LibGuides: Newspaper Resources: Newspaper Databases

Contemporary Newspapers

US Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
US Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected US national and regional newspapers, including The New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. The content is available by 8am each day and provides archives stretching as far back as 1985.
Access World News This link opens in a new window
This news collection is ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, regional, national and international level. Its diverse source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos. Use it to explore a specific event or to compare a wide variety of viewpoints on topics such as politics, business, health, sports, cultural activities and people.
Gale OneFile: News This link opens in a new window
Gale OneFile: News provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 1,000 full-text newspapers, providing more than 38 million full-text articles. The database contains comprehensive full text for major newspapers such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), and others. It also includes full-text television and radio news transcripts (over 900,000) from ABC News, CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, National Public Radio (NPR), and others"--

Historical Newspapers

Proquest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
With ProQuest Historical Newspapers, trace the Revolutionary War rebel cause, Reconstruction after the Civil War, learn about a break-through medical discovery, the inauguration of a world leader, both world wars, the Civil Rights Movement, experiment with a tasty new recipe, laugh at a comic strip and experience the birth of freedomall from one source.
British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Searchable full text of newspapers specially selected by the British Library to best represent nineteenth-century Britain. Includes national and regional newspapers, as well as newspapers from: established country or university towns; the new industrial powerhouses of the manufacturing Midlands; and Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Special attention was paid to include newspapers that helped lead particular political or social movements such as Reform, Chartism, and Home Rule.
Chronicling America This link opens in a new window
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1943 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.

Local Newspapers

Search for a specific newspaper in Wofford's collection

Herald-Journal Historical and Current This link opens in a new window
Historical and current coverage of the Spartanburg Herald from Newsbanks' Access World News.
The State Historical and Current This link opens in a new window
Historical and current. 1891-present.
South Carolina News Sources This link opens in a new window
Offers access to the electronic editions of South Carolina newspapers.
Charlotte Observer (Access World News: Research Collection) This link opens in a new window
1985-present