Tools for finding free local, Canadian and international news articles and editorial cartoons from major current and historic news sources. How to find news articlesFinding free online news articles: getting behind paywalls (video)Current news sourcesThe following databases contain news articles from thousands of sources, typically from the mid-1990's to the present day. Often just the full text is included, and not photos, graphs, and charts.Omni Newspaper searchSearch across many of the big name newspapers subscribed to by the library for top stories. Limited ability to filter results.Omni, Individual NewspapersSearch for a specific newspaper title.Canadian News @ ProQuestCanadian focus, from big and small papers from across the country. Many options to filter results.FactivaCanadian and international focus, and advanced filtering options.Nexis UniInternational focus, including Canadian content, and advanced search options.News archives: Library subscriptionsThe following databases contain the scanned and searchable images of the entire newspapers.OnlineCoverageBritish Library Newspapers19th century national, regional, and local newspapersCalgary Herald1883-2010Daily Mail: Historical Archive1896-2004Globe and Mail1844 to three years agoIllustrated London News1842-2003Montreal Gazette1785-2010The New York Times1851 to three years agoOttawa Citizen1845-2010Times Digital Archive (The Times, London)1785 to 2010Toronto Star1894 to four years agoVancouver Sun1912-2010Windsor Star1893-2010News archives: freeMany libraries, archives, and other organizations have digitized newspaper content and made it available for free online. You can find titles listed by country on this Wikipedia page that is maintained by librarians from around the world (including the Laurier History Librarian).Wikipedia: List of online newspaper archivesInternational list of links to online newspaper archives on Wikipedia.The following collections allow you to search across a larger number of newspapers at one time (many of the individual titles are listed on the Wikipedia link above)Chronicling AmericaIncludes full content from more than 1,400 U.S. newspapers from 1836 to 1922.Our Ontario NewspapersDigitized newspapers from Ontario communities. See "About our newspaper collections" for a title list.SFU Digitized NewspapersIncludes dozens of local (BC) and Canadian newspapers, including Chinese language, French, and immigrant newspapers. This includes the Berliner Journal (1880-1916), and Canadian Jewish News (1960-1993).Google News Archive SearchRandom listing and years of coverage of a wide number of North American newspapers.Local newspapersBerliner JournalThe library has 1859-1916 on of the Berliner Journal on microfilm, 3rd Floor FC106.G4 B4. Simon Fraser University has digitized the Berliner Journal (1880-1916).Brantford Expositor (1999-present, articles only)The Library has 1939-1983 on microfilm.The Cord (Laurier)The Library has digitized the Cord, through the Laurier Archives, 1926-2015Waterloo Chronicle (1999-present, articles only)The library has 1899 - 1988 of the Chronicle on microfilm at the Waterloo campus, Microforms - 3rd Floor AP5 .W3. The Waterloo Public Library has this and related titles: Waterloo Chronicle (1886-2016) | The Chronicle Telegraph (1901-1922) | Waterloo County Chronicle (1893-1900)Waterloo Region Record (1990- current, articles only)The library has the entire run (1878-current) of the Record (including under its previous titles) on microfilm at the Waterloo campus, Microforms 3rd Floor AP5 .D26. Previous titles include: The Daily News (1878-1897) | The News Record (1897-1904) | The Berlin News Record (1904-1916) | The News Record (1916-1920)Print and microform (major titles)In addition to the online news archives listed above, the Laurier Library has several archival titles on microfilm, held either at the Waterloo campus on the 3rd floor, or the Annex storage facility. For current issues of these titles, see "Current news sources" above.TitleMicrofilmBarron's1994-2009; 1960-2009Christian Science Monitor1908-1925; 1925-1960; 1960-1983; 1983-Chronicle Herald (Halifax)1981-2008Le Devoir (Montreal)1981-2006Guardian (Manchester)2000-2008, 1981-1984, 1968-1980Le Monde (Paris) 1944-1947National Post 1998-Wall Street Journal1981-Winnipeg Free Press1981-2008News summariesWorld News Digest1940 to present. Brief, full-text articles for general news, biographical and statistical information.Keesing's Contemporary Archives1931 to present. Provides summaries of world events derived from more than 1,000 daily news reports.Mideastwire.com2005 to present. Please log out when finished. Concise briefs, in English, of items from Arab and Persian print, radio and television media.Alternative newsThe Black Panther1968 to 1980Editorial and political cartoonsToday's Political Cartoons (Association of Editorial Cartoonists)Contains political cartoons - both national and international, for the past 7 days, with a searchable archive for political cartoons back to 1996.SFU Library Editorial Cartoons CollectionThe Simon Fraser University Library Editorial Cartoons Collection contains over 8000 original drawings published in Canadian newspapers between 1952 and the present.News Archives: Library subscriptionsUsing the sources listed in the section above, in your search change the "Document Type" to "Editorial Cartoon."