News Aggregator Databases

News aggregators are online databases that bring together searching and access to multiple news providers. In most cases, they provide immediate access to the full text of the news sources. In some cases, they collect and point to or index the full-text sources maintained by individual newspapers, news publishers, and news sources, including television and radio. A few sources (e.g., CRL, ICON) point to extensive microform holdings.

Each entry contains the following information: database title; database URL; whether the library has a subscription (available to Cornell users only); and a brief description including the time period covered, the format of the content, and languages (no entry = English).

ABYZ News Links.
[http://www.abyznewslinks.com/]
A collection of links to news sites worldwide. Mostly current only. Includes television, radio, and online news sources. Many languages.

Access Newspaper Archive.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/6299412]; subscription.
Primarily U.S. small town and small city newspapers. B&W PDFs. Mainly English.

Access World News.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/5656506]; subscription.
(called America's Newspapers before 2005.) Coverage from roughly the mid-1980s on. Most sources are current. Over 2,700 newspapers and newswires, including some web-only titles. Also video from local television news programs. Some international coverage, but mainly Anglo-American titles. Includes many smaller newspapers in the U.S. Plain text and video. English.

Accessible Archives.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/6231497]; subscription.
Includes African-American Newspapers (9 titles), Civil War Newspapers (3 titles), and the Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1800). Plain text.

AltPressIndex. Baltimore: Alternative Press Center. Coverage: 1991 to date.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/firs/4273365]; subscription.
Indexing only; OCLC FirstSearch interface.

Alt-PressWatch. ProQuest.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/4273487]; subscription.
Coverage mainly mid-1990s to date; a few titles to 1970s. Plain text.

Austrian Newspapers Online; ANNO. Wien: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, 2003- .
[http://anno.onb.ac.at/]
In German.

Center for Research Libraries Catalog. You can limit by Newspapers. More information about CRL's newspaper holdings here. See also ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers, below.

China Core Newspaper Databases: CCND. Beijing: Tsinghua Tongfang Optical Disc Co. Coverage 2000 to date.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/4498113]; subscription.
In Chinese.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. NEH, Library of Congress, and the National Digital Newspaper Project.
Search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1910. PDFs. Additional information about US newspapers published between 1690 and the present. English.

Custom Newspapers. Gale.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/4752213]; subscription.
Plain text. Title list here (pdf)

EastView Universal Database. East View Publications.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/4265835]; subscription.
Includes Current Digest of the (Post-) Soviet Press (1949 to date, English translations) and Russian Central Newspapers in Russian.

Ethnic NewsWatch. ProQuest.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/2086708]; subscription.
Coverage: 1960 to date in two files. English and Spanish.

Euro|topics. Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung).
[http://www.eurotopics.net/en/]
Coverage: December 2005 to date. A European press review. Plain text. English summaries with original language full text.

Factiva.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/4394263]; subscription.
Primarily business news. Plain text. English. Newsstand shows major papers, last 2 weeks.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/6299594]; subscription.
Coverage: 1974-1996. Includes television and radio. English translations of content from news sources worldwide. Plain text. Continued by World News Connection. More information about FBIS.

Google News and Google News Archive
In development. PDFs of some newspapers included.

Historical Newspapers Online. Chadwyck-Healy.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/aqy3186]; subscription.
Indexing only. Times of London, 1785-1922; New York Times, 1851-1922.

ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers: Titles Preserved through ICON. Bibliographic information only. List of international newspapers preserved on microfilm. Linked Center for Research Libraries catalog includes specific holdings. Titles available from CRL via ILL. ICON's searchable union list of international newspapers; good historical data with preservation status and holdings information.

Keesing's World News Archive.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/3913703]; subscription.
News digest service. Coverage: Full text, 1960 to date. Citations and abstracts, 1931 to 1959. English. Plain text.

LexisNexis Academic.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/3126641]; subscription.
Includes televison and radio. Coverage: roughly 1980 to date. Western European languages. Plain text.

Latin American Newsstand. ProQuest.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/6186153]; subscription.
Coverage: Mostly mid 2000s to date, some late 1990s. Plain text. In Spanish.

Library PressDisplay. ProQuest.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/6279917]; subscription.
Full-color pdfs. Coverage: current 60 days. All languages.

Mideastwire.com.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/5925460]; subscription.
Coverage: September 2005 to date. Selected articles from news sources and newsletters. Arabic and Farsi originals. English translations.

Paper of Record.
[was http://cu.ola.paperofrecord.com/]
As of March 2009, swallowed by Google News Archive [http://news.google.com/archivesearch]. Contents (e.g., Sporting News) not currently available. It consisted of page PDFs of an oddball selection of titles mainly from Mexico, the U.S. and Canada in English and Spanish. Current discussion on this Google News Help thread.

ProQuest Archiver.
[http://www.pqarchiver.com/partners.html].
Extensive indexing of several major and regional newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, USA Today, the New York Post, the Orlando Sentinel, the Boston Herald, the Providence Journal, Newsday, the San Diego Union Tribune, the St. Petersburg Times, the Eugene Register-Guard, and the Jerusalem Post. Chronological coverage varies widely; some titles covered from inception. Plain text citations and, usually, abstracts. Full-text articles are offered for a fee.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/5071678]; subscription.
The New York Times (1851-2005), Wall Street Journal (1889-1989), and Washington Post (1877-1990). PDFs scanned from microfilm. English. Advertising content is searchable.

ProQuest Newspapers. [no direct URL]; subscription.
Not to be confused with ProQuest Historical Newspapers. A current, cross-searchable collection some U.S. and international newspapers. Includes the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1990-), Boston Globe (1980-), Detroit News (1989- ), the Seattle Times (1984- ), and a selection of international newspapers. Go to the ProQuest Databases page, click "Clear all databases," click only the ProQuest Newspapers checkbox, then click the "Continue" button. Plain text. English.

World News Connection.
[http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/2887918]; subscription.
English translations of content from news sources worldwide. Coverage: 1995 to date. Includes television and radio. Plain text. Continues Foreign Broadcast Information Service.