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

Contemporary Newspapers

New York Times This link opens in a new window
***You must first create a personal user account at this link NYTimes User Account Setup and login with this account for full access to the database. *** Faculty and staff must renew their accounts annually; student accounts expire in September of their graduation year.
Although this includes full text searchable access to the New York Times newspaper from 1851-present with original page images, a better choice for historic articles is our database New York Times with Index (Historical; 1851- 4 years ago) . Includes access to international edition, multimedia channels and more.
Washington Post This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
Covers global news and business information, including newswires, newspapers, magazines, and company reports.
Latin American News Digest This link opens in a new window
A compilation of news articles from Latin American newspapers form the last month, with summaries of the article contents and links to the original articles.
Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new window
Online edition of the newspaper, covering all aspects of higher education.

Newspapers from 50States.com
Today's Front Pages (From the Freedom forum)
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) This link opens in a new window
Historic archive of the New York Times newspaper from 1851-4 years ago. Includes the complete indexes from 1851-1993 in addition to full-text searching. For current articles, choose the New York Times database.
Richmond Times-Dispatch, 1903-present This link opens in a new window
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.

Richmond Times-Dispatch 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.

Ashland Herald-Progress - microfilm, 1919--2018, no index.
[Ashland] Herald Progress (1919-1963) - online through Chronicling Virginia (Library of Virginia)

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.

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 several Virginia,newspapers including the Richmond Times-Dispatch and its predecessors, and several DC newspapers.

British Newspapers

British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
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.