HIS 133: Epidemics & Disease in World History: News Articles

Search interface and list of the nearly 1,300 international news resources available in Access World News (NewsBank).

The University of Kentucky subscribes to a legacy product, Access World News L. Newsbank is sunsetting these products in the future, and want to partner with the libraries to provide the updated content this year. The upgrade includes 3,498+ new sources for the library, including 219 full-color PDF image editions from around the world.

Digital archives (with PDFs) dating back to 1888 (for the Lexington Leader) and 1896 (for the Morning Herald) to present day as the Lexington Herald-Leader. Text archives back to 1983.

Digital coverage runs from Jan. 2, 1999 - present

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Access to scanned newspaper pages from 1690-present and information about other American newspapers published between 1690-present. Sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

Searchable full-text from ProQuest, with keyword searching and date limiting. This title is part of Proquest Historical Newspapers.

This is a digital copy of the New York Times from 2008 to recent. There is a 3 month embargo on content.

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Full-text (with abstracts) from ProQuest. Coverage: Jan. 2, 1984 - present

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Newspaper Source provides selected full-text for nearly 35 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, The Times (London), and The Toronto Star. Also contains selected full-text for more than 375 regional (U.S.) newspapers, including The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, The New York Daily News, and The San Jose Mercury News. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, and other sources.

Full-text database of approximately 190 newspapers, magazines and journals from alternative and independent presses. Coverage varies (oldest 1970; most publications 1995 - present)