Newspapers & News Media
Guide to current and historical news sources, Canadian and worldwide.
Specific Library Databases
Libraries and Cultural Resources subscribes to a number of specific newspaper databases. This page links to some of these major resources with some extra instructions to use or access them. Click on the specific page on the left-hand side of this guide to use these specific instructions and access options.
For your reference/convenience, some direct links are also here.
- Globe and Mail This link opens in a new windowProvides access to full-text of the Globe and Mail Newspaper from January 1, 1985 to present.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail This link opens in a new windowThis historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
- New York Times This link opens in a new windowAccess from UofC IP. If accessing outside a UofC IP a NYTimes.com account must be created. Access via ProQuest platform.Covers regional, national, and international news events. Features articles on politics, business, science, medicine, sports, arts, technology, fashion, dining, and entertainment.
- Factiva This link opens in a new windowProvides worldwide full text coverage of local and regional newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, press release wires, media transcripts, news photos, business-rich Web sites, investment analyst reports, market research reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles, historical market data.
- Due to license restrictions, access is limited to 6 simultaneous users.
- Interface in English, German, French or Chinese; contents in 22 languages.
- CRL library catalog This link opens in a new window
- Access digitized content directly through CRL online catalog request other material through UofC Interlibrary Loans
Membership in Center for Research Libraries provides access to a wide range of uncommon materials, with a focus on news, law and government, finance, the history of science, technology and engineering, and the history and economics of agriculture. The approximately five million newspapers, journals, books, pamphlets, dissertations, archives, government publications, and other resources held by CRL support original research and teaching. CRL holdings include materials from all world regions: Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Central, South and Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe. While these shared collections are largely paper and microform, CRL provides online access to a continually expanding body of digital materials. CRL digital collections of primary source materials support research and teaching in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
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