Contents
- Historical African American Newspapers
- Historical Colonial / U.S. Newspapers
- Historical Foreign Newspapers
See also a list of newspapers on microfilm here.
African American Newspapers
- African American Newspapers (1827-1998; Readex/Newsbank)A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. Hundreds of African American newspapers from across the United States published during the 19th and 20th centuries.
- African American Newspapers: The 19th Century (Accessible Archives)Includes Freedom's Journal, The Colored American, The North Star, The National Era, Provincial Freeman, Frederick Douglass Paper, and The Christian Recorder.
- Black American Series (JSTOR, Reveal Digital)Periodicals from the Black Power, Black Arts, Black Nationalism, Separatism, and Black Feminism movements.
- Black Life in America, Series 3 (1976-present; Newsbank)Part of the America's News database. American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications.
- Black Panther (1967-1980; Alexander Street Press)The official newspaper of the Black Panther Party. Part of the database Black Thought and Culture.
- Chronicling America: Historic African American Newspapers (Library of Congress)Nearly 300 digitized African American newspapers from nearly every U.S. state.
- Ethnic Newswatch Complete (1959-present; Proquest)Newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press.
- Historical African American Newspapers Available Online (Marist College)A list of historical African American Newspapers available online as part of digitization projects at libraries and historical societies as well as digitization projects done by Google.
- Historically Black Newspapers (ProQuest)Includes these historically Black papers:
-Atlanta Daily World, 1931-2010;
-Chicago Defender, 1909-2010;
-Los Angeles Sentinel, 1934-2010;
-New York Amsterdam News, 1922-2010;
-Norfolk Journal and Guide, 1916-2010;
-Pittsburgh Courier, 1911-2010. - Oklahoma African American Newspapers (1892-2019)Part of the Gateway to Oklahoma History digital collection.
Colonial / U.S. Newspapers
- America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1922; Readex/Newsbank)Early American newspapers. (NOTE: library does not own all the series in this collection.)
- America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1999; Readex/Newsbank)A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. Similar to the database above, but contains different newspapers than ours.
- America's News (~1980s-present; Newsbank)Newspaper articles, news blogs, magazines, newswires, journals, transcripts, videos, and web-only news sources. Includes the Oklahoman from 1981 onward and the Oklahoman Web Edition from 2013 onward.
- American Indian Digital History Project (mostly 20th century; Univ. of Kansas)Digital History Cooperative founded to recover and preserve rare Indigenous newspapers, photographs, and archival materials from all across Native North America.
- American Prison Newspapers (1800-2020; JSTOR, Reveal Digital)Hundreds of newspapers from prisons in every state. Includes penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women-only institutions.
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (1690-present; Library of Congress)Includes some digitized newspapers and a directory of newspapers published 1690-present.
- Ethnic Newswatch Complete (1959-present; Proquest)Newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press.
- Factiva Academic Edition (~1970s-present; Dow Jones)U.S. and world newspapers and business and company information. NOTE: Some newspapers are not available in the academic version of Factiva.
- Gateway to Oklahoma History (1850s-1920s+; Oklahoma Historical Society)Online repository of Oklahoma history. Originally covered newspapers up to the 1920s but later years are increasingly being added. Includes African American newspapers.
- Gayly Oklahoman (1983-2006; Oklahoma Historical Society)(Also in paper, issues missing: 1983-1992; 2002-2006, Bizzell, 2nd floor: HQ 75 .G39.) Newspaper for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in OKC and Tulsa. See also the webpage.
- Google NewspapersNewspapers published in parts of Canada and the United States.
- Hispanic American Newspapers (1808-1980; Readex/Newsbank)Spanish and Spanish-English newspapers printed in the U.S.
- Historical Jewish Press (1783-present; National Library of Israel)Jewish newspapers from around the world, including the U.S.
- Historical U.S. Newspapers (ProQuest)Includes these U.S. papers:
-Chicago Tribune, 1849-present;
-Los Angeles Times, 1881-present;
-New York Times, 1851-present;
-Wall Street Journal, 1889-present;
-Washington Post, 1877-present.
(The UK's Guardian and Observer, 1791-2003, is also included in this search as are papers from the Historically Black Newspapers collection.) - Independent Voices (late 20th C.; JSTOR, Reveal Digital)Alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines.
- Independent Voices: Feminist (JSTOR Reveal)Alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals.
- Indigenous Newspapers of North America (1828-2016; Adam Matthew)Includes national, local, and student publications from Indigenous peoples of what is now the U.S. and Canada. In English and Indigenous languages.
- Japanese-American Internment Camp Newspapers (1942-1946; Library of Congress)Produced by interned Japanese-Americans during World War II. In English and Japanese, typed, handwritten and drawn.
- Jewish Exponent (1887-1990; Proquest)A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. Newspaper out of Philadelphia.
- NewspaperArchive (1607-2024)A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. U.S. and international newspapers. NOTE: Sometimes if a paper is not in Newspapers.com, it will be in this database.
- Newspapers.com Library Edition (1690-2024; Ancestry.com via Proquest)A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. Full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional and state titles to small local newspapers in the United States and other countries. NOTE: The library edition does not have all newspapers that the personal subscription includes.
- Newspaper Source Plus (~1980s-present; Ebsco)More than 500 U.S. newspapers and 600 international newspapers, as well as newswires, and radio and television transcripts.
- New York Times Historical Newspaper (1851-one month ago; Proquest)See NYTimes.com, below, for current issues.
- Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers (Gale)Newspapers from the 1800s.
- Norman Transcript (Microfilm)--1889-2022. 4th floor East, outside former Government Documents Department.
--Online 2008-present. (Text only.) - Oklahoma City Times (1888-1984; Oklahoma Historical Society)In 1916, the Oklahoma City Times became an evening supplement to the Daily Oklahoman. In 1984, it was incorporated into the Oklahoman and ceased publication.
- Oklahoma Daily (1916-2017; Oklahoma Historical Society)University of Oklahoma student newspaper. Also see The University of Oklahoma Student Newspapers Collection below.
- Oklahoman (1981-present; Newsbank)Text only, 1981-2019. Scanned images of the paper available from 2020-present.
- Oklahoman Archive (1901-present; Newsbank)A Pioneer Library System (Norman) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. The Oklahoman, formerly The Daily Oklahoman. Full text of images to 1991. Text only 1992-2019. NOTE: Scroll down and click on Oklahoman Archive - Newsbank.
- Oklahoman Collection (1901-present; Newsbank)A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. The Oklahoman, formerly The Daily Oklahoman. Full text of images to 1991. Text only 1992-2019.
- Oklahoma Newspapers ListScroll all the way to the bottom of this page for a list of digitized newspapers from various sources such as libraries and Google. Dates vary.
- Open Access NewspapersFrom Illinois. Link to freely available digitized newspaper collections.
- Student Activism (20th-21st C.; JSTOR, Reveal Digital)Collection will contain approximately 75,000 pages drawn from special collection libraries and archives around the country. Materials intended for inclusion are wide-ranging in nature: Circulars, leaflets, fliers, pamphlets, newsletters, campaign materials, protest literature, clippings, periodicals, bulletins, letters, press releases, ephemera; and meeting, demonstration, conference, and event documentation.
- Texas State Library and Archives Commission Newspaper Collection (Portal to Texas History)Historical Texas newspapers from 1850-1930.
- University of Oklahoma Student Newspapers (1905-2017; Oklahoma Historical Society)Includes the Oklahoma Daily. The University of Oklahoma Student Newspapers Collection comprises work produced across various publications that have chronicled the evolution of the University of Oklahoma since its earliest days.
- Wall Street Journal Historical Newspaper (1889-present; Proquest)1889-2009 available on microfilm in storage.
- Washington Post Historical Newspaper (1877-present; Proquest)1877-2009 available on microfilm in storage.
Foreign Newspapers
Africa
- African Newspapers (1800-1922; Readex/Newsbank)More than 40 African newspapers. English and foreign language titles from Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
- Daily Observer (1981-2016; Eastview/CRL)Liberia's English language best-known independent national newspaper.
- East African Newspapers (Eastview/CRL)Includes Daily Nation (Kenya, 1958-2002), The Ethiopian Herald (Ethiopia, 1943-1989), and The Monitor (Uganda, 1992-2003)
Asia
- Asahi Shimbun AJWEnglish language digital version of the Japanese newspaper.
- Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers (1911-1949; Eastview/CRL)The press of over twenty cities is represented, spanning the Chinese mainland.
- Propaganda and the Chinese Press (1946-1996; Readex/Newsbank)Articles published by major communist Chinese newspapers and translated into English by the CIA.
- South Asian Newspapers (1864-1922; Readex/Newsbank)Newspapers from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
- Southeast Asian Newspapers (1839-1976; Eastview/CRL)Newspapers from Myanmar (formerly Burma), Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, and more.
England/U.K.
- British Library Newspapers (1800-1900; Gale)Sixty-nine regional and local newspapers.
- Financial Times Historical Archive (1888-2021; Gale)A key international business paper based in London, the Financial Times Historical Archive provides access to fully searchable digital reproductions of every issue from 1888-2021. Coverage includes critical financial and economic events, industry, energy, international politics, and more recently management, personal finance and the arts.
- Guardian and Observer Historical Newspapers (1700/1800s-2003; Proquest)The British newspapers, Guardian, 1821-2003, and Observer, 1791-2003.
- Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection (Gale)More than 1000 pamphlets, proclamations, newsbooks and newspapers from the period.
- Times Digital Archive (London, 1785-2019; Gale)Does NOT include the Sunday edition.
Europe
- Local and Independent Ukrainian Newspapers (1898-2001; Eastview/CRL)Over 900 newspapers from over 340 Ukrainian cities.
- Neues Deustchland Digital Archive (1946-present; Eastview/CRL)Originally the official organ of the former German Democratic Republic. Continues today as one of Germany’s national dailies, offering contemporary communist and socialist perspectives from German society.
Ethnic Presses
- Ethnic Newswatch Complete (1959-present; Proquest)Newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press.
- Historical Jewish Press (1783-present; National Library of Israel)Jewish newspapers from around the world, including the U.S.
Latin America
- El Caribe Digital Archive (1956-present; Eastview/CRL)Spanish-language daily newspaper published in the Dominican Republic. A chronicle of national and international news, both for the Dominican Republic and the broader Caribbean region.
- Hemeroteca Nacional Digital de MéxicoIn Spanish. Digital National Newspaper Archives of Mexico.
- Independent and Revolutionary Mexican Newspapers (1807-1929; Eastview/CRL)More than 1,000 titles from Mexico’s pre-independence, independence and revolutionary periods.
- Latin American Newspapers (1800-1922; Readex/Newsbank)More than 35 nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin American newspapers.
- El Mundo Digital Archive (1919-1990; CRL)Puerto Rican newspaper.
Middle East
- Middle Eastern and North African Newspapers (1870-2019; Eastview/CRL)Includes access to over 80 publications, including Jumhuriyah (الجمهورية, Egypt), Filastin (فلسطين, Palestine), Al Akhbar (الاخبار, Lebanon), Al Riadh (الرياض, Saudi Arabia), and Ad Dustour (الدستور, Jordan). Content is primarily in Arabic, but includes key titles in English and French.
- Mideast and Islamic Newspapers (Dates vary)A list of open access historical newspapers and periodicals.
Russia/Former Soviet Union
- Current Digest of the Russian Press (1949-present; Eastview/CRL)Russian-language press materials translated into English.
- Imperial Russian Newspapers (1767-1918; Eastview/CRL)Core titles are from Moscow and St. Petersburg, complemented by regional newspapers across the Russian Empire.
- Post-Perestroika Newspapers (1990-2016; Eastview/CRL)Newspapers from post-Soviet Russia.
- Pravda Archive (English; Readex/Newsbank)Articles from Pravda translated into English by the CIA.
- Pravda Digital Archive (1912-2023; Eastview/CRL)In Russian. Pravda was the official voice of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Russia) between 1918 and 1991.
Worldwide Sources
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports (1941-1996; Readex/Newsbank)U.S. government translations of foreign broadcasts, publications, and government statements. FBIS was followed by the Open Source Center (OSC) in 2005 and was included in the database World News Connection, which the library does not have. The CIA discontinued public access to the OSC in 2013.
- Google NewspapersNewspapers published in parts of Canada and the United States.
- Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) Reports (1957-1995; Readex/Newsbank)U.S. government translations of foreign language materials from regions throughout the world. Includes monographs, reports, serials, journal and newspaper articles, and radio and television broadcasts.