Additional Free News Sources
Google has great resources for locating news- but a simple Google search won't find all of them.
Try these:
- Google MagazinesSearchable scans of selected magazines from the 1950s to the early 2010s. Click the "Browse all issues" link under each magazine to view older scans.
- Google NewsNewspaper and blog articles from the past 30 days. Because it covers only 30 days and includes less-than-credible blogs and tabloids, this should not be your first stop for news research. However, it can give you a general sense of what people are saying about a topic.
How to Google It
- California Digital Newspaper CollectionSearchable scans of California newspapers from 1846 to the present.
- Library of Congress Chronicling AmericaSearchable scans of historical American newspapers from 1836 to 1922.
- C-Span Video LibraryHundreds of thousands of hours of Congressional footage, indexed by topic, person, bill, and more.
Many universities, archives, and other organizations provide scans of specific newspapers or categories of newspapers (such as all newspapers from a specific state.)
The directories below can help you find them.
- University of Pennsylvania Historical Newspapers OnlineList of free U.S. historical newspaper archives by state. A great starting point for tracking down older articles.
- Wikipedia List of Online Newspaper ArchivesList of free and paid online newspaper archives, with strong emphasis on historical, non-U.S. sources. Highlights include the Australian government's Trove archive, the French National Library's Gallica archive, and the Israeli National Library's Historical Jewish Press archive. Although well-curated right now, use caution- this is Wikipedia and anyone can edit.
- Library of Congress Newspaper Archives, Indexes & MorguesList of free and paid newspaper online archives from the Library of Congress. Also lists print and online indexes and print newspaper "morgues."
