Early American newspapers providing more than one million pages of full text. (Note: library does not own all the series in this collection.)

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.

Digital History Cooperative founded to recover and preserve rare Indigenous newspapers, photographs, and archival materials from all across Native North America. (Mostly 20th century materials.)

Offers a diverse collection of print journalism from Indigenous peoples of the US and Canada. Resources include national periodicals as well as local community news and student publications. This collection is also bi-lingual and features editions in Indigenous-languages, such as Hawaiian, Cherokee and Navajo.

A growing collection. "American Prison Newspapers will bring together hundreds of these periodicals from across the country into one collection that will represent penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions."

1858-2009 available on microfilm in storage.

Some digitized newspapers and a directory of newspapers published 1690-present.

Newspapers, magazines, and periodicals of the ethnic, minority and native press.

Online repository of Oklahoma history. Originally covered newspapers up to the 1920s but later years are increasingly being added. Includes African American newspapers.

(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.

A wide variety of newspapers published in parts of Canada and the United States, including papers published in English and French.

Provides access to Spanish-language and bilingual Spanish - English newspapers printed in the U.S. in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Includes English language Jewish newspapers from the US and other areas of the world.

Search and view the full text of US papers:
-Chicago Tribune, 1849-1998, 2008-two weeks ago;
-Los Angeles Times, 1881-1997, 2008-two weeks ago;
-New York Times, 1851-one month ago;
-Wall Street Journal, 1889-two weeks ago;
-Washington Post, 1877-2005, 2008-two weeks ago.
(The UK's Guardian and Observer, 1791-2003, is also included in this search as are papers from the Historically Black Newspapers collection.)

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 during the latter half of the 20th century.

Produced by the Japanese-Americans interned at assembly centers and relocation centers around the country during World War II. Includes articles written in English and Japanese, typed, handwritten and drawn.

A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. Provides full-text access to the archives of The Jewish Exponent (1887-1990).

1995-2009 on microfilm in off-site storage.

A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. Search tens of millions of U.S. and international newspapers whose coverage goes back more than 400 years.

A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. Dating from the early 1700s into the 2000s, Newspapers.com Library Edition contains full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional and state titles to small local newspapers in the United States and other countries. Please note that the library edition may not have all newspapers that the personal subscription includes.

More than 860 full-text newspapers, including Tulsa World, 1997-2014.

See NYTimes.com, below for current issues.

Current news from the U.S. and the world.

American newspapers from the 1800s.

An account is required to access NYTimes.com Click here to set up your NYTimes.com account.

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.

Also see The University of Oklahoma Student Newspapers Collection below.

—Update: as of 12-1-22, the database is still available. Due to the large size of the archive, searches may need to be limited with a date range in order to return results.
Because Gannett found this database unprofitable, beginning February 3rd, 2022, the full Oklahoman Archives will no longer be available. Access to the most current 30 days will continue. For other ways to access online content see this blog post.

Scroll 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.

From Illinois. Link to freely available digitized newspaper collections.

Available through the Metropolitan Library (OKC public) Historical Newspapers collection. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one.

Growing collection that 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.

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.

Users must create an account using their OU credentials in order to use this resource and will need to refresh their access on an annual basis.

1889-2009 available on microfilm in storage.

1877-2009 available on microfilm in storage.

A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. Search hundreds of African American newspapers from across the United States published during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Includes titles such as Freedom's Journal, Frederick Douglass Paper, and The Christian Recorder.

Periodicals from Black Power advocates, the Black Arts Movement, Black Nationalism, Separatism, and Black Feminism.

Full text of interviews, journal articles, letters, etc. Non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. Includes Black Panther newspaper.

Newspapers, magazines, and periodicals of the ethnic, minority and native press.

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.

Search and view the full text of historically Black papers:
-Atlanta Daily World, 1931-2003;
-Chicago Defender, 1909-1975;
-Los Angeles Sentinel, 1934-2005;
-New York Amsterdam News, 1922-1993;
-Norfolk Journal and Guide, 1916-2003;
-Pittsburgh Courier, 1911-2002.
Also listed separately by title in this column.

Part of the Gateway to Oklahoma History digital collection from the Oklahoma Historical Society.

Includes 40 nineteenth and twentieth century African papers.

English language digital version of the newspaper.

Sixty-nine regional and local newspapers.

Each week the Current Digest presents a selection of Russian-language press materials, carefully translated into English.

Includes Daily Nation (Kenya, 1958-2002), The Ethiopian Herald (Ethiopia, 1943-1989), and The Monitor (Uganda, 1992-2003)

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.

Newspapers, magazines, and periodicals of the ethnic, minority and native press.

A wide variety of newspapers published in parts of Canada and the United States, including papers published in English and French.

The British newspapers, Guardian, 1821-2003, and Observer, 1791-2003.

In Spanish. Digital National Newspaper Archives of Mexico.

Includes English language Jewish newspapers from the US and other areas of the world.

Over 1,000 titles from Mexico’s pre-independence, independence and revolutionary periods .

The press of over twenty cities is represented, spanning the Chinese mainland.

Access to more than 35 nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin American newspapers. Featuring titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and elsewhere.

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.

A list of open access historical newspapers and periodicals. Dates vary.

Articles published by Pravda during the Cold War and the years immediately following, from 1959 to 1996, collected and translated into English by the CIA.

Pravda was the official voice of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Russia) between 1918 and 1991.

Articles published by major communist Chinese newspapers from 1946-1996, collected and translated into English by the CIA.

More than 1000 pamphlets, proclamations, newsbooks and newspapers from the period.

Newspapers from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

Does NOT include the Sunday edition.

A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. Explore and stay informed on local and national topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S., including The Oklahoman and Tulsa World.

NOTE: Link goes to catalog. Choose region of interest.
Provides news and information based on round-the-clock monitoring of radio, TV, press, internet and news agency sources around the world. Reports are translated into English from more than 100 languages.

Newspapers, magazines, and periodicals of the ethnic, minority and native press.

Full text of articles from U.S. and world newspapers and business and company information. Please note that many newspapers are NOT available in this academic version of Factiva. OU Libraries has licensed this database for 5 simultaneous users.

Search and view the full text of US papers:
-Chicago Tribune, 1849-1998, 2008-two weeks ago;
-Los Angeles Times, 1881-1997, 2008-two weeks ago;
-New York Times, 1851-one month ago;
-Wall Street Journal, 1889-two weeks ago;
-Washington Post, 1877-2005, 2008-two weeks ago.
(The UK's Guardian and Observer, 1791-2003, is also included in this search as are papers from the Historically Black Newspapers collection.)

Links to news and media sites around the world.

More than 860 full-text newspapers, including Tulsa World, 1997-2014.

Near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press, United Press International, PR Newswire, Xinhua, CNN Wire, and Business Wire on a continuous basis.

Current news sources.

An account is required to access NYTimes.com Click here to set up your NYTimes.com account. The account must be set up while on campus.

—Update: as of 12-1-22, the database is still available. Due to the large size of the archive, searches may need to be limited with a date range in order to return results.
Because Gannett found this database unprofitable, beginning February 3rd, 2022, the full Oklahoman Archives will no longer be available. Access to the most current 30 days will continue. For other ways to access online content see this blog post.

A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. Provides full-text access to dozens of newspapers across Oklahoma. Includes full-text and image editions of The Oklahoman and Tulsa World.

From 2019. Most recent 3 month(s) not available.

A Metropolitan Library (OKC public) database. Sign up for a library card if you don't have one. US Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected US national and regional newspapers: the New York Times, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.

Users must create an account using their OU credentials in order to use this resource and will need to refresh their access on an annual basis.