Research Guides: Newspapers and News Sources: Getting Started

Key Resources

Major online full text newspaper databases.

Canadian Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Canadian Newsstream offers the full text of almost 400 Canadian newspapers from Canada's leading publishers, including The Globe and Mail, National Post and the Vancouver Sun.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
One of the world's premier fulltext news, government, legal, finance and business information services. Research international news, corporate and legal materials.
Factiva This link opens in a new window
Factiva provides access to a deep archive of news and business information, allowing users to conduct in-depth research on companies, industries, regional affairs.

Please limit number of articles downloaded to 100 per session. Please stick to that limit.
New York Times Historical Newspaper This link opens in a new window
Full text of the NYT from 1851 to the current [with three year embargo.] View articles and full page of every issue in this time period.
Proquest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail This link opens in a new window
Electronic full-page newspaper archive from June 1844 to 2013.
Times Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
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An online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of The Times (London).

Access is also available to all residents within British Columbia via the Points to the Past Portal HERE.