Hist 202: War Journalism: Suggested News Resources

• New York Times

  This is the New York Times website. Learn how to set up your personal NYT account here.

• New York Times Historical - 1851 to 2014 (ProQuest)

• Wall Street Journal (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window

  Comprehensive coverage back to 1984 is available from the world's leading financial newspaper through ProQuest.

• Washington Post (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window

  Comprehensive coverage back to 1987 is available for one of America's most respected newspapers through ProQuest.

• American Historical Periodicals.
  U.S. newspaper articles from the 1680s-1950s.

Ad*Access
     Over 7000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements covering five product categories - Beauty and Hygiene, Radio, Television, Transportation, and World War II propaganda - dated between 1911 and 1955.

American Prison Newspapers, 1800s-present: Voices from the Inside
     A collection of over 700 prison newspapers published from across the U.S. These publications depict and report on all manner of life within the walls of prisons, from the quotidian to the upsetting. Incarcerated journalists walk a tightrope between oversight by administration–even censorship–and seeking to report accurately on their experiences inside.

California Digital Newspaper Collection
     Contains over 400,000 pages of California newspapers published from 1846 - present. 

Independent Voices
     Independent Voices is an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.