McGraw-Page Library: Newspapers, News Magazines, and Television News: Newspapers

Contemporary Newspapers

New York Times
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Full text searchable access to the New York Times newspaper from 1851-present with original page images. Includes access to international edition, multimedia channels and more. You may search for archived articles and view their page images; however to go directly to the browsable image archive of pre-1978 issues, go to the Times Machine or choose the database New York Times with Index.
Washington Post
Web version of The Washington Post (current 15 years only). This DOES NOT SUPPORT the Washington Post app, and you may not have an ad blocker running.
Richmond Times-Dispatch, 1903-present
Daily newspaper for Richmond. Page images from 1903-1986 and for 2018-present; full text only from 1986-2017. Part of Access World News database.
Access World News
Full-text newspapers from around the U.S. and the world, including the Richmond Times-Dispatch and many other local and regional newspapers in Virginia. Incorporates America's News database with addition of international sources.
Factiva
Covers global news and business information, including newswires, newspapers, magazines, and company reports.
Chronicle of Higher Education
Online edition of the newspaper, covering all aspects of higher education.

Newspapers from 50States.com
Today's Front Pages (From the Newseum)
Current front page images from over 900 newspapers spanning the globe.

Historic Newspapers

American Newspapers

New York Times with Index (Historical; 1851- 4 years ago)
Historic archive of the New York Times newspaper from 1851-4 years ago. Includes the complete indexes form 1851-1993 in addition to full-text searching. For current articles, choose the "New York Times" database.

Ashland Herald-Progress - microfilm, 1919--2018, no index.

Richmond Christian Advocate - microfilm, 1869--1939, index on first reel of microfilm.

Richmond Daily Dispatch (1860--1865)

Electronic full-text access to primary Richmond newspaper during the Civil War years.

Richmond Times-Dispatch Historical Archive (1903-1986)

Paper and its preceding papers available online from 1850--1922 via Chronicling America (see entry below) as Daily Dispatch, 1850--1884; Richmond Dispatch, 1884--1903; Daily Times, 1886--1889; Times, 1890--1903; Times-Dispatch, 1903-1914, Richmond Times-Dispatch 1914-1922.

Virginia Gazette - microfilm, 1736-1780, index at Ref. F221 .V45 1950

Virginia Gazette Online - 1736--1780, some known issues missing from the online version (digitized by Colonial Williamsburg Foundation).

Yellow Jacket (Randolph-Macon College) - microfilm and Special Collections, 1915--present, no index.

Collections:

Birth of America - microfilm, 1763-1783, various newspapers; index volume at Ref. E187 .J65

Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective - November 1860 -- April 1865

Full-text and images of Civil War era newspapers: The Charleston Mercury, The New York Herald, and the Richmond Enquirer. Other newspapers are listed when connection to this database; we do NOT have access to the other newspapers.

Chronicling America (1789--1963; dates vary for selected papers; most prior to 1923)

Based at the Library of Congress, this is an online newspaper collection millions of pages; includes serveral Virginia,newspapers including the Richmond Times-Dispatch and its predecessors, and several DC newspapers.

British Newspapers

British Library Newspapers
Full-text searchable editions with page images of nearly 50 newspapers from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. In addition to articles, includes advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, editorials, etc.
Times Digital Archive
Searchable full text of the Times of London newspaper from 1785 through 6 years ago.

London Gazette Archive (selected indexing from 1665 to present, with results in PDF format.) Official newspaper of record for UK. Portal also includes Edinburgh Gazette and Belfast Gazette.

People's Paper (London) - microfilm, 1852--1858, no index.