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Newspapers Held by Other Libraries: How to Find Them

Looking for information about or articles from newspapers other than the ones that we have at Davidson? Try the following sources or ask a librarian for help.

You may be able to borrow microfilm copies of newspapers on interlibrary loan.


  • For historical research:

    • U.S. newspapers
      Consult one of the following bibliographies or catalogs to identify newspapers published in a particular time period, city, state, or region:
      • African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: A National Bibliography. Ed. James P. Danky. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1998.
        Reference R 015.73 A258
      • American Newspapers, 1821-1936: A Union List of Files Available in the United States and Canada. Ed.Winifred Gregory. New York: Kraus, 1967.
        Reference R 016.05 A51
      • Newspapers in Microform: United States
        • Online:
        • Print:
          • Newspapers in Microform: United States, 1948-1972. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1973.
            Reference R 016.07 U581n
            Note: Ignore the "1948-1972" in the title of this work; this volume lists many earlier newspapers too.
      • WorldCat
        A catalog of newspapers, books, and other periodicals held by U.S. and international libraries.

    • Foreign newspapers
      Consult one of the following bibliographies or catalogs to identify newspapers published in a particular country or time period:
      • Foreign Newspapers Held by the Center for Research Libraries. Comp. Kristine Smets and Adriana Pilecky-Dekajlo. 2 vols. Chicago: Center for Research Libraries, 1992.
        Reference R 016.07 C397f
        Vol. 1: Title List
        Vol. 2: Geographical List Reference
      • LASER Newspapers Union List
        Provides information about the holdings of Latin American newspapers by research libraries in the southeast United States.
      • Latin American Newspapers in United States Libraries: A Union List. Comp. Steven M. Charno. Austin, TX: Univ. of Texas Press, 1969.
        Reference R 016.07 L357
      • Newspapers in Microform: Foreign Countries
        • Online:
          • Newspapers in Microform: Foreign Countries, 1948-1983. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1984. [pdf file]
            Note: Ignore the "1948-1983" in the title of this work; this volume lists foreign newspapers published in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.
        • Print:
          • Newspapers in Microform: Foreign Countries, 1948-1972. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1973.
            Reference R 016.07 N581nf
            Note: Ignore the "1948-1972" in the title of this work; this volume lists foreign newspapers published in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.
      • Revolutionary Mexico in Newspapers, 1900-1929: A Guide to the Microfilm Set, compiled by Adán Benavides and Agnes McAlester, Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin
      • WorldCat
        A catalog of newspapers, books, and other periodicals held by U.S. and international libraries.