Research Guides: Newspapers: International Newspapers

Contemporary International Newspapers

Factiva
This is the best resource for searching across international newspapers. To find news coverage in a specific region, use the top left "search builder" tab, then select the blue arrow next to the Regions tab and click the country name (to add it to search) and add any other criteria to focus search.
Access World News Research Collection
Includes current and archived news content spanning 200+ countries and territories across the world. Look for the map search to filter results by country.
PressReader
Includes the last 60 days of 1,200 U.S. and international titles from 100 countries in 56 languages in full page color. You can create an account and download apps for Android or iOS to read the news on your phone or tablet.

ABYZ News Link
Directory of online news media from around the world, useful if recent news is needed and for titles not covered in library databases. All linked content is freely available.

Historical International Newspapers

17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
The newspapers and news pamphlets gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757 - 1817) represent the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media. The 700 or so bound volumes of newspapers and news pamphlets were published mostly in London, however there are also a few examples from the American colonies, Europe and India.
British Library Newspapers, Part I-V
Regional & local newspapers, 1700-1950
C19: Nineteenth Century Index
Publications on the Anglo-American world, 1790-1919

Google News Archive
Though a discontinued project, the Google News Archive offers a database of 2,000 historical newspapers, linked by title. Keyword searching may be limited.
International Coalition on Newspapers
A directory of digitized newspapers past and present from around the world.

Times Digital Archive (London, England 1785 - 1985)
Archive of the Times, 1785-1985
Historical Newspapers: Chinese Newspaper Collection (1832-1953)
Historical Newspapers: South China Morning Post (1903-1999)
Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003)
Historical Newspapers: The Irish Times and Weekly Irish Times (1859-2017)
Historical Newspapers: The Korea Times (1956-2016)
Historical Newspapers: The Times of India (1838-2019)
Latin American Newspapers (1805-1922)
Historical newspapers published in Latin America & the Caribbean

Tips for International News Search

Language barriers can cause difficulties when using or searching for international newspapers.

Digitized content can be translated with tools like Google Translate.
If you're searching for foreign language content, your search terms need to be in that language.
All of our historical international news databases are in English.

Library databases are the best place to start for complicated searches and for historical newspapers.

Online newspapers can be advantageous in allowing for site search but the results are often limited and date ranges vary based on individual newspapers.

Be sure to consider how free the country's press when evaluating the information you find.