Research Guides: History: Magazines & Newspapers

Magazines and Newspapers

A magazine or newspaper article can be a primary source if it is a factual account, recording the events as they happened.

Newspapers

Chronicling America
Digitized, searchable historic American newspapers from the Library of Congress. Includes the Memphis Daily Appeal.

NewsBank Access World News
Access World News offers a combination of global, regional and local news. Includes The Commercial Appeal from 1990 - present. In addition to the CA, there are 12000+ other news sources from all 50 states and beyond, with traditional newspapers, newswires, web news, television news transcripts, and more.
New York Times
Plough Library provides complete access to The New York Times for all current students, faculty, and staff through a NYTimes.com Group Pass subscription. Individual registration is required. After registering, you can access your New York Times account from anywhere. Coverage: 1851 - present.

Tennessee Newspapers at University of Memphis
This research guide gathers historical U.S. newspapers that are available online and at no cost, including those available through newspaper archives.com, the Google News Historical Archives, Chronicling America (Library of Congress), and state archives.

Magazines

Life Magazine
Google has scanned the entire run of Life Magazine and makes it freely available as part of its Google Books database. Date coverage: 1936 - 1972.
Saturday Evening Post
Available in the Academic Search Complete database. Coverage: 1931 - Present.