How do I find old newspaper articles for free?

If you don’t see an online version in the library catalog or it is the wrong time period, try finding freely available digitized versions through:

  1. Williams WorldCat.
  2. International Coalition on Newspapers list of newspaper digitization projects.
  3. Google News Archive Search.

How can I search news by date?

To get search results before a given date, add “before:YYYY-MM-DD” to your search query. For example, searching “the best donuts in Boston before:2008-01-01” will yield content from 2007 and earlier. To get results after a given date, add “after:YYYY-MM-DD” at the end of your search.

Can you get a newspaper from a specific date?

About Our Birthday Newspapers Archive A newspaper from your date of birth can obviously be given as a gift for all sorts of occasions other than birthdays. Some popular events that we regularly supply Original Newspapers for include wedding anniversaries, retirements and christenings, to name but a few!

How do I find a newspaper article from a specific year?

You can use partial dates like a year (“1953”) or a month name followed by year (“Feb 2002”). Numerical dates like “2/2002” are also accepted. It also accepts phrases like today, yesterday, this week, last week, this month and last month.

How can I get yesterday’s newspaper?

How to find old editions of newspapers

  1. The local library. Many local libraries keep copies of their local newspapers, either in microfiche format or in great big piles of newsprint.
  2. Google’s News Archive Search. Google has digitised some newspapers from around the world.
  3. Purchasing a copy of a newspaper.

How do I find newspaper archives?

Encyclopedia of the British press by Dennis Griffiths (Macmillan,1992)

  • Read all about it! A history of the British newspaper by Kevin Williams (Routledge,2009)
  • Benn’s media (1975-present)
  • Willing’s press guide (1928-present)
  • Mitchell’s newspaper press directory (1846-1907)
  • Where can I find archives of old newspapers?

    You can read issues of the Post from 40 years ago on the front page or dates below from The Post’s Digital Archives. How Do I Find My Old Washington Post? If you would like to purchase six months of back issues of The Post, you can write to The Washington Post, Back Copy Department, 1301 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20071.

    Where can I find old newspapers?

    Chronicling America: Historic Newspapers.

  • Elephind.com: Search the World’s Historical Newspaper Archive.
  • Europeana: Newspapers.
  • Google Newspaper Archive.
  • ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers: International Collections.
  • ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers: United States.
  • What is a news archive?

    Until now! The Wordle Archive is a version of the game that allows you to play every single word since it was created. Per the News & Observer, Duke doctoral student Devang Thakkar was behind it.