Writing 101 presented by Lee Sorensen: Newspapers

Start Here:

• Lexis Nexis Academic: National and international newspapers from the past 20 years.
• America's Newspapers: Smaller American newspapers.  Choose America's News to start.  Selected coverage from 2000-present.
• Factiva: Newspaper articles in full text searchable by topic or date range.

Full Text Online
These newspapers include the full run of the publication with complete full text online.  The New York Times can be a resource for almost any topic.

Local Newspapers

• Carolina Times (1937-date) The Carolina Times began as The Standard Advertiser in August 1921.
• Digital full-text, (May 1,1937-December 26,1964)
• Durham Morning Herald [print]
• Durham Mornining Herald [microfilm] (1901-1990; scattered earlier issues)
• The Independent Weekly [print]
• Independent Weekly [microform] (1992-1996 and the current month.) Index to the North Carolina Independent and the Independent 1983-1996
• The Herald-Sun [online] (1995-date) On January 1, 1991, the Herald-Sun was formed from the merger of the Durham Morning Herald and the Durham Sun.

National and International Newspapers

• Lexis Nexis Academic
• Factiva (2001-present)
• America's Newspapers
• World News Connection
• Current foreign newspaper subscriptions

Historical Newspaper Sources

• ProQuest Historical Newspapers:  New York Times (1851-3 years prior to current issue)
• Times (London) Digital Archive (1785-1985)
• America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1922)
• World Newspaper Archive