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U.S. Dailies by Proquest
U.S. Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected U.S. national and regional newspapers, including The New York Times and Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and exclusive access to Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. The titles offer researchers thorough and timely coverage of local, regional, and world events. The content is available each day and provides archives stretching as far back as 1985.
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America's News
Explore and stay informed on local and national topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S., including The Aegis and more. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.
Newspapers.com
Newspapers.com Library Edition is an extensive online database of 4,000+ historical newspapers from the early 1700s into the 2000s. Distributed by ProQuest into libraries, it contains a diverse blend of well-known regional and local newspapers in the U.S. and other countries.
OneFile: News
This innovative full-text newspaper resource allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section, or other fields. OneFile: News provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.
Proquest Newsstand
Exclusive access to 85 full-text newspapers from the world-leading news featuring the Baltimore Sun! Some additional notable titles: The New York Times; The Wall Street Journal; The Washington Post; The Boston Globe; The Los Angeles Times; The Chicago Tribune; The Guardian.
Historical U.S. Newspapers
Historical U.S. Newspapers from Proquest is the definitive newspaper digital archive offering full-text and full-image articles for significant newspapers dating back to the 18th century. Researchers interested in history, genealogy and culture can travel digitally back through the centuries to be an eyewitness to history. Includes the Baltimore Sun and the Washington Post.
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Search the historic newspaper pages from 1860–1922. Users can also find information about newspapers from 1960 to the present.
Harper’s Weekly: 1857-1912
The definitive online version of the newspaper of record for the latter part of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries provides an essential resource for students of the period, providing insight into the political, sociological, cultural, and economic issues of the day. The database includes over 75,000 illustrations, cartoons, maps and portraits.
This database has been made available through a grant from Jack L. and Signe W. Shagena.
The Historic Maryland Newspapers Project
The Historic Maryland Newspapers Project is an ongoing effort to digitize Maryland's newspapers and make them accessible for free on the Library of Congress' Chronicling America website. The project is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities' (NEH) National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) grants.
Researchers will find the Aegis and Harford County Intelligencer from 1864-1922, the Southern Aegis (Bel Air) from 1957-1862, and the Southern Aegis and Harford County Intelligencer from 1862-1864.
