Periodical Access

Magazines and Newspapers

ProQuest (on campus) online newspaper and periodical database; includes New York Times archive.
Seach the Historical New York Times from 1851-1986. Works best with Internet Explorer.
eLibrary online access to newspapers, magazines, books, audio/video clips, radio and TV transcripts. (Does not work with Safari).
Academic Universe online news, medical and legal information.
New York Times daily paper. Requires registration.
New York Times archive 1995 to present use ProQuest. For 1851 to 1991 use Historical NYT through ProQuest.
Washington Post daily paper. Requires registration. For archived articles 1987 to present use ProQuest.
SF Gate. Access to the San Francisco Chronicle. For archived issues use ProQuest
Search California and US Newspapers
World newspapers and magazines from The Internet Public Library (many in foreign languages).
National Geographic Index online. Library has many back issues in print.
Current History Email Librarian for ID and password to access full-text of issues online.
Scientific American Archive

Other Newspapers and media

The SF Examiner (the new management paper as of November, 2000)

Magazine Resources

Magazines from around the world available through the Internet Public Library.

Other archived periodicals available with library card from San Francisco Public Library electronic resources.

TIME Daily Online: TIME magazine daily news summaries, including links to related stories in their archives, and the TIME magazine online edition. Searchable archives.


U.S.News Online: The online version of the popular news magazine. Searchable archives.
The Atlantic Monthly: An excellent magazine of social issues, commentary and the arts. Searchable archives.
NewsLink: Connections to hundreds of newspapers, radio and TV channels throughout the U.S. and the world.
American Journalism Review (AJR): Examines how the media covers events in the news. Strong opinions expressed.
Online magazine Salon.com: Incisive articles on news, politics, A & E, technology, business, books, people.

Online Daily Newspaper Resources

San Francisco Chronicle: The electronic version of the San Francisco Chronicle and Chronicle PM. (Hearst paper)
San Francisco Examiner: The electronic version of the new San Francisco Examiner.

USA Today: An electronic version of the national newspaper of the same name.
Sacramento Bee: Online version of the Sacramento newspaper.
Philadelphia Online: Online newspaper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Boston Globe: A major newspaper of New England.
Post-Herald Online: The newspaper of Birmingham, Alabama, the Post-Herald.
The Orange County Register: News from the southern part of California.
Washington Post: News from the capital of the United States
Washington Free Press: A progressive newspaper from Seattle, Washington.
Real Change: A newspaper produced by homeless people, dedicated to broadening public notions of who homeless people really are.
The Seattle Times: News from Seattle, Washington
FDR Cartoon Collection: A large collection of editorial and political cartoons covering the career of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and The New Deal Era.

Foreign Newspapers In English

The Canadian Press .: From Canada, a national online review of the country's news.
The Times of London: The online edition of the major daily newspaper of London, England.
The Asahi Shimbun.: One of Japan's leading daily newspapers, in English.
The Yomiuri Shimbun.: One of Japan's leading daily newspapers online with both Japanese and English versions.
The Hindu: A link to the online edition of THE HINDU, offering weekly news about India and the world.
The Jerusalem Post: The Internet edition of a newspaper from Israel.
Union of South Africa - Independent News Sources: An organization of newspapers in South Africa offers online news from their pages.
The Irish Times: Articles and stories from a leading newspaper of Ireland.

Gateways to Daily News Resources

NewsLink Newspapers: Connections to hundreds of newspapers throughout the U.S. and the world, provided by NewsLink, an academic and professional research and consulting firm studying electronic publishing and visual journalism.
The Internet Public Library newsroom.: Offers access to world newspapers in English and in the language(s) of the country.

TV and Radio Broadcast Media

CNN News Interactive.: Daily news from the popular TV news organization.
PBS Online: Public Television. Source of information on the programs.
National Public Radio: The folks who bring you such programs as "Morning Edition", "All Things Considered", and lots of other informative programs from National Public Radio.
NAB Home Page: The National Association of Broadcasters Web site.
NewsLink Broadcast Media: Connections to hundreds of TV, Radio and other media outlets throughout the U.S. and the world, provided by NewsLink, an academic and professional research and consulting firm studying electronic publishing and visual journalism.