Current news databases
- Newspapers through ProQuestFull text (no images) of: Hartford Courant (1992-Current), Wall Street Journal (1984-Current), Washington Post (1987-Current), New York Times (1980-Current).
- Nexis UniFull text of various newspapers, magazines, wire services, radio and TV transcripts.
- Factiva
Access to global news and business information articles.
Connecticut news sources
- Hartford Courant
Full text of the Hartford Courant from 1992 - present.
- Hartford Courant (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
Full-text of the Hartford Courant from 1764-1998.
- Early American Newspapers (1690-1922)Early American Newspapers contains content from many Connecticut newspapers from the 1750s through the early 20th century. Click "Browse Publications" and filter for "Connecticut" to see available titles.
- FactivaUse the region code "usct" in your search to search across CT news sources.
Historical newspaper databases
- Early American Newspapers (1690-1922)
Scanned newspapers published between 1690 – 1922.
- ProQuest Historical NewspapersSearch for historical articles in a variety of major American and international newspapers published between 1764-2019. Click below for complete list of newspapers included.
- Chronicling America: Historic American NewspapersA free collection of historical newspapers (up to 1963) digitized by the Library of Congress and National Endowment for the Humanities. Thousands of titles are provided with full-page scans.
- Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American LibrariesFrom the Library of Congress; "Use the directory to identify what newspapers were published in a certain place during a particular time period, and find out where to access them in libraries and archives around the country."
- UConn Alternative Press CollectionCollection housed in Archives and Special Collections; "includes thousands of national and international newspapers, serials, books, pamphlets, ephemera and artifacts documenting activist themes and organizations from the 1800s to the present."
- UConn Student Newspapers, Publications and PeriodicalsCollection of digitized student publications from UConn campuses, dating from 1896. Part of ASC's UConn History collections.
Tips for searching news databases
Tips for searching ProQuest databases:
- Broaden your search with synonyms: separate synonyms with OR within a single box to search for articles with any of the words
- Connecting search boxes with AND narrows the search to articles that include words from both boxes
- Searching for specific phrases by enclosing them in quotation marks: "American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016"
- Truncation character * searches for variations on a search term: farm* finds: farm, farms, farmer, farming
- Document type search filter can be used to limit your search to obituaries, editorial cartoons, advertisements, etc.
Tips for searching Nexis Uni:
- Use the Advanced Search interface to build a search strategy incorporating phrase searching, synonyms, etc.
- Searching for specific phrases by enclosing them in quotation marks: "American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016"
- Truncation character ! searches for variations on a search term: farm! finds: farm, farms, farmer, farming
- Use proximity search connector w/n to search for terms within a specified number of words of each other: tariffs w/5 pork retrieves only articles where the two words appear within 5 words of each other
