Newspapers
Contemporary Accounts
- Ethnic NewsWatch
- Full text collection of articles from newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press from 1960 to the present. Rutgers-restricted Access.
- African News In English
- Online daily news by country.
- Access World News
- Access to the full text of over 600 U.S. and over 700 international newspapers. Includes access to the Newark Star-Ledger back to 1989. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Factiva
- Full text of many of the world's important newspapers, including the current New York Times.
- African-American Newspapers Rutgers-restricted Access
- Full-text database of historical newspapers published by and for African-Americans. Includes:
- Christian Recorder (Philadelphia: 1861-1902 [excluding 1892])
- Colored American (New York: 1837-1841)
- Douglass' Monthly (Rochester, NY: 1859-1863)
- Frederick Douglass' Paper (Rochester, NY: 1851-1855; continues The North Star)
- Freedom's Journal (New York: 1827-1829)
- National Era (Washington, D.C.: 1847-1860)
- North Star (Rochester, NY: 1847-1851)
- Provincial Freeman (Chatham, Ontario): 1854-1857)
- Weekly Advocate (New York: 1837)
- Chicago Defender
- The Chicago Defender was the most influential African-American newspaper of the 20th century. With the majority of its readership outside the Chicago region, it served as the de facto national black newspaper in the U.S. Search and display the full text of articles published between 1910 and 1975. Rutgers-restricted Access.
- Proquest Historical Newspapers: Combined Search
- Search across the six ProQuest historical newspapers that the Libraries subscribe to: the Chicago Defender (1910-1975), the New York Times (1851- three years prior to the current year), the Philadelphia Inquirer (November 7, 1860 – December 31, 2001), the Pittsburgh Gazette (August 29, 1786 – December 31, 2003), the Wall Street Journal (1889-2010), the Washington Post (1877-2005); the Camden Courier Post (1950- ) and the New Jersey Collection (1876- ). Rutgers-restricted Access.
Subject Guide
Natalie Borisovets
Contact:
185 University Avenue
John Cotton Dana Library
Newark, N.J. 07102
John Cotton Dana Library
Newark, N.J. 07102
Subjects: American Studies, Communication, Criminal Justice, History - Global & Eurasian, History - North America, Journalism & Media Studies, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Literatures in English, New Jerseyana, Political Science, Social Work, Spanish & Portuguese Studies, Women's & Gender Studies