Sunday, September 8, 2024

Great Newspaper Databases For Writers

 


 

Looking to find archives of old newspapers or to scan the headlines of today’s newspapers from around the world? Well, search no further than the resources below:

 

Whether you are researching details and events of the past for historical accuracy in your writing of books - or you just want to stay informed or use the news to inspire writing ideas -- check these sites out: 

 

www.onlinenewspapers.com 

 

You can see the top stories from newspapers all across the world!

 

www.newspaperlinks.com/digital/where-to-find-digital-records-of-old-newspapers/ 

 

Go to the Library of Congress section called Chronicling America. See the National Digital Newspaper program. 

 

You can explore records that go back to newspapers from 1690, when America was a British colony. 

 

www.thepaperboy.com

 

You can click on hundreds of U.S or U.K newspaper websites in seconds. 

 

www.newspapers.com

 

It proclaims to be the largest online newspaper archive, established in 2012. It’s a subscriber database that runs $74.90 for six months or 20 bucks per month. It says you get unlimited access to 987 million pages from 26,000 newspapers that date back 334 years. Historians, teachers, and researchers, writers, genealogists, family tracers, and governments would surely find this to be of interest.

 

 

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