Major Metropolitan US Historical Newspapers
Boston Globe (1872- present)
Chicago Defender Weekly ed. 1921-1967, 1973-current
Chicago Tribune (1849-1858) (1858-1859) (1859-1860) (1860-1864) (1864-1872) (1872-1922) (1923-1963) (1963-1996)
Los Angeles Times (1881-1890) (1881-present)
New York Times 1857-present
Pittsburgh Courier (1911-1950) (1950-1954) (1955-1966) (1981-2002) (1991-Present)
Washington Post (1877-2003) (1996-present)
If you have a newspaper title
If you know the title of a newspaper for the place you're interested in (and it's totally OK to use Google and Wikipedia here) then you can use a periodical title search in ALICE to see if we have access to that newspaper online or in some analog format.
Search ALICE for a newspaper title
Enter the name of the newspaper you want, and click search
If there is more than one item, choose you need. Online newspapers will have [electronic resource] inlcuded in their title
Click the link to go to the database. There may be more than one, with different dates. Choose the option that fits the date range you need.
