Current Newspapers  [ Search for articles using these full-text databases ]

National
Access World News  Go to the United States Map.  Full-text U.S. news articles.
EBSCO - Newspaper Source - Provides cover-to-cover full text for 35 national (U.S.) & international newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.
Washington State Newspapers (Newsbank)
Westlaw Campus Research 1789- West Law Campus Research includes news and information databases, newspapers, newsletters, trade journals, newswires, and broadcast transcripts.

International
Access World News  Go to the World Map.  Full-text international news articles.
Global NewsBank
Online Newspapers - The Internet Public Library provides links to online newspapers from around the world.
 

Local News
Bellingham Herald (Full-text) Sept. 2000 to current. (NewsBank)      Index Only  (Bellingham Public Library) 
Western Front - WWU student newspaper

Alternative & Ethnic Press
Alternative News Internet Directory
Ethnic NewsWatch - 1990 to current.  A full-text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
 

Historical Newspapers

Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876
Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876 offers 350,000 fully searchable issues from over 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia. Focusing largely on the 18th and early 19th centuries, this online collection is based on Clarence S. Brigham’s “History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820” and other authoritative bibliographies. Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876 offers 350,000 fully searchable issues from over 700 historical American newspapers. Focusing largely on the 18th and early 19th centuries, this online collection is based on Clarence S. Brigham’s “History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820” and other authoritative bibliographies.

Indexes
Index to the Bellingham Herald July 1992 to current. (Bellingham Public Library) 
New York Times Article Archive  (Index only) 1851- 1995
New York Times Index  (1851- current) Wilson 2W Microfilm Index AI21.N48            Help Guide
Times (London) Index 1785-current   Wilson 2W Microform Index Section AI21.T35   Help Guide
Historical Newspapers of Washington State

Newspaper Titles at the WWU Libraries
North American Newspapers Before 1900 - newspaper titles           Search By Date   
North American Newspapers After 1900 -   newspaper titles           Search By Date 
 

Help Guides 

Newspaper Collections at the Western Libraries   (Herstory, Underground Newspaper Collection, etc.)
Requesting newspaper articles not in our collection using Interlibrary Loan (ILLIAD)

Paul Piper, Librarian for Journalism
Margaret Fast, Librarian for History
Robyn Adcox, Reference Specialist
updated 07.25.08