Research Guides: News: Current

Current Newspapers

Find news and media sources from roughly the mid-1980s to today in these databases. You can also search for a newspaper by title in our Publication Finder.

Global Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Core database for recent global news with archives back to the 1980s, including major US dailies and over 2,700 newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, blogs, and more.
Access World News (Newsbank) (date coverage varies) This link opens in a new window
Electronic editions of over 2,600 local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as 1,500 international sources. Fully searchable and browsable by map.
PressReader This link opens in a new window
Digital reproductions of the most recent three months of more than 4000 newspapers and popular periodicals from 100 countries in 60 languages. Availability of titles on PressReader is subject to change without notice.
Ethnic NewsWatch (1959 to present) This link opens in a new window
News and analysis from ethnic popular and scholarly publications.
Alternative Press Index (1969 to present) This link opens in a new window
Covers alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines.
Alt-PressWatch (1970 to present) This link opens in a new window
Full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the alternative and independent press.
Nexis Uni (date coverage varies) This link opens in a new window
Full-text federal and state laws, international legal materials, and law reviews. Also newspapers, business information, and company profiles.
AllAfrica This link opens in a new window
Content from newspapers, news agencies, and publications from the African continent.
LatinNews (1967 to present) This link opens in a new window
Provides political, economic, and security analysis on Latin America and the Caribbean.

AAS-sponsored New York Times access
The Association of Amherst Students is currently providing access to digital NYT subscriptions. Use your Amherst email address to create an account at the link above.