Research Guides: International Newspapers and News Sources: Newspapers by Country/Region

International Newspaper Collections by Region

These databases allow you to browse and search individual international newspaper titles online. Some include digitized ("as printed") PDF versions of the news, while other contain only the full text. If you don't see the specific country you are searching for represented in these databases, try one of the databases with global coverage.

Global

International Coalition on Newspapers (ICON)
The International Coalition on Newspapers (ICON) is a project to preserve and improve access to world newspapers. It includes a freely accessible database of bibliographic information for newspapers around the world in more than 150 countries. Many of the newspaper archives are made freely available online.
Access World News
Access World News provides the html full text articles and transcripts from a variety of international news sources from more than 150 countries. News sources include newspapers, news websites, television and radio transcripts, blogs, college and university newspapers, journals, magazines, and some audio and video. Most international titles are English language. Dates of coverage vary from title to title, but primarily span the late 20th century to present.
Factiva
Factiva is a great resource for international newspapers (html full text only, no images or print layout versions). Search for an individual newspaper by title or use the "Source" filter to select news titles by region, country, or language. Coverage dates vary from title to title, but primarily span the late 20th century to present.
Requires NetID login from on or off campus.
PressReader
PressReader (formerly PressDisplay) provides access to newspapers from around the world, often in the original language. Dates of coverage vary from the most current three months to the most current decade. Newspapers are presented in a browsable, "as printed" visual format.

Latin America

PressReader
PressReader provides access to current issues of newspapers across dozens of Latin American countries and in a variety of languages, including more than 800 titles in Spanish and more than 200 titles in Portuguese.
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.
Latin American Newspapers
Latin American Newspapers Series 1 includes historical content from 19th and 20th-century newspapers with access to diverse titles from Latin America, across a broad range of academic disciplines.
Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876
Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876 provides access to searchable digitized copies of newspapers printed in the Caribbean islands during the 18th and 19th centuries, primarily in English, with numerous titles in Spanish and French and some in Danish. Materials in this resource have been assembled from the holdings of the American Antiquarian Society.

Europe

PressReader
PressReader has extensive coverage of modern news content in Europe and Scandinavia, with hundreds of titles in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, and more.
British Library Newspapers
British Library contains full runs of influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of 19th-century British society. Includes British Library Newspapers, Part I: 1800-1900; Part II: 1800-1900; Part III: 1741-1950; Part IV: 1732-1950; and Part V: 1746-1950
Times Digital Archive (London)
Provides full-text access to back issues of The Times newspaper. Dates of coverage: 1785 to 2006.

El país (Madrid, Spain)
Spanish-language daily newspaper. Select the Factiva database for coverage to present; free articles also available on the website https://elpais.com
Le Monde (Paris, France)
French-language newspaper. To access the most recent issue, use the link for ProQuest Central: Available from 2011.
Le Figaro (Paris, France)
Le Figaro is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. The oldest national newspaper in France, Le Figaro is one of three French newspapers of record. For the most recent content, select the "Factiva: Available from 1996/10/31" link.
Der Spiegel (Hamburg, Germany)
Use the links to the Factiva and NexisUni databases to access this publication. The physical copies of this journal that are available are currently offsite, but can be requested for delivery to Bobst.

Irish Newspaper Archive
Irish Newspaper Archive contains full-text searchable digitized Irish newspapers, with issues spanning the 1700s to current day, as well as the Radical & Political Newspapers collection with publications related to the political unrest in Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Newspapers with both local and national scope and circulation are included and new titles and issues added regularly.

Africa

African Newspapers
The African Newspapers database includes 19th and 20th century newspapers, and offers access to diverse titles from Africa across a range of academic disciplines.
PressReader
PressReader has current news coverage from dozens of African countries and in a variety of languages, including Afrikaans, Swahili, French, Portuguese, and English.

Sunday Times (Johannesburg, South Africa)
High-circulation English-language newspaper in South Africa. Coverage in the Access World News/Newsbank database goes back to 1906 and continues to present, in the full text, "as printed" editions, which include images.
The Daily Nation ( Nairobi, Kenya)
English-language Kenyan newspaper, available in ProQuest from 2012-present.

Middle East

Mideast Wire
Mideast Wire contains English translations of news from Arab countries, Iran, and the Arab diaspora.
PressReader
PressReader has broad modern news coverage of dozens of Middle Eastern countries and in a variety of languages, including more than 80 Arabic-language titles as well as content in Turkish, Persian, and Hebrew.
Al-Ahram Digital Archive (DA-ALA)
Founded in 1875, Al-Ahram is one of the most prominent Arabic newspapers in the Middle East, including its legacy as Egypt’s most authoritative and influential national daily. This is the newspaper's digitized run.
Users must register for an account in order to access records.

Al Jazeera (Doha, Qatar)
Arabic-language newspaper based in Qatar. The Factiva database has coverage from 2014-present.
Historical Jewish Press
The Historical Jewish Press contains a collection of Jewish newspapers published in various countries, languages, and time periods. The archive contains digital versions of each newspaper, making it possible to view the papers in their original layout. Full-text search is also available.

South Asia

South Asian Newspapers (Readex)
Search Newsbank World Newspaper Archive South Asian Newspapers -- these include the Ceylon Observer, Kayasare hinda, Leader, and the Madras Mail
PressReader
PressReader has extensive coverage of South Asian news sources (including more than 150 titles from India) in a variety of languages, including Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, and more.

Dainik Jagran (Kanpur, India)
In Hindi. The Press Reader database provides access to the "as printed" version. Coverage in Press Reader dates back to 2014.
The Times of India (New Delhi, India)
High-circulation english-language Indian newspaper. Historical coverage in the ProQuest databases dates back to 1861. Modern coverage in the databases Nexis Uni, Factiva, and Newsbank extends to present.

East Asia

People's Daily
This resource supplies access to the daily newspaper People's Daily (Renmin Ribao, Ren Min Ri Bao, 人民日报) from the People's Republic of China. Access dates back to 1946 and extends to the present.
To enter database click on the 'Search People's Daily - Renmin Ribao (1946-2011)?' link.

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong, China)
High-circulation Hong Kong newspaper. Historical coverage (includes images and the "as printed" PDFs) dates back to 1903 in the ProQuest databases. Modern coverage extends to present in the Factiva, Newsbank, and Nexis Uni databases.

Chinese Modern Newspapers and Periodicals
The database of Chinese Modern Newspapers and Periodicals includes the full-text of Chinese periodicals from the late Qing Dynasty and Republican period.
After logging in using IP authentication (no username or password necessary), select "要刊编" and then "中国近代报刊库(要刊)" to access the database. Note: The default setting is 典海 Ancient Classics. But, if you click on this instead: 百年 Modern Documents, you get to 中國近代要刊庫. Then you can click, Login.
Chinese Newspapers Collection (1832-1953), ProQuest Historical Newspapers
This historical newspaper provides insight into Chinese political and social life during the turbulent 120 year period from 1832 to 1953 with 12 English-language Chinese historical newspapers. Included are critical perspectives on the ending of more than 2,000 years of imperial rule in China, the Taiping Rebellion, the Opium Wars with Great Britain, the Boxer Rebellion and the events leading up to the 1911 Xinhai Revolution, and the subsequent founding of the Republic of China. In addition to the article content, the full-image newspapers offer searchable access to advertisements, editorials, cartoons, and classified ads that illuminate history.
Japan Times Archives
Japan Times Archives provides full-text searching and page images of the English-language newspaper Japan Times from 1897-2022 (Dec.). Japan Times is the oldest English language newspaper in Japan. Database includes content for The Japan Advertiser. Founded by an American, the Japan Advertiser served as an essential Western perspective during Japan's aggressive advancement into Asia until the title was absorbed into the Japan Times in November 1940. It is a full image/full text searchable digital archive (1913-1940) and is available alongside the Japan Times Digital Archive.
Choson Ilbo Online Newspaper Archive
Choson Ilbo Archive (조선일보 아카이브 ) contains current and past articles from this major Korean newspaper, the Choson Daily Newspaper. Archives are from its beginning issue in 1920. The database is searchable by keyword, journalist, date, and more.
North Korean Serials
The North Korean Serials collection contains digitized serials published in North Korea that are held at the Library of Congress. The collection includes serials from 1948-1964 and covers a variety of topics and offer insights into multiple facets of the country, including economics, law, politics, military affairs, society, history, agriculture, and education. In addition to their value for social science research, these materials provide historical context for the study of contemporary North Korea.

Russia and Slavic Countries

PressReader
Click on Titles by Country. Full image access to the current editions of world newspapers: 51 Russian, 5 Czech, 4 Polish, 6 Bulgarian, 3 Croatian, 2 Serbian.
Russian Central Newspapers
Russian Central Newspapers contains the most important Russian newspapers currently being being published in Moscow. Searching can be done across newspapers.
Search in Cyrillic or in Library of Congress English transliteration.
Russian Regional Newspapers
Russian Regional Newspapers contains newspapers from all seven Federal Districts of the Russian Federation and includes coverage of local issues of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Searching can be done across newspapers.
Searching can be done in Cyrillic or Library of Congress English transliteration.

Universal Database of Russian Newspapers
The EastView database includes searchable full text articles from about 75 currently published Russian newspapers (full content list included). Searchable in Cyrillic or Library of Congress transliteration.
Moscow News (Moscow, Russia)
The Moscow News was Russia's oldest English-language newspaper and an important Soviet propaganda outlet. Throughout its near 100-year publication it changed ownership and editorial direction many times. In the late 1930s, multiple staff members were arrested and the newspaper’s status became tenuous; Moscow News was ultimately shut down by the Politburo in 1949. It was restarted in 1956, when Gorbachev-era reforms introduced changes in the newspaper’s editorial direction.

Dates of coverage include 1930-1949, and 1956-2014. The newspaper ceased publication in 2014 after being shut down by President Vladimir Putin.