Search by title
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.
Use a Full Text Newspaper Database
Another strategy is to use one of our full text newspaper databases and to limit your search by location. The full text newspaper databases listed below all let you see a list of newspapers for a specific country, state, or city.
- 19th Century US NewspapersUse the Publications List to find a list of titles for a state or city. All newspapers in this database were published between 1800 and 1899.
- Access Newspaper ArchiveAccess Newspaper Archive lets you choose a country or state and then select newspapers for a specific location.
- African American Newspapers 1827 to 1998Use the Browse Publications option to filter titles by location.
- America's Historical NewspapersUse the Browse Publications option to filter titles by location. Titles from 1690 to 1922 are included.
- American Indian NewspapersFrom historic pressings to contemporary periodicals, explore nearly 200 years of Indigenous print journalism from the US and Canada. With newspapers representing a huge variety in publisher, audience and era, discover how events were reported by and for Indigenous communities.
- Appalachia News SourcesIncludes newspapers, local broadcast news transcripts, and regional newswires from Appalachia.
- Chronicling AmericaThe Advanced Search tool lets you choose a newspaper by state.
- World Newspaper Archive: African NewspapersUse the Browse Publications option to filter titles by location. Titles from 1800 to 1922 are included.