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Historical Newspapers
Library Services provides access to a variety of historic newspapers, which can serve as excellent primary sources.
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New York Times: Historical (1851-2018)
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African American Newspapers, 1827-1998
A century and a half of the African American experience.
In addition to the library's historical newspaper databases, there are a number of online resources that provide access to historical newspaper content.
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Library of Congress - Chronicling AmericaThe Chronicling America project, an ongoing campaign by the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, aims to create an Internet-based searchable database of U.S. newspapers. Currently, the collection includes numerous newspapers from 1836 to 1922, and is constantly updated. Information can be searched by keyword or browsed by newspaper title or location.
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NewspaperCatNewspaperCat is a catalog of digital historical newspapers provided by the University of Florida. The collection includes more than 1,000 U.S. titles, as well as some from the Caribbean, and are easy to search by keyword or browse by title or location.
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International Coalition on NewspapersThe International Coalition on Newspapers (ICON) is a massive newspaper digitization project. The database includes bibliographic information for more than 25,000 newspapers from around the country and world. Some newspapers require a subscription to access.
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List of Online Newspaper ArchivesThis comprehensive list from Wikipedia details which newspapers - domestic and international - are available online and which require a subscription to access.
New York Times
Library Services is pleased to offer all Springfield College students, faculty, and staff full access to NYTimes.com!
To create your NYTimes.com account:
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First, visit this one-time registration link. You must register using your Springfield College email address.
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Use your new Springfield College account to log in at NYTimes.com and the free NYTimes app.
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That's it! You now have access to unlimited articles from The New York Times.
Re-activating your account:
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Your NYT academic pass is valid for 364 days. You will need to re-activate your account annually.
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Return to the registration page and click the link for existing accounts, which is labeled "Already have an account?"
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Follow the prompts to renew your account.
Newspapers & Current Newspaper Databases
Library Services provides access to a variety of databases that include newspaper articles.
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U.S. Major DailiesU.S. Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected U.S. national and regional newspapers: The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Wall Street Journal.
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Gale OneFile: News
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Search or browse through many current topics of interest here. Includes news, opinions and academic articles. -
Springfield Republican and Western Massachusetts Newspapers
Online access to the Republican and other Western Massachusetts newspapers including: Advocate (North Adams), Amherst Bulletin, Berkshire Eagle, Daily Hampshire Gazette, North Adams Transcript, Recorder (Greenfield), Springfield Advocate, Springfield Examiner, and Valley Advocate. -
Wall Street Journal (1984-Current)
Full-text coverage from 1984 to the present.
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Washington PostFull-text articles from 2014 to the present.
