Research Guides: Research Help: Getting Started: Newspapers

Finding Newspapers in the High Library and Online

Cane farmers reading newspapers, Tully, ca. 1929

Which newspapers do we have?

Curious if we have access to a specific newspaper in the High Library or in one of our databases? Search for the title in JournalFinder.

You can also browse the latest print issues of local and national newspapers on Level 2 of the High Library.

Local Newspapers

College Newspapers

The Hess Archives has a full run of the College's newspaper, The Etownian, as well as its predecessor, Our College Times.

Issues of Our College Times and The Etownian from 1904-2008 are available online in our Digitial Collections.

Elizabethtown Newspaper

If you're interested in local history, the High Library also has access to the Elizabethtown Chronicle on microfilm and in print (1928-2009). Ask us for more information!

Subscription Databases for Newspapers

General Sources

US Newsstream
Enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring top newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.
Newspaper Source
Provides cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national (U.S.), international and regional newspapers. In addition, it offers complete television and radio news transcripts from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR and more.

Specific Titles

New York Times Academic Pass (Registration)
Elizabethtown College students, faculty, and staff can receive online access to the New York Times through its web site via a subscription paid for by the High Library.

Once you have registered, you can then access http://www.nytimes.com from any location, on or off campus.
Wall Street Journal (1984-Current)
An authoritative source of global and national business reporting. Coverage includes U.S. and international news, politics, arts, culture, lifestyle, sports, health and more.

Historical Titles

New York Times Historical (1851-2013)
A digital archive offering full-text and full-image articles dating back to the NY Times' origin. Every issue includes the complete paper cover-to-cover, with full-page and individual article images are easily downloadable in PDF format. Coverage: 1851-2013; with Index 1851-1993.
Wall Street Journal Historical (1889-2000)
An authoritative source of global and national business reporting. Historical coverage includes more than 100 years of The Wall Street Journal’s accurate reporting, exclusive analysis, editorials, and opinions. In addition to the printed stories, researchers also can study the charts, stock tables, graphics, and illustrations featured in the publication.
Nineteenth Century US Newspapers Digital Archive
This collection provides access to a collection of 400 US newspapers from the 19th century. Includes full-text content and images from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the United States. Major newspapers stand alongside those published by African Americans, Native Americans, women’s rights groups, labor groups, the Confederacy, and other select groups.
Times (London) Digital Archive, 1785-2012
First published in 1785, The Times of London is widely considered to be the world's 'newspaper of record'. The Times Digital Archive allows users to search over 200 years of this invaluable historical source.

Online Historical Newspapers

Theses free online resources contain the full-text of older newspapers in the public domain.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

Google News Archive

Historical Newspapers Online

Pennsylvania Newspaper Project including Lancaster County newspapers at Lancasterhistory.org