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America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922
http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1000261~S9
Available onsite only.

Full text cover-to-cover reproductions of hundreds of U.S.historic newspapers published in 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Chronicling America Historical American Newspapers, 1860-1922
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
Freely available.

Full text digitization of print newspapers. Advanced search is recommended.

Economist Historical Archive 1843-2007
http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1000652
Available onsite only.

Full text of this weekly newspaper. Useful for international business and politics.

Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2006
http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1000724
Available onsite only.

Full text for this British daily business newspaper. Useful for London finance and international business news.

Google News Archive
http://news.google.com/news/advanced_news_search?as_drrb=a
Freely available

Read how to search this archive. Choose languages and regions of the world.

The Making of the Modern World
http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1000424
Available onsite only.

Provides facsimilies of economic and business publications which cover 1450-1914.

Newspaper Archive. Business & Economics News Archives
http://www.newspaperarchive.com/ShowCategories.aspx?flag=3&strMicGetID=386357
Freely available.

Includes news articles as far back as 400 years. Covers U.S. and 10 countries.

Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1000883
Available onsite only.

Contains digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles. Includes the entire newspaper including advertisements and illustrations useful for product search.

Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals
http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1000883
Available onsite only.

Full text titles of general periodicals from the U.K.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers
http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1000028
Available onsite only.

Choose from the major U.S. historical newspapers listed.

Times Digital Archive, 1785-2006
http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1000206
Available onsite only.

Contains facsimile images of every issue of the "world's newspaper of record," The Times of London. Covers every major historical event over 200 years, from the French Revolution to the Vietnam War, as well as chronicling all significant social, economic and cultural trends.

Vanderbilt Television News Archive
http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1000442
Available onsite only.

Provides individual network evening news broadcasts from the major American national broadcast networks such as ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN from August 5, 1968 to present.

World Newspaper Archive
http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1000641
Available onsite only.

Created in partnership between Readex, a division of NewsBank, and the Center for Research Libraries (CRL). One of the world's largest and most important newspaper repositories that includes historical newspapers:
African Newspapers 1800-1922 http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1001002
Latin American Newspapers 1805-1922 http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1000641
South Asian Newspapers 1864-1922 http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1001003