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Key Databases
- Canadian Newsstream
- 'Canadian Major Dailies' including The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, National Post, Montreal Gazette, The Halifax Chronicle Herald, Ottawa Citizen, Regina Leader-Post, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun, and many others
- Full-text (some French)
- View titles indexed - over 400 sources
- Factiva (3 user limit)
- Canadian, International and regional newspapers including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Financial Times, The Times, El Pais and The Guardian
- Full-text (in over 25 languages) - best bet for foreign newspapers
- Newswires, transcripts TV or radio podcasts including BBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox
- View titles indexed (Excel file) - over 30k sources from 200 countries in 28 languages
- Search tips (note: our subscription excludes personalized customizations like alerts)
- Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic)
- Canadian + International news (with special focus on business and legal sources)
- Full-text (multiple languages)
- Newswires, transcripts included
- PressReader
- Full-page digital replicas of print edition (including images, advertisements, etc.)
- 5,000+ international, daily publications in 60+ languages
- Scope: up to 90 days in back-issues (depending on title)
- Download to your mobile device using the PressReader app
- Off-campus access through Carleton's Virtual Private Network (VPN)
- The Globe & Mail changed its access policy on PressReader - see access notes for details
Canadian
- Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database
- Full-text (some French)
- News Magazines
- Newswires and Transcripts
- Sources indexed
- Canadiana
- Books
- Newspapers
- Periodicals
- Images
- Archival Materials
- CPI.Q - Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly
- periodicals and local newspapers
- Canadian + International
- Full-text (English & French)
- Eureka.cc
- Full-text (English & French) + select scanned images
- Transcripts (radio & television)
- Hill Times Online (2002- )
- Canadian politics and the Federal Government
- The Wire Report (2000- )
- Covering the telecom and media sectors
International
- Academic OneFile
- Full-text
- search by publication name
- Alternative Press Index
- Citations + select scanned images
- see also Alternative Press Index Archive
- Argumenty i Fakty
- Russian
- Full-text (in Russian, some English)
- Current Digest of the Post Soviet Press
- Russian
- Full-text (in Russian, some English)
- Independent Voices: An Open Access Collection of an Alternative Press
- Full-page digital replicas
- Current, but emphasis on 1900-1930 & 1960-1980
- International Security & Counter Terrorism Reference Center (ISCTRC)
- Focus on terrorism and security issues
French Language
Remember to use French keywords
- Canadian Newsstream (French + English resource)
- Isolate language filter to French
- Eureka.cc (French + English resource)
- Adjust 'Canada (ENG+FR)' to 'Canada (FR)'
- Repère
- French-language index to newspapers and other periodicals
- No full-text
Most news databases also include French-language publications, including Factiva, Nexis Uni, PressReader, Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database, etc.
Historical Archives
- African Newspapers
- African
- Full-text (multiple languages)
- Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Catalog
- Canadian + International
- Archives available through Interlibrary Loans
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
- American
- Scanned images
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
- International
- Full-text (media reports - translated to English) in scanned images
- Transcripts (radio & television)
- until 1996 - continued by World News Collection - Archive (until 2013)
- Google News Archives Search
- Tip: Search versus Browse archive achieve different results! Full-text index is incomplete for many newspapers. Try browsing to particular date range instead.
- Globe and Mail: Canada's Heritage from 1844 (1844-2015)
- Canadian
- Scanned images
- Guardian (1821-2003)
- British
- Scanned images
- Cross-searches with The Observer (1791-2003)
- Illustrated London News Historical Archive (1842-2003)
- British
- Scanned Images
- Tip: click on Gale Primary Sources to cross-search with The Sunday Times, Times Digital Archive, and Times Literary Supplement
- Maclean's (1905-present)
- Best bet for historical: Maclean's Magazine Archive (1905-2015)
- Note: Maclean's and Time magazine Archives can be both search together on the Ebsco platform (via "Choose databases")
- View all sources covering different date range availability
- Another source with historical - Start with Periodicals Archive Online 10
- Best bet for historical: Maclean's Magazine Archive (1905-2015)
- Newspapers of the French Revolution 1848
- French-language
- Scanned images
- New York Times Archives (1851-2015)
- American
- Scanned images
- Observer (1791-2003)
- British
- Scanned images
- Cross-searches with The Guardian (1821-2003)
- Ottawa Citizen (1845-2010)
- Canadian
- Scanned images
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers
- Accessed through our ProQuest Databases
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail (1844-2019)
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003)
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Montreal Gazette (1785-2010)
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2019)
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Ottawa Citizen (1845-2010)
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Toronto Star (1894-2020)
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Wall Street Journal (1889-2011)
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-2006)
- Accessed through our ProQuest Databases
- Sunday Times Digital Archive (1822-2006)
- British
- Scanned Images
- Tip: click on Gale Primary Sources to cross-search with The Times Digital Archive, Times Literary Supplement, and Illustrated London News
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Time Magazine Archive (1923-2000) - from US Time Inc. [New for December 2022]
- Times Digital Archive (1785-1985)
- British
- Scanned images
- Tip: click on Gale Primary Sources to cross-search with The Sunday Times, Times Literary Supplement, and Illustrated London News
- Toronto Star: Pages of the Past (1894-2016)
- Canadian
- Scanned images
- Wall Street Journal (1889-2002)
- American
- Scanned images
- Washington Post (1877-2002)
- American
- Scanned images
- Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals: 1800-1900
- British
- Citations + select scanned images
- World News Connection - Archive
- International
- Full-text (media reports - translated to English)
- Transcripts (radio & television)
- ceased operation in 2013
- continues coverage from Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports