LibGuides: History—U.S.: Find newspapers & images

Find newspapers

Online Newspapers

Use these guides to locate historical newspaper articles:

Microfilm and Print Periodicals

While many newspapers and magazines are available online through library databases, there are some publications that are only available as paper copies or on microfilm. One example is the Underground Press/Newspaper Collection, which is only available on microfilm.

To locate newspapers and magazines on microfilm, use library search and type in the publication title. The microfilms are located on the third floor of the Main Library.

Find images & video

American History in Video This link opens in a new window
Find videos on American historical events including newsreels, documentaries, interviews from Pre-Columbian America to present.
Alexander Street Video transcript and subtitle features
Alexander Street Video Platform Accessibility Statement
Public performance rights: Viewing Alexander Street films in a group forum is permitted as long as the viewing is by authorized viewers (if not current UA students, staff or faculty, then they must be present on University property) and it is not for commercial benefit (i.e. no admission costs are charged and no profit is made from the screening, including selling snacks, asking for donations, etc.).
Associated Press Images This link opens in a new window
Find photographs, videos, and graphics from the archives of the Associated Press, from mid 1800s-present.
EBSCO platform text to speech feature and screen reader instructions
Artstor This link opens in a new window
Find images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences.

Archive of Early American Images
A database of graphic representations of the colonial Americas, from Hudson Bay to Tierra del Fuego, drawn entirely from primary sources printed or created between 1492 and ca. 1825. The John Carter Brown Library, Brown University.
Ad*Access
Images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.
Newspaper Navigator
Search for photographs in newspapers from Chronicling America.

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