German Studies

"The ICON database is the most comprehensive source of information about significant newspaper collections in print, digital and micro formats."

"Anno ( A ustria N N ewspapers O nline) is the virtual newspaper reading room of the Austrian National Library. In ANNO you can leaf through, read and search online in historical Austrian newspapers and magazines."

Open newspaper archive covering 1945-1989. [Unfortunately, the archive is currently offline but access will hopefully resume at a later date; follow the link for contact information.]

Historical archive of newspapers from the Bavarian State Archives and others. Contains Coburger Zeitung (1854/61–1935), Coburger Nationalzeitung (1930–1945), and others.

Digital collection of 118 Jewish periodicals from German-speaking countries, 1806–1938.

[This collection takes a few minutes to load.] An internal serial publication of the German News Agency (Deutsches Nachrichtenbüro) before and during the Second World War. Published three or more times a day, UCLA holdings cover the period May 8, 1936 to May 25, 1940.

National weekly newspaper. Chronological access to print and online articles from its beginning (1946) to the present. Does not allow page image access.

German-language exile journals, 1933–1945.

Digitized pages of Freiburger Zeitung (1784–1943), Staufener Wochenblatt (1875–1968), and other material. Browseable by date.

"Index to German-language newspaper access in North America." Published by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), European Studies Section (ESS).

"List of print and electronic indexes to, guides for, and websites for Western European periodicals from the 17th to 21st centuries." Published by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), European Studies Section (ESS).

"The microfilm archive (MFA), founded in 1965, ensures the long-term transmission of German newspapers and magazines for the purpose of promoting science and research. As a service, the MFA coordinates filming projects and the production of working copies for libraries and archives and offers the purchase of working films."

Retrospective digitization of economic press articles from the Institute for World Economy (IfW) and the Hamburg World Economy Archives (HWWA), 1826–1948.

Digitized images of magazines from the region of Saxony.

Digitized images of newspapers from the region of Saxony. Contains Leipziger Zeitungen (1740), Sachsenzeitung (1830–1834), and others.

Contains digital images of field newspapers from World War I, Heidelberger Zeitung (1861–1919), and Der Heidelberger Student (1929–1938), among other items. Also provides access to Relation (Straßburg, 1609) "the oldest newspaper in the world."

The University of Bielefeld's digitized collection of German Enlightenment periodicals.

Large collection of digitized newspapers from the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. List of digitized newspaper titles.

Digital archive of newspapers from Lugano, Switzerland, browseable by date and searchable within each issue. Open access titles include Gazzetta Ticinese (1914–1918), Libera Stampa (1913–1993), La Voce di Blenia (1970–2007). Additional titles are restricted by publisher agreement, including Corriere del Ticino (1891–2005), Il Dovere (1921–1982), Giornale del Popolo (1997–2004), La Regione Ticino (1992–2004), radiotivù (1960–1974), Radioprogramma (1934–1959), and tele radio 7 (1976–2005).

The Swiss newspaper Le Temps, in cooperation with the Swiss National Library and the Bibliothèque de Genève, has made the complete collection of the Journal de Genève available online.

Full-text database of Intelligenzblatt für die Stadt Bern from 1834–1919 and Berner Landeszeitung from 1919–1922.

Available at SRLF and YRL A-Level Service Desk, Microfiche PN5203 .D48 2002.

This set is a cooperative acquisition of the UC libraries and is held at UC Berkeley. To acquire access, submit an Interlibrary Loan (ILL) request.

"EROMM, the European Register of Microform and Digital Masters, aims to bring together all information on printed and hand-written items reformatted to surrogate media—digital or microform—in libraries throughout Europe and worldwide."

A source to locate titles and order microfilm copies. Institut für Zeitungsforschung, Dortmund, Germany.