Library Guides: HIST 3081: History of the Civil War and its Aftermath: Newspapers

Finding Newspaper Articles

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Ethnic Press/Alternative Press

To find articles from newspapers aimed at specific audiences try these online databases:

African American Newspapers
Explore African American history, culture and daily life in the 19th and 20th centuries.
American Indian Newspapers
From historic pressings to contemporary periodicals, explore nearly 200 years of Indigenous print journalism from the US and Canada.
Illustrated London News Digital Archive, 1842-2003
The Illustrated London News is the world’s first and perhaps most celebrated illustrated newspaper. The fact that the rise of the Illustrated London News coincided with the expansion of the British Empire throughout the non-Western world gives it added relevance and historical significance.
World Newspaper Archive, African Newspapers Series 1 (1800-1922)
Searchable online collection of digitized historical Sub-Saharan African newspapers in English and foreign-language titles published in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Lexis Uni
International Newspaper Database