Major Newspapers Online
The UCLA Library does not subscribe to latimes.com, nytimes.com, or any other newspaper websites. In fact, most newspaper sites don't even have an option for institutional subscriptions.
Instead we subscribe to third-party newspaper databases which license the articles from the newspaper publishers. These archives cover long time periods, provide advanced search features typically available in academic databases, and don't have ads! (Though they often index the ads present in the print newspapers, allowing you to actually search them.) Current archives are usually updated daily.
On the down side, archives are primarily about storing text and (sometimes) images. They usually don't contain videos or interactive features available on the original news sites.
- U.S. Major Dailies This link opens in a new windowContains full-text dating back to the 1980s for five of the nation’s major newspapers, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Wall Street Journal.
- Los Angeles Times This link opens in a new windowFull text (no ads or pictures) from 1985 to the present. For access to older issues, see Proquest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times [1881-2013].
- New York Times This link opens in a new windowFull text (no ads or pictures) from 1980 to the present. For access to older issues, see Proquest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times [1851-2018].
- Sacramento Bee: Historical and Current (1857-current) This link opens in a new windowFull page and article images with searchable full text of the Sacramento Bee from 1857 - current.
- San Francisco Chronicle: Historical and Current (1865-current) This link opens in a new windowFull page and article images with searchable full text of the San Francisco Chronicle from 1865 - current.
- Sunday Times Digital Archive, 1822-2016 This link opens in a new windowArticles from The Sunday Times, London from 1822-2016. Although similar in title, Sunday Times is a distinct newspaper with no editorial connection to The Times London.
- Times of London Digital Archive, 1785-2014 This link opens in a new windowIncludes full text and page images of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials, advertising and images (excluding the Sunday Times) for 1785-2014.
- Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new windowFull text, from 1984 to present. For access to older issues, see Proquest Historical Newspapers: Wall Street Journal [1889-2004].
Online News Collections
See also Historical Newspapers tab for more online news archives.
- Access World News - Historical and Current This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles from over 4,756 US and international blogs, journals, newspapers, newswires, videos, and web sources. Date coverage varies with individual newspapers. Formerly called America's Newspapers or NewsBank.
- Alt-PressWatch This link opens in a new windowFull text from more than 200 newspapers, magazines, and journals of the alternative and independent press. Contains articles as early as 1970, but the bulk of the coverage is from 1991 to the present.
- American Indian Newspapers This link opens in a new windowDigitized 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.
- AP Newsroom This link opens in a new windowAP Newsroom (formerly AP Images) contains millions of photographs dating from 1826 to present day from the Associated Press. Includes thousands of graphics, audio files dating from the 1920s, and news stories and headlines from 1997 to the present.
- The Big Index of Global NewspapersA public website that links to newspapers and other news sources from around the world, organized by country.
- Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new windowComplete text of articles since 1959 from over 200 publications of the ethnic, minority, and native press. Includes Los Angeles Sentinel and La Opinión.
- Factiva This link opens in a new windowUS and international business news and information and general news from some 31,000+ sources (including Barron's, The Wall Street Journal, and The Wall Street Journal Online), spanning 26 languages and more than 200 countries.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowText of articles in newspapers and periodicals for the last 20 years. (Only contains latest 6 months of LA Times.) Includes major news wire services and transcripts of broadcast news. Special sections for business, legal, and biographical news. Formerly LexisNexis Academic.
- Newspaper Source This link opens in a new windowcover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.
- ProQuest Newspapers This link opens in a new windowSearches 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.
- UCLA Library Broadcast NewsScape This link opens in a new windowDigitized television news programs from cable and broadcast sources in the Los Angeles area (2005-present) as well as news programs from other domestic, international, and online sources (2004-present). Includes both streaming media and searchable closed caption text. Use the old interface to search for time-stamped transcript files. Go to Advanced Search to have more options for creating your search strategy.
- Universal Database of Baltics, Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine Newspapers (UDB-EUR) This link opens in a new windowImportant periodicals published in European nations which used to be part of the Soviet Union. The sources are in mostly in Russian.
- Universal Database of Central Asia and Caucasus (UDB-CAC) This link opens in a new windowJournals and newspapers from former Soviet republics. The database consists of titles from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- Universal Database of Russian/NIS Statistical Publications (UDB-STAT-RUS) This link opens in a new windowOnline versions of publications from the major Russian statistics agency Goskomstat Rossii and its regional statistics agencies, Statkomitet SNG, and statistical agencies of the former Soviet Union. Statistical yearbooks, monthly analytical reports, regional statistical information, and annual statistical abstracts.
- Vanderbilt Television News Archive This link opens in a new windowNetwork evening news broadcasts from the major US national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming, including ABC's Nightline since 1989.
- WISENEWS 慧科新聞WiseNews is a newspaper database based in Taiwan, which provides hundreds of newspapers published in Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China and some other parts of the world.
- World News Connection This link opens in a new windowTranslated and English language news compiled from foreign media sources. Coverage includes political, environmental, scientific, technical, and socioeconomic issues and events from 1995 through 31 December 2013. Includes FBIS Reports from 2002-2005.
Print Newspapers in the UCLA Library
Current Daily Newspapers
Recent print editions of major world and Los Angeles area newspapers are shelved in the Charles E. Young Research Library A-Level Garden Commons. Check the UCLA Library Catalog for specific titles. Most paper issues are kept for only a month or two before being replaced with microfilm.
Older Daily Newspapers
To find newspaper titles in the UCLA Library, search the UCLA Library Catalog for the name of the newpaper (e.g., Sacramento Bee) within Journal Title (Start of). Some titles will be on microfilm and some will have links to online resources.
Finding Newspapers by City of Publication
The UCLA Library has many newspapers in its collections that have not been digitized. They are not easily searchable in the UCLA Library Catalog if you do not know the title of the newspaper. If you are looking for newspapers from a specific city, you can search WorldCat through the FirstSearch interface and limit to newspapers in the UCLA Library. The search strategy to use is:
- Enter the city (e.g., cairo) in the search box and select Publisher location from the drop-down menu.
- Limit the search to Serial Publications
- Limit availability to
- Do the search, then select the Subtype Newspapers.
The results will be a list of newspapers from the publisher location searched.
News Digests
Several reference sources provide concise summaries of news and current events from around the world, drawing upon hundreds of news publications. Earlier years of these titles are available in print.
- Keesing's Worldwide Online This link opens in a new windowOnline digest of political, social and economic events for all countries of the world from 1931 to the present.
- Facts on File World News Digest This link opens in a new windowFormerly called Facts on File, this source covers all major political, social, and economic events since November 1940.
- Africa Research Bulletin: Economic, Financial and Technical SeriesOnline digest of news and current events on the African continent from 1997. Printed copies from 1964-1996 are in the Research Library Reading Room, call number Z3501 .A258e.
- Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesOnline digest of news and current events on the African continent from 1997. Printed copies from 1964-1996 are in the Research Library Reading Room, call number Z3501 .A258p.
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports This link opens in a new windowThe United States' principal record of political and historical open source intelligence, including transcripts of foreign broadcasts and news translated into English. Covers 1941-1996.
- Latin America Data BaseLADB features three weekly electronic publications: NotiCen, NotiSur, and SourceMex, and a fully searchable Archive of over 28,000 articles that provide timely information and historical perspective on a variety of Latin American issues.
- Latin America Digital Beat (LADB)The LADB archive, located at the University of New Mexico, includes a searchable database of over 28,000 articles drawn from a variety of Latin American news sources and journals. Time period covered is 1986-2018.
Connecting from Off-Campus: VPN & Proxy Tutorials
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- Virtual Private Networking (VPN)A program you can download and install, or use the built-in version on many computers or mobile devices. VPN software must be logged on manually before you access a restricted site, but works for all programs on your computer. It stays connected until you log off.
- UCLA OnLine Proxy ServerA simple browser setting which will automatically divert you to a UCLA logon page when you first access a restricted site.
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