Politics JP: Politics & the Media 

News sources can be very useful for finding primary coverage of specific events, as well as feature articles and editorials related to your topic. For additional resources, be sure to consult the Newspaper Indexes page.

America's Historical Newspapers (1690-1922)

• Provides full text of more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers from all 50 states.

Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1900)

• Full-text access to The Pennsylvania Gazette, which is considered The New York Times of the 18th century.

19th Century U.S. Newspapers

• Provides cover-to-cover, full-text access to every article, advertisement and illustration in hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers.

19th Century British Library Newspapers

• Contains full runs of 48 influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of 19th century British society.

The Times Digital Archive (1785-1985)

• This is a complete digital edition of The Times of London.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers provides retrospective coverage of several U.S. newspapers going back to the first issue in full text, including:

• New York Times (1851-2005)
• Wall Street Journal (1889-1991)
• Washington Post (1877-1992)
• Chicago Tribune (1849-1986)
• Christian Science Monitor (1908-1995)
• Atlanta Journal Constitution (1868-1939)
• Los Angeles Times (1881-1996)

Reader's Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)

• Provides comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the U.S.