Online Historical Newspapers
UCLA subscribes to a number of databases with historical newspaper content. If connecting from home, make sure your computer is configured for off-campus access.
- ProQuest Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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Searches all ProQuest newspapers to which UCLA subscribes, both current and historical newspapers from major U.S. cities (Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal), international news sources, and alternative press.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Black Newspapers
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Search all historical African American newspapers from Proquest to which UCLA subscribes.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times This link opens in a new window
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Full page and article images with searchable full text from the first issue in 1851 to 2018. For access to current issues, see The New York Times [1980-present]. - ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times This link opens in a new window
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Full page and article images with searchable full text from the first issue in 1881 to 2014. For access to current issues, see Los Angeles Times [1985-present]. - ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune This link opens in a new window
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Full page and article images with searchable full text, covering 1849-2013 of the paper. For access to current issues, see Chicago Tribune [1985-present].
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Atlanta Constitution This link opens in a new window
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The Atlanta Constitution offers full page and article images with searchable full text from 1868-1984. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. - American Indian Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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Digitized collection of print journalism from Indigenous peoples of the US and Canada over more than 9,000 individual editions from 1828-2016. The 45 unique titles also include bilingual and Indigenous-language editions, such as Hawaiian, Cherokee and Navajo languages.
- Chronicling America: Historic American NewspapersDigital project from the Library of Congress including online access to newspapers published from from 1789-1963.
- Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980 This link opens in a new window
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Compilation of hundreds of Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries. Based on the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project. - Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers (Gale Primary Sources) This link opens in a new window
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Primary source newspaper content from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. Good for early technology like the kinetoscope.
- Old Fulton Post CardsIn addition to digitized post cards, this site also contains searchable New York State historical newspapers. These include the New York Clipper and other titles useful for research on early film.
Article Databases with Historical Reviews
Databases used for finding criticism and magazine articles also often contain reviews of films, television shows, and DVDs. Below are some of the key databases with review indexing and content.
- Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
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EIMA is an historical archive of major trade and consumer magazines in film, television, music, radio, and theater, from their inception to 2000. Includes weekly Variety, Hollywood Reporter, American Cinematographer, Back Stage, Billboard, Broadcasting, Picturegoer, Screen International, Spin, and more. UCLA has access to parts I, II, and III of this database.
- Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
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Provides indexing of general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America