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- ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowABI/INFORM contains a broad array of business information comprised of ABI/INFORM Global (scholarly and trade journal articles, dissertations, SSRN working papers, business cases and global and trade news), ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry (Trade, Industry-focused information - journal articles, market reports, industry reports and news), ABI/INFORM Dateline (hard to find local, city, state and regional publications).
- Acceda Noticias (Access News) (NewsBank) This link opens in a new windowArticles from U.S. and worldwide Spanish-language news sources including newspapers, journals, blogs, newswires and broadcast transcripts. A subset of Access World News.
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowComprehensive multidisciplinary, multilingual source for articles in scholarly and professional journals, magazines, newspapers, conference proceedings and more. All subjects.
Coverage: 1867-current. Updated daily - Access World News (NewsBank) This link opens in a new windowNewsBank database of selected full-text news articles from thousands of U.S., African, Asian, Australian, and European newspapers, newswires, and blogs. Most sources are in English with some Spanish-language sources from the Americas. Does not include paid advertising, photographs, or images.
-- Texas newspapers
-- Access Business News - African American Newspapers (Readex) This link opens in a new windowA large collection of full-text / full-image African American newspapers from all around the U.S.. Covers the 19th and 20th centuries.
- Alt-PressWatch (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window285 regional newspapers, magazines, and journals of the alternative and independent press.
- America's Newspapers (NewsBank) This link opens in a new windowFeatures full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for more than 500 local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers. Each paper provides coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid advertising is excluded. Dates of coverage vary. Updated daily.
- Indigenous Newspapers in North America (Adam Matthew) This link opens in a new windowCovers 1828-2016. Formerly known as American Indian Newspapers.
A collection of 45 unique titles from Indigenous peoples of the U.S. and Canada that includes national periodicals, local community news, and student publications from tribal communities of the Blackfeet, Cherokee, Chippewa, Comanche, Ho-Chunk, Navajo, and Osage, among others. Key topics include activism and protest, American Indian Movement, sovereignty, cultural promotion and language revitalization, public health and welfare, education, and more. - Austin American Statesman (Historical) (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowCovers 1871-1980. Includes the complete paper-cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format. Especially strong in central Texas political reporting.
- Chicago Tribune (Historical) (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowCovers 1849-1999. Includes the complete paper-cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format.
- Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new windowThe number one source of news, information, and job opportunities for the college and university community. Contains full content of current issue; essays, daily news, and advice columns; higher education data; career resources, salary data, and job postings. Includes archived issues going back ten years. For archives going back to the 1980s, see The Chronicle of Higher Education in ProQuest. Register to receive email newsletters. Updated daily.
- CQ Magazine This link opens in a new windowContains full-text nonpartisan weekly reports on U.S. Congressional legislation and politics since 1983 and roll call votes since 1995. Previously called CQ Weekly.
- Current Digest of the Chinese Press (EastView Press) This link opens in a new windowArticles in English translation from a variety of key Chinese newspapers on such topics as politics, international relations, security, economics, business, public health, environment, education, and culture. All articles are explicitly targeted to a domestic – not foreign – audience and provide a comprehensive, broad-survey understanding of current events as reported by mass media in the People’s Republic of China. 2011- current
- Dallas Morning News Historical Archive (NewsBank) This link opens in a new windowA historical archive of one of Texas's oldest continuously published newspapers and a paper of record for major news, key events, and personalities in Texas history. Broad state and regional coverage, from 1885-1977.
- Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowFull-text current and historical newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority presses of the U.S. and Canada. Provides the unique viewpoint of Hispanic, Native Peoples, African American, Caribbean, Asian/Pacific Islander, European/Eastern European, and Jewish communities. Dates of coverage: 1959-current.
- Hispanic American Newspapers 1808-1980 (Readex) This link opens in a new windowA collection of hundreds of searchable full-text / full-image newspapers published in the United States by Hispanics during the 19th and 20th centuries. Papers may be in Spanish, English, or both Spanish and English. Based on Nicolás Kanellos' "Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project."
- Historical Newspapers (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowSearch the full-text/full-image of several major U.S. and two major British newspapers: New York Times (1851-2019), Washington Post (1877-2006), Wall Street Journal (1889-2011), Christian Science Monitor (1908-2009), Los Angeles Times (1881-1999), Chicago Tribune (1849-1998), Austin American Statesman (1871-1980), Guardian (1821-2003) Observer (1791-2003), New York Amsterdam News (1922-2010), and the Chicago Defender (1909-2010), El Paso Times (1881-2009), El Paso Herald (1896-1996). Coverage begins with the first issue of each title.
- Independent Voices This link opens in a new windowA digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines, and journals covering the latter half of the 20th century. Included are periodicals produced by Hispanics, Black Power advocates, Native Americans, LGBT activists, feminists, campus radicals, dissident GIs, anti-war activists, the extreme right-wing press, and alternative literary magazines.
Dates of coverage: 1950-2015 - Latin American Newspapers (Readex) This link opens in a new windowA collection of 19th and early 20th century digitized newspapers from Latin America. Includes titles published in English, Spanish, and Portuguese from more than 20 countries in the region, from Argentina to Venezuela. Coverage: 1805-1922.
- Nexis Uni (LexisNexis) This link opens in a new windowNexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) provides full text access to 15,000 news, business and legal sources Includes U.S., international and foreign language news. To search a current day’s newspaper use “A Publication” box, choose a news source from word wheel under “Find Publication” and after search limit by date in Timeline. Major newspapers include New York TImes. Updated daily.
(For Wall Street Journal or Washington Post full text see ProQuest One Academic) - National Journal This link opens in a new windowProvides electronic access to a number of resources on political science and policy produced by The National Journal, including the periodicals The National Journal, Congress Daily, and Technology Daily; The Almanac of American Politics, providing analysis and data on members of Congress and their states and districts; Poll Track, a database of public opinion surveys from across the country; information on the status of bills before the U.S. Congress; The Hotline, a daily briefing on U.S. political news; and Ad Spotlight, which features news and analysis of political advertisements.
- NewsBank This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles from U.S. and international newspapers, journals and magazines, newswires, government documents, and worldwide radio and TV broadcasts.
- NewspaperArchive: Texas Collection This link opens in a new windowSearchable full image access to many historical newspapers from all across Texas, including the San Antonio Light (1882 -1977) and the San Antonio Express News (1865-1974). (Some years are incomplete.) Database covers 1813-2022.
- Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowFeatures full text for some 200 regional U.S. newspapers, 30 international newspapers, newswires, select newspaper columns, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Los Angeles Times. Coverage of Middle Eastern and Asian-Pacific newspapers, such as the Jakarta Post, the Hong Kong Standard, Jordan Today, and The Australian, is particularly notable. Also contains full-text television and radio news transcripts.
- ProQuest One Academic This link opens in a new windowProQuest One Academic, includes four core multi-disciplinary products – ProQuest Central, Academic Complete, Academic Video Online and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global cross-searchable on the same ProQuest platform. Coverage: 1970 - current.
Best source for many current newspapers including New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. - Regional Business News (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowFull-text news reports from global business newswires, including coverage of 75 U.S., Latin American, European, Canadian, and African sources.
- San Antonio LightOnline access to selected issues through Newspaper Archive Texas Collection (1882 - 1977) (UTSA subscription)
JPL 4th Floor Microfilm: AN 2 .S3 L53 (1987 -1993)
Other sources for microfilm: Trinity University (1882 -1992) and San Antonio College (1967-1993)
Photo Archive (UTSA Special Collections Digital Archive)
Portal to Texas History (1883 -1886) (open access)
Paper: Ceased publication 1/28/93
Earlier names: San Antonio Daily Light (1884 -1907)
Light and Gazette.(1907 -2011)
- San Antonio Express-News (NewsBank) This link opens in a new window2018-current – full image
1990-current (text only) Excludes articles excerpted from other news sources, paid ads and obituaries.
1867-2018 – full image (incomplete)
2016-current – (text only) Web edition articles
Other sources:
JPL 4th Floor Microfilm: AN2 .S3 E9 (1868 - current) (with gaps)
Index (print): JPL 3rd Floor AI21 .S3 S26 (1988-1995)
San Antonio Express-News Photograph Collection (1941-1989) - San Antonio Express (Historical) (NewsBank) This link opens in a new windowFull-image of Texas’ oldest major newspaper, which began as a weekly in 1865. Includes ads, classifieds, photos & graphics as well as local, national and international news stories. Collection is still being digitized with more issues forthcoming.
Current coverage: 1867 - 1875, 1898-1906, 1911-1925