LibGuides: Newspapers: Home

About this guide

This guide will help you locate newspapers that UWG's Ingram Library provides access to as well as newspapers and news websites freely available on the web.

You can use this guide to help you track down news resources at the local, national, and international level. You will also be able to explore both current and historical news.

This list will be updated semi-regularly and is not meant to be exhaustive. Get started with the following databases.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 1990-present (ProQuest)
Provides online access to the AJC from 1990 to the present through the ProQuest National Newspaper collection.
Newspaper Source Plus
Provides cover-to-cover full text for 35 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. Also contains selective full text for 375 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided.
New York Times, 1980 - current
New York Times is included in the ProQuest Newspapers database but can be searched as a separate resource. To browse issue by issue, click on the Publications link then select the year and issue. 1980 to current; New York Times Book Review and New York Times Magazine 1997 to current.
ProQuest Newspapers
ProQuest Newspapers offers international, national, regional, and local papers including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, The Guardian, El Norte, Jerusalem Post, and South China Morning Post.
Times-Georgian (Carrollton, GA)
Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from current and archived issues of the Times-Georgian. Covers 2007 to current issue.
Wall Street Journal (1984 - current)
The Wall Street Journal is included in the ProQuest Newspapers database but can be searched as a separate resource. To browse The Wall Street Journal issue by issue, click on the Publications link then select the year and issue.
Washington Post (1987 - current)
The Washington Post is included in the ProQuest Newspapers database but can be searched as a separate resource. To browse The Washington Post issue by issue, click on the Publications link then select the year and issue.

Newspaper databases available through UWG

You will need to log-in with your UWG info to access these materials off campus. You can find the GALILEO password in CourseDen if you need it.

African-American Newspapers
A growing collection of African American newspapers starting at 1827. The collection covers all phases of American history: The Antebellum South, abolition, the Jim Crow era, Northern Migration, and the Civil Rights Movement. The completed collection will contain 270 newspapers from 35 states.
America's Historical Newspapers 1690-1922
Early American Newspaper Series 1-7 includes primary source newspaper content that covers 1690-1922.
Atlanta Daily-World, 1931-2003
The first Southern, African American daily paper in the United States. ADW covers the voter registration drives, The Civil Rights movement and more. 1931 to 2003.
American Periodical Series (APS) Online
Full-text periodicals published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines and many other historically-significant periodicals.
Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library
The online collection contains over 2500 editorial cartoons dating from 1946 to 1997. Clifford H. Baldowski, known by the pen-name "Baldy," depicted the local, national and international news of his day in the editorial pages of the Augusta Chronicle, Miami Herald, and Atlanta Constitution. His work is a rich source for those studying political reorganization in Georgia and the growth of Atlanta as well as the the Civil Rights Movement, the Cold War, the Vietnam conflict, Middle East tensions, and Watergate. The site includes a brief biography of Baldowski, suggested readings, a list of related links, and information on Baldy's cartooning.
Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876 This link opens in a new window
The largest collection of fully searchable 18th and 19th-century Caribbean newspapers. Provides a comprehensive primary resource for studying the development of Western society and international relations within this important group of islands. This unique resource will prove essential for researching colonial history, the Atlantic slave trade, international commerce, New World slavery and U.S. relations with the region as far back as the early 18th century. 1718 to 1876.
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800)
Information about every aspect of life in 17th and 18th-century America, from agriculture and auctions through foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, witchcraft, and just about any other topic imaginable. 1639 to 1800.
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819)
Covering every aspect of American life during the early decades of the United States, this rich primary source collection provides full-text access to the 36,000 American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the first nineteen years of the nineteenth century. 1801 to 1819.
Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive This link opens in a new window
Digitized historical newspapers from around Georgia. The archive is free and open for public use. 1847 to 1922.
Illustrated London News Historical Archive (1842-2003)
Covers a wide range of subject areas in the 19th and 20th centuries, making it an invaluable resource for multi-disciplinary research. Includes every published issue, from the first to the last. Entirely full-text searchable with high-quality digital imaging from flat unbound print sets, it combines information and the power of pictures to provide unique perspective on virtually every aspect of modern life and those who helped shape it over more than 160 years. 1842 to 2003.
International Newsstream (ProQuest)
Provides the most recent news content from outside of the U.S. and Canada with archives that stretch back decades. The comprehensive collection features newspapers, newswires, transcripts, and digital-only news sites in full-text format. Over 800 of the world's top news sources such as The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications are included in the collection.
New York Times, 1851 - 2014
Offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. 1851 to 2014.
Newspaper Source Plus
Provides cover-to-cover full text for 35 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. Also contains selective full text for 375 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided.
ProQuest Newspapers
ProQuest Newspapers offers international, national, regional, and local papers including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, The Guardian, El Norte, Jerusalem Post, and South China Morning Post.
Washington Post (1877 - 2001)
The Washington Post (1877-1991) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.