Research Subject Guides: World Languages: Find Newspapers

News Databases and Platforms

Consult the below links for overviews of some of the news databases and resources you have access to through the library:

Specific news databases and resources that may be of interest include:

PressReader This link opens in a new window
Provides online access to today's newspapers from over 100 countries around the world in over 60 languages in a full-color, full-page format. Focus is on current news; only includes issues of a publication from the last 90 days.
Boston Globe (1872-present) (Proquest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Search by keyword or phrase across articles published in the Boston Globe in this database.
Includes variations on the title: Daily Boston Globe and Boston Daily Globe. Historic content (1872-1990) includes a PDF view of the newspaper including illustrations, charts, and advertisements. After 1990, only text is available.
Access World News Research Collection (Newsbank) This link opens in a new window
Our largest general news source, with current and complete newspapers, magazines, wire services from around the world. Backfiles sometimes go back to the 1980s. Text only.
View a list of all sources.
China Project This link opens in a new window
SupChina is a New York-based, independent, China-focused news, information, and business services website. Access to SupChina requires registration with a Northeastern or NCH email address.

Sampan
Based in Chinatown in Boston, MA, Sampan is the only bilingual Chinese-English newspaper in New England.
East Boston Community News
The East Boston Community News was an activist community newspaper produced primarily by volunteers biweekly between 1970 and 1989.