Research Guides: Newspapers: International News

Contemporary International Newspapers

Factiva This link opens in a new window
For papers from a specific region, select the blue arrow next to the Regions tab and click the country name to add it to your search.
View the Finding News and Company Searching tutorials for more insights.
Access World News Research Collection This link opens in a new window
Look for the map search to filter results by country.
PressReader This link opens in a new window
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.

17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
Regional & local newspapers, 1700-1950
C19: Nineteenth Century Index This link opens in a new window
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.

Historical Newspapers: Chinese Newspaper Collection (1832-1953) This link opens in a new window
Historical Newspapers: South China Morning Post (1903-1999) This link opens in a new window
Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003) This link opens in a new window
Historical Newspapers: The Irish Times and Weekly Irish Times (1859-2017) This link opens in a new window
Historical Newspapers: The Jerusalem Post (1932-2008) This link opens in a new window
Historical Newspapers: The Korea Times (1956-2016) This link opens in a new window
Historical Newspapers: The Times of India (1838-2019) This link opens in a new window
Latin American Newspapers (1805-1922) This link opens in a new window
Times Digital Archive (London, England 1785 - 2014) This link opens in a new window

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.