LibGuides: Media and Communication Graduate Courses: News Sources

Databases with Full Text Newspapers

These databases are available only to students, faculty and staff of Bowling Green State University and walk-in users.

All News Databases
Check out our full list of databases with newspapers and other news sources.
Global Newsstream, 1980 - present
Contains indexed and fully searchable electronic copies of articles from around 560 United States state, regional, national, and international newspapers. Articles from approximately 300 newspapers are fully reproduced. A few of the titles: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, The Guardian, El Norte, Jerusalem Post, and South China Morning Post.
Ethnic NewsWatch, 1959 - present
A database that searches the full text of newspapers, magazines and journals published by the ethnic, minority and native press of the United States.
Newspaper Source, 1985 - present (some coverage back to 1960).
Full text for 185 national and international newspapers, selected full text for 392 regional U.S. newspapers, and full text newswires, transcripts, etc.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Search and view the full text of hundreds of digitized historical newspapers from 42 states, with titles dating from 1789-1963, provided free by the Library of Congress.
BG News Index
BG News Index contains citations (titles, dates, and beginning page numbers) to articles appearing in the BG News. Items not indexed include: wire service articles (for example, Associated Press (AP) articles, syndicated columns, reprinted editorials from other newspapers, etc.), the Calendar of Events pages (bi-weekly supplement listing special events), most reports of games, most photographs, and most locally-produced articles with no by-line.
Full-text scans are also available at the ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News collection, covering years from 1920 to 2012.
Chronicle of Higher Education
A weekly magazine that provides news, information, and job listings for college and university faculty members and administrators.
BGSU faculty, students, and staff may also create a personal account using their BGSU email address for easy access on or off campus.

Sign Up for a Free Wall Street Journal account!
You can sign up for a free account for the Wall Street Journal online edition with your BGSU email. Click on the above link to learn how.
New York Times
This page describes how to access the New York Times for research AND you can sign up for the New York Times app with your BGSU email for free through BGSU's subscription.

TV News Archive
Search closed captions from US TV News. View clips from 1,429,000 shows since 2009. Share custom show clips and track their popularity
Borrow a DVD of any full show.
Nexis Uni
Search using the "News" limiter on the homepage. On the left hand of the results page narrow by "News Transcripts".