Primary Sources

Research diverse perspectives, topics, and trends in this collection of current news sources, including North American and international newspapers, wire services, and broadcast news transcripts. It covers local, regional, and world issues, politics, government policies, sports, industries, cultural activities, schools, and people and events in local communities. Search curricular areas such as Political Science, English, Sociology, Humanities, Business, and International Studies, or more specific subjects such as African American Studies, Communication, Journalism, and Media Studies, Criminal Justice, Planning, Public Policy, and Public Administration, Social Work, and Sociology.

This historical newspaper collection provides first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of politics, society, and events covering 1851-2020. Search historical local, regional, national, and international news using subject terms and topics for focused and targeted results in combination with searchable full text, full page, and article-level images from the Historical New York Times.

Current access to the digital edition of the New York Times, including US and international news, politics, sports, business and economy, health, education, science and technology, opinions, and newsletters. Explore the arts section, including book reviews, pop culture, theater, movies, and television. Listen to podcasts and narrated articles covering news, tech, culture, and more. Browse cooking recipes, advice and inspiration for everyday cooking and special occasions. 

This fully-searchable collection of 280+ historical newspapers from across the United States published by and for African Americans is a one-of-a-kind record of African American history and culture. Each newspaper issue in this collection has been fully digitized and is fully searchable, including all articles, obituaries, advertisements, editorials, and illustrations. Some of the major titles in the collection include The Colored Citizen (KS), Arkansas State Press, Rights of All (NY), Wisconsin Afro-American, New York Age, L’Union (LA), Northern Star and Freeman’s Advocate (NY), Richmond Planet, Cleveland Gazette, and The Appeal (MN). The oldest newspaper dates to 1842. Try the new Text Explorer to visualize data using methods such as term clustering, frequencies, trends, and more.

This full-text searchable newspaper database includes Catholic publications from around the United States from 1832 to the present. In addition to newspapers with a national perspective, there are also newspapers from the diocese of Pittsburgh and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Newark, Saint Louis, Harford, Miami, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. The Archive is a project of the Catholic Research Resources Alliance (CRRA), an alliance of archives and libraries collaborating in support of the mission to provide access to Catholic research resources.

Produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LC), this website archives information about historic newspapers from across the United States and between 1756 to 1963. A variety of search options are available, including by state, ethnicity, language, newspaper title, or date of publication. Each digitized page may be viewed as an image or text in the browser, or it may be downloaded in PDF or JPG.

An archive of magazines in the field of education, ranging from 1910 to 2015. Browse 13 trade journals, 9 magazines, and 4 scholarly journals. This material offers insights into educational history, theory, and perspectives; it reflects more than a century of evolving trends, issues, values, and practice in areas such as teaching methods, policy and administration, and resources, while chronicling contemporary developments. Subject coverage includes arts education, curriculum, drama teaching, early years teaching, educational leadership, educational resources, English language teaching, faith schools, female educators, higher education, the history of education, independent schools, mathematics teaching, school librarianship, special needs education, teaching unions, technology and engineering teaching, and vocational education.

This collection of digitized alternative press newspapers, magazines, and journals were published in the United States in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, and the extreme right-wing press. The collection also includes alternative literary magazines, known as “little magazines,” which published experimental and avant-garde works. The publications in this collection were sourced from libraries, archives, historical societies, and community groups throughout the United States.

This searchable archive of magazines devoted to religious topics spans 1845 to the present. This material will cater to diverse research interests, in areas including Catholicism, Christianity, Hinduism, history of religion and religious movements, Islam, Judaism, Presbyterianism, Protestantism, religion in public life, religious identity, theology, sociology, anthropology, international affairs, and politics. Users can ascertain the responses of religious groups to the contemporary issues, trends, and events during this period, not only in religious life, but also in wider society, politics, and international affairs.

Research diverse perspectives, topics, and trends in this collection of current news sources, including North American and international newspapers, wire services, and broadcast news transcripts. It covers local, regional, and world issues, politics, government policies, sports, industries, cultural activities, schools, and people and events in local communities. Search curricular areas such as Political Science, English, Sociology, Humanities, Business, and International Studies, or more specific subjects such as African American Studies, Communication, Journalism, and Media Studies, Criminal Justice, Planning, Public Policy, and Public Administration, Social Work, and Sociology.

Current access to the digital edition of the New York Times, including US and international news, politics, sports, business and economy, health, education, science and technology, opinions, and newsletters. Explore the arts section, including book reviews, pop culture, theater, movies, and television. Listen to podcasts and narrated articles covering news, tech, culture, and more. Browse cooking recipes, advice and inspiration for everyday cooking and special occasions. 

This database provides full-text for more than 500 regional, national, and international newspapers, plus full-text television and radio news transcripts from organizations including CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, and NPR.

This collection provides access to 240+ newspapers from across the state of Ohio. Content includes blogs, college/university newspapers, journals, magazines, newspapers, newswires, videos, and transcripts from ABC-9 WCPO (Cincinnati), CBS-12 WKRC (Cincinnati), FOX-19 WXIX (Cincinnati), and NBC-5 WLWT (Cincinnati). Holdings vary from title to title.

This business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City publishes news, information, commentary, and analysis. It includes coverage of U.S. and world news, politics, economy, technology, markets & finance, opinion, arts, lifestyle, real estate, personal finance, health, style, and sports. Requires individual login and password set up. Access for UD faculty, staff, and students only. Access to the Wall Street Journal via WSJ.com includes access to video and audio content including all WSJ podcasts.