News Sources
A brief guide to finding news sources in Fondren Library
How to Find Newspapers
Available historical newspapers (i.e. complete from issue 1)
- Historical New York Times (1851-)
- Times (London) Digital Archive (1785-1985)
- Historical Christian Science Monitor (1908-1991)
- The Nation Digital Archive (1865-2002)
- Historical Washington Post (1877-1988)
Search the online catalog for a specific newspaper
- Use title if known i.e. "Houston Post")
- Use keywords "newspaper and [your city]" (i.e. "
newspaper and Houston") - Use Subject Headings "[your city] -- Newspapers" (i.e. "
Houston, Tx. -- Newspapers") - Many older newspapers are in microfilm
- The online catalog includes a link to online full-text access if available
- Read the accompanying notes; we don’t keep all newspapers
