Library: HIST 315: Post-War America 1945-2000: News Sources

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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. Major Dailies
Historical coverage of major U.S. newspapers, including Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: African American Newspapers
Includes Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), Norfolk Journal and Guide (1921-2003), Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001) and Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002).
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Communist Historical Newspaper Collection‎
Includes eleven Communist newspapers published in the U.S. from 1919-2013, such as the Daily Worker and others.
ProQuest U.S. Major Dailies: Recent Coverage
Current coverage (approx. 1990-current) full text of U.S. major daily newspapers, including the Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, New York Times Book Review, New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
This databases provides mostly current coverage of a large collection of newspapers, news magazines, wire services and news transcripts. Some backfiles are included.
Associated Press Collections Online This link opens in a new window
Includes Associated Press Corporate Archives and AP Images providing the history and back story of the Associated Press with decades' of wire copy, correspondence, memos, and internal publications.
World Newsreels Online, 1929-1966 This link opens in a new window
The collection captures full runs of many of the key international newsreels produced during the early twentieth century. Key collections include: Universal Newsreels, Universal Studios, Les Actualites Francaises, Nippon News and The March of Time.
American History in Video This link opens in a new window
One of the largest collections of videos for the study of American history that can be streamed instantly over the Internet. Historical coverage ranges from earliest history of Native Americans to the 1988 Vincennes Affair in the Persian Gulf.
60 Minutes This link opens in a new window
Includes clips of the CBS television program from 1997-2014.

American Archive of Public Broadcasting
When complete, this archive will offer 40,000 hours of programs selected by more than 100 public broadcasting stations from across the nation. Date coverage is from the 1950s to the 21st century.