(This page's most recent update is August 2024)
In order to succeed at newspaper research, you must search in the right location, and you must search in the appropriate date range. You MUST know before you search if the database includes titles in the locations that you are searching.
You must know where to find the titles to match the correct locations and date ranges. This is true in searching both free databases and subscription databases,
The following PDF is a list of the 21 largest Free and Subscription Databases and the URL where you can discover their list of titles. They are from all over the world, with the preponderance from the United States, Canada, Australia, and a few countries in Europe.
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