Milner Library has selected newspapers in full text online or on microfilm.
1. New York Times.
Historical New York Times (Online) 1851-2020.
2. Chicago Tribune Online. 1985 – present.
Historical Chicago Tribune (Online). 1849-2013.
3. Chicago Defender. (Online) 1909-2010.
4. Pantagraph (Bloomington) online. 1857 - 1926 through Newspapers.com Illinois Collection.
5. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1789 - 1963.
6. Times Digital Archive (London). 1785 - 2019.
7. British Library Newspapers. 1800 - 1900 and 1741 - 1950.
Additional newspapers are available on microfilm on Floor 2 in the southeast corner.
Microfilm of newspapers may also be borrowed from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan.
Popular Magazines
Popular magazines, such as Time, Newsweek, Nation, New Republic, etc., may be good sources of articles from a specific time period. Most popular magazines are indexed in Readers’ Guide Abstracts. Check these databases first to identify articles published on your topic.
Life Magazine Archive (November 1936 - December 2000)
Time Magazine Archive (March 1923 - December 2000)
The New Republic Archive (November 1914 - December 2010)
The Atlantic Magazine Archive (November 1857 - April 2014)
The Nation Archive (1865 - present)