Research Guides: Caribbean Studies: Newspapers

Current and Historical Newspapers

Alternative Press Index Archive
Alternative Press Index Archive (APIA) contains journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from international alternative, radical, and left periodicals from 1969-1990. For more recent content see the database Alternative Press Index.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, multi-lingual (English, Spanish, French, German, and more) database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority, and native presses. Full-text content ranges from the 1940s to present day.
Factiva
Factiva is a resource for U.S. and international newspapers (html full text only, no images or print layout versions), news transcripts, trade journals, newsletters, industry snapshots, and market data charts for recent stock prices. Coverage dates vary from title to title, but primarily span the late 20th century to present.

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Latin American Newspapers
Latin American Newspapers Series 1 includes 19th and 20th-century newspapers with access to diverse titles from Latin America, across a broad range of academic disciplines.
Latin American Newsstream
Latin American Newsstream allows users to search within a selection of current and recent full-text Latin American newspapers and newswires covering international and Latin American regional topics.
NewsBank
Newsbank searches a collection of databases from the information vendor Newsbank, including the Archive of Americana, World News Archive, Foreign Broadcast Information Service Reports, and Access World News. These collections include: Early American Newspapers, Series XV, 1822-1879: Immigrant Communities; American Underworld: The Flash Press; African American Newspapers, Series 1, African American Newspapers, Series 2, Ethnic American Newspapers (Balch), 1799-1971; Joint Publications Research Service Reports (JPRS), 1957-1995; Sowetan Collection; Financial Mail Collection, Sunday Times Collection; Business Day Collection
Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni (Formerly LexisNexis Academic Universe) provides access to full-text newspapers (U.S. and some international), news wires, transcripts, and trade journals.

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Readex AllSearch

Readex AllSearch allows users to cross search primary sources: books, pamphlets, newspapers, government documents, and more.

NewspaperArchive
Bahamas: Nassau Guardian (1849-1961); Jamaica: Colonial Standard (1874-1923), De Cordovas Advertising Sheet (1858-1858), Jamaica Guardian (1868-1868), Kingston Daily Gleaner (1878-2016), Kingston Gleaner (1834-2023), Kingston Outlook Magazine (2012-2020), Kingston Weekly Gleaner (1885-2012), Star (2004-2019), The Gleaner Supplement (1902-1902), The Tri Weekly Gleaner; Suriname (1902-1902); Suriname: De Banier Van Waarheid En Recht (1932-1936), De Kolonist (1866-1872), De Surinaamsche Nieuwsvertelder (1788-1790), De Surinamer Nieuws En Advertentieblad (1894-1940), De West (1909-1939), De West Indier (1863-1898), Geprivilegeerde Surinaamsche Courant (1825-1828)

External Newspapers

Abeng
(Kingston, Jamaica): Issues online range from February - September 1969
Aruba Esso News
(Lago-Colony, Aruba): Issues online range from 1943-1985
Caribbean Newspapers
Website on current newspapers in the Caribbean.
Cuban Heritage Collection Periodicals
The digital collection of CHC Periodicals focuses primarily on works published before 1923 that are most unique to its holdings. Newly digitized titles are continually added.
Diario de la Marina
(Havana, Cuba): Issues online range from 1899-1960
El Caribe Digital Archive
(Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic): Founded in 1948, El Caribe is one of the Dominican Republic’s most influential and longest-running newspapers.
Inter Press Service News Agency: Latin American and Caribbean
Justice
(Fort-de-France, Martinique): Issues online range from January-May 2010
LANIC Newspapers and News List
Le Nouvelliste
(Port-au-Prince, Haiti): Issues online range from 1899-1979
Tapia
(Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago): Issues online range from 1969-1976