NEWS - Finding and Tracking Reliable News

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Searchable database containing digital facsimile images of newspapers; presented as full page layout as well as single articles; advertisements and illustrations included. This collection includes numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S.; and it encompasses the entire 19th century.

Coverage: Varies 1827- 1902
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This enormous collection of African American Newspapers( ca. 1827 – 1902) contains a wealth of information about cultural life and history during the Nineteenth Century and is rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day relating to the African American communities. This database is a major source for African American newspapers published in the United States during the 19th century.

American Indian Newspapers includes newspapers produced by a range of Indigenous Nations in the United States and British Columbia from 1828 to 2016. The newspapers include national periodicals as well as local community news and student publications. Highlights from Arizona include the Ak-Chin O'odham Runner, Navajo Times, and Hopi Action News.

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The Archive of Americana, Evans and Shaw-Shoemaker series, offers more than 100,000 early American books, pamphlets, broadsides and rare printed materials. The archives feature extensive indexing and full bibliographic information, together illuminating more than 250 years of American history, literature, culture and daily life. Unique and authoritative, these fully searchable products enable researchers to browse and explore America’s past in unprecedented ways.

Caribbean Newspapers, Series 1, 1718-1876: From the American Antiquarian Society Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876—the largest online collection of 18th- and 19th-century newspapers published in this region—will provide a comprehensive primary resource for studying the development of Western society and international relations within this important group of islands. This unique resource will prove essential for researching colonial history, the Atlantic slave trade, international commerce, New World slavery and U.S. relations with the region as far back as the early 18th century.

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A collection of historically significant African American newspapers which provides primary source material essential to the study of American history and African-American culture, history, politics, and the arts.

We have access to Part I-IV of Civil War Collection from ACCESSIBLE ARCHIVES.
Part I: A Newspaper Perspective: Contains the full text of major articles from issues of The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865.
Part II: The Soldiers’ Perspective: Provides an in-depth look at the day-to-day actions of the troops themselves primarily in the form of regimental histories.
Part III: The Generals’ Perspective: These volumes allow a look into the way the battles within the war were fought. Here the emphasis is on strategies and tactics as planned and executed by the commanding officers, with a longer-term view as opposed to daily concerns.
Part IV: A Midwestern Perspective: This collection consists of seven newspapers published in Indiana between 1855 and 1869. Thus, it provides pre-and post-Civil War information in addition to coverage of the war itself.

Coverage: 1690-1876
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Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876 offers 350,000 fully searchable issues from over 710 historical American newspapers. Focusing largely on the 18th and early 19th centuries, this online collection is based on Brigham’s “History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820” and provides unprecedented access to the nation’s early periods. Additionally, EAN, Series I is cross-searchable with other Archive of Americana® collections held by ASU Library.

Coverage: 1857-1877
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Indexes full-text of Harper's Weekly, probably the only consistent, comprehensive, weekly chronological record of world-wide events of the late 19th century. Covers front-line Civil War reports, the re-election of Lincoln, & Reconstruction.

Coverage: 1808-1980
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Hispanic American Newspapers provides access to a wealth of historical primary source materials. It's the largest online collection of Spanish-English newspapers printed in the United States.

Coverage: 1728-1800
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The Pennsylvania Gazette was considered the paper of record for colonial and revolutionary America. This full text coverage spans the time from significant early eastern colonial expansion (1728) through the first true world war (1763) and then through the Revolution (with the government centered in Philadelphia) and then including the Constitutional Convention and Washington’s two terms. Coverage continues through 1800.

Coverage: 19th and 20th centuries, spanning 1822-1922
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A fully searchable collection of 19th and 20th century newspapers from Latin America. Available here: Latin American Newspapers Series 1, 1805-1922 and Series 2, 1822-1922. LAN I includes access to many fully searchable historical Latin American newspapers published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. LAN II, includes coverage of important countries such as Bolivia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Belize.