Canadian Historical News Databases
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Calgary Herald (1883-2010)Cover to cover access of international, national, provincial, and local events from 125 years of the Calgary Herald, the largest and oldest daily newspaper in Alberta. This resource is available freely to all Albertans.
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Toronto Star: 1894-2022The digitized full-image version of the complete contents of the Toronto Star newspaper from 1894 - 2022.
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Globe and Mail (1844-2021)Archive of the Globe and Mail newspaper dating back to the pre-Confederation era.
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BC Historical NewspapersDigitized versions of historical papers from around the province from 1859 to 1995.
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Saskatchewan Historical Newspapers OnlineCoverage from 1878 to the 1960s.
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Peel's Prairie ProvincesNewspapers, books, pamphlets, and other materials related to the development of the Prairies. Search newspapers by town. Coverage from 1871 to 2013.
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Historical Canadian Newspapers OnlineIncludes free online historical newspapers for all the provinces and Yukon, largely via the Google News Archive.
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Maclean's MagazineDigitized full-image version of the complete contents of "Canada's national magazine" from 1905 to 2005.
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Indigenous Newspapers in North America This link opens in a new windowHistoric pressings to contemporary periodicals, explore nearly 200 years of Indigenous print journalism from the US and Canada. Discover how events were reported by and for Indigenous communities.
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Canadiana Online
Canadian primary source content, includes books, magazines and government documents published from the time of the first European settlers to the first half of the 20th century.
International Historical News Databases
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African American Newspapers (1827-1998)Newspapers from more than 35 states chronicling a century and a half, 1827-1998, of the African American experience.
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Illustrated London News Historical Archive (1842-2003)The Archive includes every published issue, from the first in 1842 to the last in 2003.
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New York Times (1851-) Proquest Historical Newspapers
Searchable full text, full page, and article-level images from the Historical New York Times with historical, local, regional, national and international news from 1851-
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Times Digital Archive: 1785-2014
An online, full-text facsimile of every complete page of every issue of The Times over a span of 200 years, from 1785 to 2014.
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Time Magazine ArchiveAn extensive full-text collection of the prominent weekly news magazine dating back to its first issue in March 1923 through December 2000.
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Life Magazine ArchiveAn extensive full-text collection of the famed photojournalism magazine, spanning its very first issue in November, 1936 through December, 2000.
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Independent Historical Archive: 1986-2012Complete archives of the major British daily newspaper from its beginnings in 1986.
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Sunday Times Historical Archive: 1822-2006Provides full-text access to the well-known British newspaper from 1822-2006.
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Telegraph Historical Archive: 1855-2000Access to pages of content and includes the Sunday edition from its inception in 1961. Covers the lifespan of the publication, nearly 150 years.
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British Library NewspapersContent ranging from early tabloids to radical papers covering more than 160 newspaper titles from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth century. Publications span a vast range of national, regional, and local interests and include various notable papers and writers.
Google News Archive
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Newspaper ArchiveOnline images of pages from American and Canadian local newspapers. Coverage for individual newspapers varies.
Audio, Video and Images
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British Pathe Archival Newsreel CollectionCollection of archival newsreel footage. Includes Reuters historical news collection.
