*Newspaper Holdings: Historical International Newspapers

Search the International Coalition on Newspapers (ICON) (a project of the Center for Research Libraries) for digitized international newspapers.

ICON lists newspapers by country and US state.

The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is also an excellent source for historical international newspapers on microfilm.

Selected sources for international news. These may focus on current news rather than historical news, but can be useful for identifying newspaper titles.

Use the Journals tab on the GSU Library homepage to search for historical periodical holdings.

Keep the "All Journals" button selected. This will tell you if we have the journal in paper or in microfilm.

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The Center for Research Libraries holds many international historical newspapers in microfilm or microform format.

Click on the "Newspapers" tab and then select a country to browse holdings for that country.

If a newspaper is held on microform (that is, microfilm or microfiche) at the Center for Research Libraries, you can place an Interlibrary Loan order for a specific date range. Use the "Other (Free Text)" request to request microform copies of newspapers or journals.

WorldCat is a database that searches libraries worldwide, including books, audiovisual materials, periodicals (magazines and newspapers), and archival materials. You can request many of the items in WorldCat using Interlibrary Loan.

Use Advanced Search to limit searches by author, title, and/or format.

WorldCat will also indicate if a digital version of the newspaper is available. More often than not, it will be available behind a paywall (and the GSU Library may or may not provide access) and/or only be limited to recent issues. But WorldCat may also link to a freely available version, so it's worth clicking to see whether the digital version is free or not. 

If you are looking for periodicals, look for records including the word "microform" or "microfilm." Most libraries will not lend out bound copies of periodicals, but many will lend microfilm versions.

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Requesting Microfilm via Interlibrary Loan

When requesting microform copies through Interlibrary Loan, use the "Book" request option and include periodical title, dates needed, and note that you are requesting microfilm.

For current international news, try the following databases:

This is a select list of GSU's international newspaper holdings. Additional titles can be located through GIL or the Journal Locator.

Wikipedia has an extensive list of newspapers available online. Some of them are not freely available (i.e must be paid for), but many of them are. A useful starting point! Click here to see the list.

Available to GSU affiliates only.