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Databases with Primary Sources
Databases with Newspaper & Magazine Articles
These are just a few databases that have historical news and magazine articles. You can ask Simon for more recommendations that could work well for your research topic.
ProQuest News & Newspapers
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Search through digitized issues of the following newspapers, among others:• Chicago Tribune • Los Angeles Times • The New York Times • New York Tribune • Philadelphia Inquirer • The Wall Street Journal • The Washington Post • major African American newspapers including the Philadelphia Tribune, New York Amsterdam News, Baltimore Afro-American, and Los Angeles Sentinel
20th Century US Magazines (EBSCO)
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Find articles published in major US magazines, including: Life Magazine, The Nation, The National Review, The New Republic, Time Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Fortune Magazine, The Atlantic Magazine, U.S. News & World Report Magazine, Ebony Magazine
Provides indexing and abstracts of worldwide literature on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues, as well as full text for more than 50 journals, magazines and regional newspapers and dozens of monographs; also includes a specialized LGBT thesaurus.
Alternative Press Index and Alternative Press Archive
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Research tool for identifying articles in 300+ radical and left journals, magazines, and newspapers. Includes US and global publications, in English and other languages.
African-American Newspapers 1827-1998
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Search through 280 African American newspapers from 35 states, published between 1827-1998. Includes Freedom's Journal (NY), the first African American-owned and operated newspaper.
Access World News
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Newspaper collections from NewsBank provide full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for nearly 8,000 newspapers around the globe. Database covers 1977-present.
Search TV news broadcasts from 1970s-present. Swarthmore affiliates can watch clips from CNN and NBC.
• In Advanced Search, choose Phrase Search if you want to find two words next to each other (e.g. welfare rights, ACT UP, Brooklyn Bridge, Bill Clinton).
• Limit Network to NBC or CNN so you can watch video clips.
Historic and recent videos from the Associated Press news agency, including news footage from 1965-present. (Youtube)
• Here's a search for sanitation New York 1968.
Alexander Street Video Search
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Search across video (and other) collections in Alexander Street. Great way to find newsreels from the mid-20th century. Try limiting your results by format to Video.
Search US public TV and radio programs from 1940s-2018. Includes TV and radio programs from 100+ public broadcasting stations across the county. (68,000 items are available to watch/listen.)