Journalism: Current Newspapers

Guide to doing research for Journalism

News Databases

Some of the most commonly used international and national newspaper databases:

Access World News from Newsbank This link opens in a new window
Full text of current news sources from Africa, Asia, Australia/Oceania, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East and historic & current newspapers from Milwaukee
Nexis Uni from Lexis Nexis This link opens in a new window
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Full-text sources on current events, business, law, and medicine.
Formerly Lexis Nexis Academic Universe.
It includes regional, national, and international newspapers; magazines; wire services; business publications (trade journals, corporate annual reports, tax sources); legal resources (law reviews, court cases, briefs, federal and state codes); government documents; medical information (medical journals); and reference sources (directories, biographical information). Coverage varies by title; very good coverage from the early 1990s to present, with some coverage as early as the mid-1970s.
Ethnic NewsWatch from Proquest | Basic Search Tutorial This link opens in a new window
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Searches full-text of newspapers and magazines published for ethnic communities in the US. 1991-present.
Newspaper Source Plus from EBSCO This link opens in a new window
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Full-text of 1,000+ newspapers from the US, UK, and Canada. Also transcripts of major TV and radio news programs.
Specific newspapers covered in the collection include: The New York Times, The Washington Post, Boston Globe, The London Times, The Atlanta Constitution, Indianapolis Star, and the Times (London). Coverage varies by title. Earliest coverage begins mid-1700s.
US Newsstream from ProQuest This link opens in a new window
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Full-text of 1,300+ newspapers, news websites, and blogs worldwide. 1984-present.

Link to Additional Newspaper Databases

National Newspapers

Chicago Tribune (1989-present) from Proquest This link opens in a new window
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Full-text and images available in PDF. 1997-Present.
Los Angeles Times 1881-1991 from ProQuest This link opens in a new window
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Full-text archive 1881-1988.
New York Times (1980-present) from Proquest This link opens in a new window
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Full-text of the daily newspaper. 1980-present.
Wall Street Journal (1984-present) from ProQuest This link opens in a new window
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Full-text of the Wall Street Journal newspaper, 1984 - present. For current day's edition, only browsing is possible; searching is available after 24 hours.
Full-text only (no graphics) of the largest US daily financial newspaper.

Wisconsin Newspapers & News Databases

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1990 to date), Milwaukee Journal (1844-1909, 1921 – 1990) and Milwaukee Sentinel (1844-1865; 1910-1990) from Newsbank This link opens in a new window
Full-text of major current and historical Milwaukee newspapers
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1997-2009) from ProQuest This link opens in a new window
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Full-text of newspaper articles. 1997-2009.
Access World News - Wisconsin from Newsbank This link opens in a new window
Full-text of historical and current news sources in Wisconsin.
Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers from Wisconsin Newspaper Association This link opens in a new window
Covers more than 250 Wisconsin newspapers from 2005 to 90 days ago, and 13 historical Wisconsin newspapers from the 1800s and 1900s; each newspaper is available cover to cover in a searchable PDF format.
US Midwest Newsstream from ProQuest This link opens in a new window
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Includes newspapers, wires, a few trade journals, blogs, podcasts and more from approximately 145 current and 80 older publications.