full text of twelve historical newspapers: Atlanta Daily World, The Chicago Defender, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian and The Observer, Los Angeles Sentinel, Los Angeles Times, New York Amsterdam News, The New York Times, Norfolk Journal and Guide, The Pittsburgh Courier, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1800-1900
Access hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers. Major newspapers stand alongside lesser known titles published by African Americans, Native Americans, women's rights groups, labor groups, political parties, and the Confederacy.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Oklahoman This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1981-present
Complete text from 1981 to present of The Oklahoman, which focuses on both local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Also includes access to The Oklahoman Web Edition from 2013 onward.
The Oklahoman's pre-1984 evening supplemental edition, The Oklahoma City Times, is available through Gateway to Oklahoma History.
Note: Some archival issues are available on microfilm. To access these, please use the “Request via Sooner Xpress” link in the following catalog records: 1969-1984, 1984-1985, 1985-1990, 2005-mid 2025. The most recent three months can also be viewed in print.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Times Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1785-2019
Complete searchable digital archive of The Times (London), except for the Sunday edition. Includes all articles, advertisements, illustrations, and photos.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
Magazines & Journals
Try looking for magazine or journal articles in these databases. Requires OU 4x4 for access.
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American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1691-1877
Presents over 7,600 titles ranging from early works imported by the colonists to the Civil War and Reconstruction. The collection is grouped in five chronological series and covers all aspects of American society during this time period.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online print or video tutorial.
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American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1681-1865
Presents over 6,500 titles dating from 1681 through 1865, ranging from early works imported by the colonists to the Civil War and Reconstruction. The collection is grouped in five chronological series and covers all aspects of American society during this time period.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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American Periodicals Series This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1741-1943
Provides access to over 1,500 periodicals published between 1741 and 1943, including special interest and general magazines, journals, and other historically significant periodicals.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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British Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1681-1939
Provides access to hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth century. Formats include magisterial quarterlies, scholarly and professional organs, coterie art periodicals, penny weeklies and illustrated family magazines.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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C19: The Nineteenth Century Index This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 19th century
C19: The Nineteenth Century Index is an index with more than 20 million records for books, periodicals, newspapers, government publications, reference material, and archival collections. This database includes The Wellesley Index for Victorian Periodicals, The Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, Periodicals Index Online, and American Periodicals Series.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Eight Centuries This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1800-1906
This comprehensive database is a compilation of scholarly indexes to books, journals, newspapers, art images, and other documents published before 1930 in a range of disciplines, including history of science, engineering, religion, visual arts, law, humanities, social sciences, and the physical sciences. Resources include Index to Periodicals (1890-1906), The Psychological Index (1894-1905), Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906), and Royal Society Catalogue of Scientific Papers, (1800-1900).
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Eighteenth Century Journals This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1685-1835
Access rare eighteenth century newspapers and periodicals from around the world. Topics covered are wide-ranging and include social customs, world events, colonial life, provincial and rural affairs, the French and American revolutions, reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe, political debates, and London coffee house gossip and discussion.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Godey's Lady's Book This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1830-1898
Provides access to Godey's Lady's Book, a 19th century publication intended for American women. Covers topics such as fashion, mineralogy, handcrafts, dance, health and hygiene, recipes, and remedies. Resources in this collection include poems, stories, articles, chromolithographs, color plates and color plate fashion, advertisements, cartoons, drawing, engravings, illustrations, maps, mezzotints, portraits, sheet music, and woodcuts.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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HarpWeek This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1857-1912
Full text of Harper's Weekly, the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction era periodical. HarpWeek provides access to illustrations, cartoons, news, literature, editorials, and advertisements. Coverage includes the Civil War Era (1857-1865), Reconstruction (1866-1877), and Gilded Age (1878-1912).
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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MasterFILE Complete This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1922-
Indexes and abstracts journals covering a wide variety of topics, including business, consumer health, culture, education, and general science. Also includes an image gallery, eBooks, and primary source documents. Some full text is available.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online print or video tutorial.
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New Yorker This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1925-present
Published since 1925, The New Yorker is one of the oldest American weekly magazines featuring journalism, political and cultural commentary, essays, fiction, poetry, and humor.
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New York Review of Books This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1963-present
New York Review Of Books publishes articles, essays, and reviews of books on a variety of subjects, including literature, culture, the arts, economics, science, and current affairs.
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Nineteenth Century U.K. Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1800-1900
Provides access to periodicals published in the United Kingdom during the Victorian era.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window