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Last Updated: March 26, 2008
This page is maintained by Jane Kessler.

Individual News Sources

ABCNEWS.com

The Boston Globe

Includes a free headline email service and a searchable index of today's and yesterday's paper.

The Christian Science Monitor

Incudes an extensive archive of previous news stories.

CNN.com

EuroNews

This site will be of interest to anyone with an interest in viewing recent news briefs about a number of important topics of relevance, such as political affairs within the European Union, cultural activities, and technological innovations within various parts of the EU. EuroNews may be viewed in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian.

Guardian Unlimited

Site of the Manchester Guardian.

Inside China Today

From the European Information Network

International Herald Tribune

News stories from around the world.

Los Angeles Times

MSNBC

Daily news magazine from Microsoft and NBC.

Newsday.com

Newspaper of Long Island and Queens, New York

OneWorld.net

Searchable site that collects news stories, features and analysis of political, environmental and human rights issues around the world in partnership with hundreds of organizations.

Out There News

Analysis of major news events from around the world.

Reuters

Breaking news headlines.

Russia Today

From the European Information Network.

Telegraph.co.uk

World news from Great Britain.

USA Today

usnews.com

Site of the U.S. News & World Report

Village Voice

The daily version of New York City's outspoken liberal weekly newspaper.

The Washington Post

France 24

This Web site is from the first French international news channel to broadcast on a 24/7 basis and offers a French perspective on world events. The Web site is available in French, English, and Arabic.

BBC

AlterNet

Online news magazine offering alternative perspectives and information.

The New York Times

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Local Newspapers

timesunion.com

Online edition of the (Albany) Times Union; archived articles since March, 1986, are available for a fee

Capital Central

Capital District news site including The Record (Troy), The Saratogian, the Oneida Daily Dispatch and The Community News.

The Daily Gazette

Online edition of the (Schenectady) Daily Gazette; archived articles since 1997 are available for a fee.

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University at Albany Users

Custom NewspapersAccessible to University at Albany users only

Access to more than 95 U.S and other, mostly British, English language newspapers. Searchable by title, headline, author, date and section; ten newspapers per search.

Ethnic NewswatchAccessible to University at Albany users only

Full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Covers the African American, Arab American, Asian American, Native American, European and Eastern European, Jewish, and Hispanic, Chicano and Latino point of view. The database (English and Spanish articles) is searchable in either English or Spanish.

LexisNexis AcademicAccessible to University at Albany users only

Databases for news, law, business, biography, medicine, and reference. Also available here is free access to the New York Times columnists.

National Newspaper IndexAccessible to University at Albany users only

Index to the Christian Science Monitor (1979+), Los Angeles Times (1982+), New York Times (1979+), Wall Street Journal (1979+) and Washington Post (1977+).

New York State NewspapersAccessible to University at Albany users only

A subset of the Custom Newspaper database, provides access to the content of ten NYS regional newspapers, excluding the Albany Capital District. Includes the New York Times and the New York Post from 2002-.

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Editorials & Opinions

Drudge Report

Colllection of headlines, news services and opinion columns plus original reporting by Matt Drudge.

Opinion Pages

Searchable collection of links to editorials, commentaries and columnists from English language newspapers and magazines on the Web maintained by Montgomery Kersell.

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Indexes of News Sources

Abyz News Links

Searchable index of news sources organized by country; listings include newspapers and broadcast stations, national newswires, foreign news coverage, and links to background information about the country.

Headline Spot

Links to hundreds of news sources organized by media type, region, topic and opinion type maintained by StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc.

International News Links

Large collection of newspapers from around the world from The Flying Inkpot.

NewsDirectory

Searchable database of newspapers and magazines worldwide.

Newslink

Links to hundreds of newspapers and campus papers around the world from the American Journalism Review; U.S. and Canadian newspapers are listed by category and by state or province.

News Voyager

Searchable collection of newspapers, college newspapers, newspaper archives, newspaper groups and associations worldwide.

Newspapers.com

Index of many types of newspapers on the Internet.

News Updates from Around the World

Offered by nonprofit news sites.

TotalNEWS

Searchable index of current news and links to news sources worldwide.

World-newspapers.com

Searchable directory of online world newspapers, magazines, and news sites in English.

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News Aggregators

alltheweb: news

Search interface for hundreds of news sources from around the world updated in near real time.

AltaVista - News

Searchable collection of news stories of the past several days from the AltaVista search engine.

FindNews

Searchable collection of updated news from several sources along with links to other news sources on the Web .

Google News

Searchable collection of headlines from several sources along with links to other news sources on the Web.

Moreover

Headlines from hundreds of sources in hundreds of categories gathered by a spider that visits designated sites four times/hour; view 5 latest headlines, or 25 headlines after free login.

NewsNow

Searchable collection of breaking news from around the world organized into topical categories and updated every five minutes.

Pandia Newsfinder

Searchable collection of daily news sources including the BBC, CNN, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and more.

Rocketinfo

Searchable news collection for the past 5 days from sources around the world; Hot Topics section offers a browsable collection in 300+ topics.

The World News Network

Searchable collection of news sources and updated news stories from around the world organized into regional and topical categories.

EUFeedsnew resource

This site is an RSS aggregator for European newspapers with access to more than 300 papers from the European Union.

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News Archives

Brooklyn Eagle, 1841-1902

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle was published as a daily newspaper for 114 consecutive years, from 1841 to 1902, without missing a single edition. At one point the Eagle actually became the nation's most widely read afternoon newspaper. Unusual among major metropolitan daily newspapers of that time period, the Eagle chronicled national and international affairs as well as local news and daily life in Brooklyn. An excellent primary source for nineteenth century events.

NewsHourIndex

Read transcripts from the PBS "Online NewsHour" program back to 1995.

Google: News Archive Search

This is "an easy way to search and explore historical [news] archives." Some news articles are free, while the remainder are fee-based. Note: Before purchasing news articles, users are cautioned to check with their libraries to see if these articles are already available to them at no added cost. From Google. Annotation: Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index.

Vanderbilt Television News Archive

This site is provided by Vanderbilt University and is an archive of major U.S. network evening news broadcasts and special news-related programming. There is no charge for searching the database, but registration is required.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

Visitors to this website may "search and read newspaper pages from 1900-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present." The Newspaper Directory allows users to "search or browse the directory of newspapers published in a particular place and time." This site is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. Annotation: Copyright 2007 by Librarians' Internet Index.

The New York TimesAccessible to University at Albany users only

Full text of The New York Times from 1851 through 2004. The full text of The New York Times from June 1, 1980 on is also available through the University Libraries' subscription to Lexis Nexis Academic.

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