All Guides: Magazines and Newspapers: National Newspapers

The New York Times

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Full-text coverage: January 1, 2014 - Current
Index coverage: June 18, 2009 - Current

Gale OneFile: News This link opens in a new window
Current news and searchable archives for thousands of national and international newspapers, newswires and media transcripts.
NewsBank This link opens in a new window
Search over 900 reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.

Chronicling America (Library of Congress)
Search and view selected historic newspapers from 1880 to 1922.
Google News Archive
Search and explore historical archives. Automatically create timelines which show selected results from relevant time periods.
NewsLibrary.com
Search the archives of many major U.S. and Canadian newspapers at the same time. There is a small fee if you want to actually read the full text of any articles, but browsing and searching is free and a large part of the article text is provided for free.
SmallTownPapers
Browse and search the scanned newspaper archive from 1846 up to the current edition - free.