News & Newspapers
Available to Central, City and Suburban Libraries
Newsbank - Post-Standard (12/2/86-Current)
Search full-text articles from the Syracuse Post Standard including local and state news, issues, events, business, obituaries, sports and more.
NewsBank
Search over 1,800 current and archived local, state and national newspapers for full-text articles on issues, events, business, government, sports and more. Newspapers include the Syracuse Post-Standard (12/2/86-Current), Utica Observer Dispatch (12/21/2002-Current) Albany Times Union (3/1/86-Current), and many major U.S. metropolitan titles. This collection is text only and has no images.
How to Search NewsBank News Resources Note: Your local library may or may not have all the sources referenced in powerpoint.
Newspaper Archive.com
A searchable archive of digital images of the Syracuse newspapers from 1857 forward. Coverage also includes more than 750 US cities and over 2000 US and international newspaper titles. Included in the collection is This collection includes full text and images of newspaper pages. Please note: The years and dates available are incomplete.
** General FAQs
** A Quick How-to Search the Syracuse Archives
Gannett Newsstand Complete 
** Coming July 1, 2013 **
Contains over 85 Gannett newspapers, 6 of which are New York newspapers. These include the Ithaca Journal, Poughkeepsie Journal, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Journal News (White Plains), Press and Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton) and Star-Gazette (Elmira).
Access full text articles from more than 1000 major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers as well as leading international titles. Search articles by title, headline, date, author or newspaper section.
** Basic Search Tutorial (3:55 minutes)
** Advanced Search Tutorial (2:16 minutes)
** Subject Guide Search Tutorial (2:13 minutes)
** Publication Search Tutorial (3:15 minutes)
** OneSearch Tutorial (1:10 minutes)
** Search Results Tutorial (3:23 minutes)
National Newspaper Index
Indexing for six major newspapers from 1977 onward: The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Washington Post.
New York State Newspapers
Full-text articles from a collection of New York State newspapers including the Syracuse Post Standard (1996-current). To search the Buffalo News and Albany Times Union, use the Newsbank database. To search the New York Times use either the Newsbank or InfoTrac Newsstand database. Access to articles from the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle is not available in the databases.
New York Times Digital Microfilm & Wall Street Journal Digital Microfilm
Retrieve digital images from the New York Times Eastern edition or the Wall Street Journal Late edition from 2008 to present. Unlike a database, you will need to select a date to view the newspaper image. Subject or keyword searching to locate articles is not available in the digital microfilm. To search for articles by subject, use the National Newspaper Index database listed above.
Business Insights: Essentials
Up-to-date business, company and industry information and a wide variety of global business information from business magazines, trade journals and newspapers.
Available to Central & City Branch Libraries†
Newspaper Archive.com - Syracuse
[In-library use only]
A searchable archive of just the Syracuse newspapers from 1857 forward. This collection includes full text and images of newspaper pages. Please note: The years and dates available are incomplete.
†Branch Libraries - Beauchamp, Betts, Hazard, Mundy, Paine, Petit, Soule, White
If your library card was issued by a suburban library, check that library's website for access.
Last updated May 20, 2013