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.
Once you find the newspaper, you can search it for the topic or article you need.
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.
International Newspaper Databases
- 17th and 18th century Burney Collection NewspapersEarly English newspapers, pamphlets and books.
- FactivaFactiva has newspapers and business information from all regions of the world.
- Illustrated London News Historical ArchiveThis database includes the Illustrated London News (United Kingdom) from 1842 to 2003.
- Newspaper SourceNewspaper Source has titles from Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Canada, Costa Rica, Fiji, France, India, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Mexico, Papau New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Saudia Arabia, Slovakia, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom
- Times Digital Archive 1785-1986London Times, Times of London.
- World Newspaper Archive (Latin American and Africa)19th to early 20th century newspapers from Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe.