Research Guides: FYS 66b: American Scholars: Public Intellectuals in American Life: Where to Find Sources

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JSTOR
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Social Science Premium Collection
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U.S. Newsstream (ProQuest)
Features newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites from across the U.S., from the 1980s to present.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Newspapers, magazines, and journals from American ethnic and native communities, covering 1960 to the present.
Boston Globe (1980-Present)
Full-text coverage of the Boston Globe, 1980 to present.
New York Times Digital Edition

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Wall Street Journal
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The Atlantic (1995-Present)
The Economist (1988 - Present)
International news, politics, business, finance, science, technology and the connections between them. 1988 - Present available online. 1992 - Present through ProQuest ABI/Inform linked here. Back issues available in print or on microfiche.
The Nation (1975-Present)
National Geographic (1888 - Present)
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The New Yorker (Coverage Varies - Present)
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Time (1923 - Present)
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Historical News

Databases that provide access to major newspapers' archives from the 20th century. You will find archived newspapers from the 19th century and earlier in the News & Media section of our Databases A - Z list.

Boston Globe Historical Archive
Searchable full-text and full-image issues of the Boston Globe (1872-1988)
Chicago Tribune
Coverage: 1849 - 1996
Los Angeles Times
Coverage: 1881 - 1995
The New York Times
Coverage: 1851 - 2014
Wall Street Journal
Coverage: 1889 - 2002
Washington Post
Coverage: 1877 - 2002

ProQuest Historical Black Newspapers
Search across the New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), the Norfolk Journal and Guide (1921-2003), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), Cleveland Call and Post (1934-1991), Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Michigan Chronicle‎ (1936 - 2010), and the Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988). Please note that Brandeis Library also has access to the Chicago Defender newspaper which can be searched separately

ProQuest Historical Newspapers

Includes the American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857-1922), American Israelite (1854-2000), Atlanta Constitution (1868-1945), Atlanta Daily World‎ (1931-2010), Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988), Baltimore Sun‎ (1837-1998), Boston Globe (1872-1993), Chicago Tribune (1849-1999), Chinese Newspapers Collection (1832-1953), Cleveland Call and Post‎ (1934-2010), Communist Historical Newspaper Collection‎ (1919-2013), Jerusalem Post (1932-2008), Jewish Advocate (1905-1990), Jewish Exponent (1887-1990), Korea Times‎ (1956-2016), Leftist Newspapers and Periodicals (1845-2015), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), Los Angeles Times (1881-2000), Michigan Chronicle‎ (1939-2010), Minneapolis Star Tribune‎ (1867-2001), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), New York Times (1851-2020), Norfolk Journal and Guide (1916-2010), Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2010), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2010), St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1874-2003), St. Petersburg Times/Tampa Bay Times (1901-2009), Times of India (1838-2011), Wall Street Journal (1889-2012), and Washington Post (1877-2007)