American Periodicals Series a database of magazines and newspapers from 1740-1900. Titles include from America's first scientific journal, Medical Repository, to popular magazines like Vanity Fair and Ladies' Home Journal.

America's Historical Newspapers a database of newspapers from 1690-1876. Also known as Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876. This historical collection contains hundreds of historic newspapers listed in Clarence Brigham's authoritative bibliography and in additional subsequent bibliographies.

Los Angeles Times Archives, 1881-1988 Presenting a west coast perspective, find historical ads, film reviews, obituaries, interviews, general news and more!

New York Times Archives, 1858-2008 Find ads, birth notices, obituaries, interviews, general news and more!

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Ethnic NewsWatch: A History ™ (ENW)  features the back file of 40 publications from ethnic and minority presses. Check out ENW to hear the voices of the Asian-American, Jewish, African-American, Native-American, Arab-American, Eastern-European, and multi-ethnic communities. Dates of coverage vary by title and span 1959 - 1993.