Research Guides: U.S. News Stories and Newspapers: Browsing U.S. Newspapers

Browse the news

ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Central is a large, multidisciplinary database with over 11,000 titles, with over 8,000 titles in full-text. It serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels in all markets. Over 160 subjects areas are covered extensively in this product including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, social sciences and more.
Flipster This link opens in a new window
Flipster is a platform for browsing the current issues of popular press and news magazines like the New Yorker, The Atlantic, Forbes, Ebony, Esquire, Wired, and others. Issues are displayed in the full color "as printed" version.
Download the free Flipster app on your mobile device by searching for "Flipster" on either the Google Play store (for Android devices) or the iTunes app store (for iPhone and iPad devices). Then connect to the NYU Libraries subscription:

1. Open the Flipster app on your device.
2. Tap Get Started.
3. Search for "New York University"
4. Tap the Log In button
5. Sign in with your NYU Net ID and password
PressReader This link opens in a new window
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.
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Nexis Uni (Formerly LexisNexis Academic Universe) provides access to full-text newspapers (U.S. and some international), news wires, transcripts, and trade journals.
Please clear your browser's cache and cookies before attempting to access this resource.
Factiva This link opens in a new window
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Factiva is a resource for U.S. and international newspapers (html full text only, no images or print layout versions).

To browse front page or section articles from the most recent two weeks of major newspapers, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Times (London), and other major titles, click on the "News Pages" tab from the Factiva homepage.
Requires NetID login from on or off campus.
Access World News This link opens in a new window
Access World News provides the html full text and, for some titles, the pdf "as printed" visual representation, of articles from a variety of national and international news sources, including newspapers, digital-native 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.

Digital Replicas of U.S. Newspapers (Online)

Historical Newspapers (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Includes the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Christian Science Monitor, and more. Newspapers are in PDF format and provide a visual representation of the newspaper.
Black Historical Newspapers (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Search the historical archives of major African-American newspapers: Atlanta Daily World, Baltimore Afro-American, New York Amsterdam News, Pittsburgh Courier, and Chicago Defender. Newspapers are in PDF format and provide a visual representation of each issue.
Access World News This link opens in a new window
Access World News provides the html full text and, for some titles, the pdf "as printed" visual representation, of articles from a variety of national and international news sources, including newspapers, digital-native 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.
America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
America's Historical Newspapers includes articles from local and regional American and Hispanic American newspapers from all 50 states. Coverage dates from 1690 to the early 20th century. Articles have been scanned as PDFs and include images and advertisements, and are full text searchable.
New York Newspaper Archive This link opens in a new window
Access New York Newspaper Archives and discover stories of the past with NewspaperArchive.com. The archive covers New York history from 1753-2023, with lots of content from smaller, local newspapers. Articles have been scanned as PDFs and include images and advertisements, and are full text searchable.

Associated Press Collections Online
Associated Press Collections Online is a database of primary source historical newswires from the Associated Press. Content includes images and original PDFs from the Middle East Bureaus (1967-2005, in English and Arabic), U.S. City Bureaus (post WWII), and Washington D.C. Bureaus (1938-2009), as well as the AP Internal Communications module (personal papers of AP staff members, consisting of wire copy, correspondence, journals, reporters' notebooks, and other materials).

PressReader This link opens in a new window
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.

U.S. Newspapers in Print

Current Hard Copies: Print

Current print copies of U.S. newspapers are located in the 9th Floor Periodicals section. Generally speaking, we retain a one-three months of the print newspaper.
Search BobCat (to your left) to see if we subscribe to a newspaper in hard copy.

Older Hard Copies: Microform

Sometimes you need an older newspaper that has not been made digitally available. For the most part, newspapers will be in microfiche or microfilm. While NYU retains microform for many major US newspapers, New York Public Library has a more comprehensive collection.

To find older copies:

Search BobCat to see if NYU retains older copies
Search the New York Public Research Libraries catalog to see if NYPL has a copy.

Print newspapers and magazines in Bobst, NYU Abu Dhabi and NYU Shanghai Libraries

Here are some of the most requested titles that the NYU Libraries has in print on the 9th floor of the Bobst Library, in the current periodicals and newspapers section
Newspaper/Magazine title	Print (hardcopy) coverage dates on the 9th Floor of Bobst
The New York Times	Most recent 2-3 months
International New York Times	Most recent 2-3 months
The Wall Street Journal	Most recent 2-3 months
The Financial Times	Most recent 2-3 months
The Washington Post	Most recent 2-3 months
Le Monde	Most recent 6 months
New York Review of Books	Most recent year
Harvard Business Review	Most recent 3-4 years

The following print newspapers are available in the NYU Abu Dhabi Library. Each title is kept for approximately one week.

Al Ittihad
Financial Times
Gulf News
The Gulf Times
Khaleej Times
The National
The International New York Times

The following print newspapers are available in the NYU Shanghai library:

Wall Street Journal
Financial Times
South China Morning Post
International New York Times

U.S. News Stories and Newspapers

I Need a Physical Copy of the Newspaper!

Microforms Aren't Scary!

What are microforms?

Where are the microforms?

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Can I make copies?