Research Guides: U.S. News Stories and Newspapers: Finding a Specific Newspaper

Find a specific newspaper

If you are looking for a publication not listed above, search for it using the Books & More tab in BobCat. This system will search across our databases and list the ones containing full-text articles from your publication. Check the date ranges for each one and choose the one containing the date you need. If there are multiple that include your date, choose whichever one you like!

If you are looking for articles from the most recent issue (or any specific issue) you may need to browse or filter articles by date.

If you are looking for a specific article, follow this same process to first find the database where the newspaper or magazine is available and then search or browse within the database to get to the specific article you need.

Search the NYU Libraries Catalog

Search for books, journals, videos, etc. in our local libraries and special collections.

Online Access to Popular US Newspapers and Magazines

The New York Times (print and online articles)
The Libraries' Factiva subscription to the New York Times contains articles from both the print edition (1969-present) and the online-only content from nytimes.com (2012-present). Images or visualizations accompanying each article are not included.
The New York Times (print-only articles)
These NYT subscriptions contain the articles that were published in each daily edition of the print paper; web-exclusive content from nytimes.com is often not included here (see the "New York Times - online content" link above for web-exclusive articles).
These subscriptions are also html full text only, which means they will not include images, advertisements, or other context included in the "as printed" version. To view current articles and full pages of the NYT as they appeared in print, access the print copies on the 9th floor of Bobst, or the microform copies on Lower Level 2 of Bobst.
The Washington Post
For articles that appear only on washingtonpost.com, click on the link for the "Factiva: Available from 2007" database. To see the "as printed" version of the Washington Post, click on the link for "ProQuest Recent Newspapers: The Washington Post." HTML full text articles are available through the other database links.
The Wall Street Journal
Select the ProQuest Central subscription to access WSJ articles published in the paper. Use Factiva to access WSJ blog articles.
The Financial Times
ProQuest Central and Factiva also provide access to digital-only articles from FT.com. Please be aware that many, if not all, of the databases providing access to FT do not provide access to the most recent month.
Harvard Business Review
For the most recent issues as PDF full text articles ("as printed," including images and layout) click on the link for EBSCOhost Business Source Complete.
The New Yorker
Use "E Journal Full Text" link to see full-page image scans of complete issues. Try EBSCOhost or Gale for improved searchability.
The Atlantic
For downloadable issues as they appeared in print, access the "Flipster" database. For content published only on www.theatlantic.com (that may not have been included in the as-printed edition) access the Factiva database; coverage of www.theatlantic.com articles via Factiva is not comprehensive.
The Economist
The NYU Libraries has access to issues from 1843 to present.

I Need a Physical Copy of the Newspaper!

Sometimes it's necessary to look at a physical copy of a newspaper. Databases such as LexisNexis and Proquest only provide full text of articles and often exclude graphics or photos associated with stories. Moreover, they don't allow you to see the context of the news story because you do not see the page that the story appeared on.

Below are ways to either locate physical copies or physical representations of newspapers.

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

Using New York Public Library

Search the New York Public Libraries catalog
New York Public Libraries has more extensive holdings for newspaper holdings as compared to NYU. Try searching their catalog for your newspaper title.

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.