Library Resource Guide for: VIRTUAL REFERENCE

Newspapers

Below is a listing of the major newspapers and news databases for which Brown has online subscriptions. To find newspapers and magazines published before the 1980's that are available online, see the Historical Periodicals listing. To find historical newspapers available on Microfilm at Brown, see the Resource Guide for History (American).

Subscription Databases:

Alternative Press Index  
1991-present; international and interdisciplinary, Alternative Press Index provides access to nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines that report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political and social change.

Ethnic NewsWatch and ENW: A History    
1980-present; Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press beginning in 1990. ENW: A History covers the years 1960-1989. The experiences and contributions of African Americans, Hispanics, Native Peoples, Asian Americans, European Americans, Jewish Americans and Arab Americans illuminate three critical decades in U.S. and world history.

Facts on File Databases (formerly FACTS.com)    
An online version of Facts on File, these databases include the World News Digest from 1940-present, as well as the World Almanac Reference Database, the World Almanac Encyclopedia, Issues and Controversies and links to special reports.

LexisNexis Academic    
Current; said to be the world's largest full-text, online database, containing more than a billion full-text articles, citation abstracts, and documents. Emphasis is on current news and legal and business information. Link to A-Z list of resources on LexisNexis Academic.

Library PressDisplay    
Current; Library PressDisplay is an online newspaper portal which offers over 1000 newspapers from 83 countries in 40 languages. List of Current Titles.

Mideastwire.com    
Current; Mideastwire.com offers a daily email newsletter of concise, translated briefs covering some of the key political, cultural, economic and opinion pieces appearing via the print, radio and television media of the 22 Arab countries, Iran and the Arab Diaspora.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers    
This database offers full text and full image articles for newspapers dating back to the 19th century. Brown University Library subscribes to:

Historical Atlanta Constitution
Historical Chicago Tribune
Historical Los Angeles Times
Historical New York Amsterdam News
Historical New York Times
Historical Wall Street Journal
Historical Washington Post

Note: Historical newspaper databases cannot be searched in combination with non-historical newspaper databases. Tips for printing from ProQuest Historical Newspapers

ProQuest Newspapers    
The ProQuest Newspapers Database contains the following newspapers:

Atlanta Journal-Constitution 11/7/2001-present
Atlanta Constitution 1990-11/2/2001
Boston Globe 1997-present
Boston Globe 1/1/1980-12/3/1996
Chicago Tribune 12/4/1996-present
Chicago Tribune 1/1/1985-12/3/1996
Christian Science Monitor 9/30/1988-present
Los Angeles Times 12/4/1996-present
Los Angeles Times 1/1/1985 to 12/3/1996
New York Times 6/1/1980-present
Providence Journal 12/25/1983-present
USA Today 1997-present
USA Today 4/1/1987-12/14/1997
Wall Street Journal 1/2/1984-present
Washington Post 1/1/1987-12/3/1996
Washington Post 12/4/1996-present

Readers' Guide Abstracts    
1983-present; popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. Includes current events and news, and many other subject areas.

Times Digital Archive (London)    
1795-1985; researchers can search through the complete digital edition of The Times (London), using keyword searching and hit-term highlighting to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.

Virtual News Library    
Current; Virtual News Library (Newscan) provides online access and full text searching of major French newspapers and magazines. The archives of the following titles, which are updated daily, are available to Brown users: Le Monde (1987 to date), Libération (1995 to date), Le Courrier International (2004 to date), L’Express (1993 to date), Le Nouvel Observateur (2003 to date), and Le Point (1995 to date).

World News Connection (WNC)    
1994 to present; an online news service of translated and English-language news and information. From non-U.S. media sources, WNC covers socioeconomic, political, scientific, technical, and environmental issues and events within 24-72 hours of the original broadcast. Regional categories covered include: Central Eurasia, China, East Asia, Near East & South Asia, East Europe, West Europe, The Americas, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Internet Resources:

• Chronicling America
  This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
  
  
• Providence Journal
  1983 to the present. In addition to our online subscription, Brown owns the Providence Journal on Microfilm from 1829 to the present (located in the Rockefeller's Periodicals Reading Room). Indexing for the Providence Journal prior to 1983 is available as part of the Rhode Island Collection at the Central Library of the Providence Public Library.
  
  
• Today
  Visitors should not miss checking out the "View Archived Pages" link near the top of the page, to see the front pages of events of historical significance.