Barre Montpelier Times Argus
The daily morning newspaper serving the capital region of Vermont. Create a free Middlebury account when prompted. Established in 1897 and owned by the same family as the Rutland Herald.
Brattleboro Reformer
Recent years online via Lexis Nexis, ProQuest, and Campus Research.
Burlington Free Press
Vermont's largest newspaper. Select free recent articles available on their website. Also see current and historical issues (in print, microfilm, and historical online archives) and Indexes (online, print, and microfilm).
Middlebury Campus
"The student newspaper of Middlebury College." Weekly during academic year. Online via the Middlebury Campus website (Oct. 2001 - ) and via LexisNexis (1999 - ). 1905-1985 (Digital Collections at Middlebury)
Rutland Herald
Online access back to 2000 of the second largest daily newspaper in Vermont (after the Burlington Free Press). Create a free Middlebury account when prompted. The Rutland Herald is the sister paper of the Barre Montpelier Times Argus and is the oldest family-owned newspaper in continuous operation. It is the main source of news geared towards the southern part of the state. Also see current and historical issues (in print, microfilm, and historical online archives) and indexes (online, print, and microfilm).
Other areas:
ProQuest Black Newspapers
Recent coverage of 10 black newspapers from 1989 - present, depending on the title. Includes: Afro-American Red Star; Call and Post; Chicago Defender; Houston Post; Michigan Chronicle; Muslim Journal; New Journal and Guide; New York Amsterdam News; Los Angeles Sentinel; Washington Informer.
Ethnic News Watch
A full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines, and journals of the U.S. ethnic, minority, and native press from the mid 1980s to present. Languages include English, Spanish, German, Italian and more. [Shortcut: go/ethnicnews]
InfoTrac Newsstand
Full-text collection, of articles from over 1,000 newspapers. Coverage: 1980 - present. Click on browse to see the list of available newspapers.
Latin American Database
"LADB's journalists collect Spanish language source material from Latin America and publish weekly bulletins in English, placing events in context and highlighting key developments." NotiSur (1986+) contains news, summaries, and analyses on a variety of political, economic, and social issues in South America, while NotiCen (1986+) covers the Caribbean and Central America. SourceMex (1990+) focuses on Mexican economic and political issues, particularly US-Mexico relations.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Academic Universe provides access to the full text of national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, and more. It also includes business, financial, and legal information, including laws, regulations, cases, and EU law. The non-English language news link includes news in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Go shortcut = go/lexis (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/lexis (off campus).
National Newspapers Premier (ProQuest)
Includes Chicago Tribune (1985 - present); Los Angeles Times (1985 - present); + ProQuest Newsstand (1423 newspapers including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, along with a selection of titles from across the U.S. and the world.)
Newspaper Direct
45-day archive of full-color, full-page, scanned images of over 700 newspapers from 76 countries in 38 languages.
Full-text collection of legal, news, and business information sources. Legal resources include law reviews and journals; law encyclopedias and legal guides; cases (all Supreme Court, federal, and state cases); statutes (including USCA and state codes/laws); federal regulations (including the Federal Register and CFR); European Union materials (including treaty, legislative, and case law materials). See Product Brochure and Campus Help for more details. Go shortcut = go/westlaw
Aggregates
Newspaper Direct45-day archive of full-color, full-page, scanned images of over 700 newspapers from 76 countries in 38 languages.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Academic Universe provides access to the full text of national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, and more. It also includes business, financial, and legal information, including laws, regulations, cases, and EU law. The non-English language news link includes news in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Go shortcut = go/lexis (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/lexis (off campus).
Kidon Media Link
Links to 18,776 newspapers and other news sources from almost every country and territory in the world.
Links to Foreign Language News and Newspapers compiled by MIT
Arabic
AljazeeraMajor news source in Arabic
Spanish
Pais
Major newspaper from Spain, now available online. 1983- current.
Ethnic News Watch
A full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines, and journals of the U.S. ethnic, minority, and native press from the mid 1980s to present. Languages include English, Spanish, German, Italian and more. [Shortcut: go/ethnicnews]
Latin American Database
"LADB's journalists collect Spanish language source material from Latin America and publish weekly bulletins in English, placing events in context and highlighting key developments." NotiSur (1986+) contains news, summaries, and analyses on a variety of political, economic, and social issues in South America, while NotiCen (1986+) covers the Caribbean and Central America. SourceMex (1990+) focuses on Mexican economic and political issues, particularly US-Mexico relations.
Full-text newspapers articles from: Freedom's Journal; Colored American; The North Star; The National Era; Frederick Douglass Paper; Provincial Freeman; and The Christian Recorder.
America's Historical Newspapers: Early American Newspapers
Part of Archive of Americana. Includes Early American Newspapers, Series 1-3, 1690-1922.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
From Library of Congress and the Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities. "Search America's historic newspapers pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present." When complete, coverage will include all 50 U.S. states. Select Vermont newspapers have already been digitized, with more to come.
Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective
Full-text coverage from Nov. 1860 - April 1865 of The Charleston Mercury; The New York Herald; and the Richmond Enquirer. Major events are described in detail in both Union and Confederate papers.
Google News & Archive
Keyword index of the full text of newspaper content for the past 200 years. Mostly English language newspapers to date, but non-English newspapers are being added. To read the full text of the articles, search Middlebury’s holdings. If Middlebury doesn't own the article, request it through Interlibrary Loan.
Harpers Weekly
Full content images of Harper's Weekly from 1857 - 1912. Browse by date or search using the index or within full-text. See printing instructions before proceeding.
Illustrated London News
A fully digitized run of the world’s most iconic illustrated newspaper. Includes over 260,000 pages in full color. Browse print issues from 1855 thru 1858 in Special Collections. (click here for the catalog record).
Keesing's Record of World Events
News summaries. Full-text access for latest year (archive goes back to 1931, which is searchable, but Midd only has access to partial text). Back issues in print.
Latin American Database
"LADB's journalists collect Spanish language source material from Latin America and publish weekly bulletins in English, placing events in context and highlighting key developments." NotiSur (1986+) contains news, summaries, and analyses on a variety of political, economic, and social issues in South America, while NotiCen (1986+) covers the Caribbean and Central America. SourceMex (1990+) focuses on Mexican economic and political issues, particularly US-Mexico relations.
Middlebury Campus
"The student newspaper of Middlebury College." Weekly during academic year. Online via the Middlebury Campus website (Oct. 2001 - ) and via LexisNexis (1999 - ). 1905-1985 (Digital Collections at Middlebury)
19th Century British Library Newspapers
Full-text of 48 national and regional newspapers from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728 - 1800
Published in Philadelphia, it is considered the New York Times of the 18th Century. Provides a firsthand view of colonial America, the American Revolution and the New Republic, and offers important social, political and cultural perspectives of each of the periods.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Search the digitized full-text and images of the New York Times (1851-2007); Wall Street Journal (1889-1993); Los Angeles Times (1881-1987); Washington Post (1877-1994); Chicago Tribune (1849-1987); Boston Globe (1872-1979); Christian Science Monitor (1908-1997); Atlanta Constitution (1868-1945). Black Newspapers: Chicago Defender (1910-1975); Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003); Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)
Times of India, 1838-2002
Search and view digital full-text images of the newspaper. Includes Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce (1839-1859); Bombay Times and Standard (1860-1861); Times of India (1861-2002). Also searchable with other ProQuest Newspapers.
Times of London Digital Archive 1785-1985
Access the digital archives of The Times of London from 1785 to 1985. Search by keyword, by words in text, or browse by date and retrieve the full text as it appeared in the paper.
Check accuracy of holdings information by searching for the following titles in the Journals A-Z
Weekly. 1999-present.
Past issues MF# 882
Bi-weekly. 1955-1958, 1970 - present.
Past issues MF# 678
Daily. Tokyo.
Current month only.
Daily. 2001-present.
Past issues MF# 707
Daily. 1983-present.
Past issues MF# 636
Daily. 1848-present.
Past issues MF# 205
7 times/year. Current 3 months only.
Chicago DefenderDaily. Current month only.
Chicago TribuneDaily. 1985-present.
Past issues MF# 706
Daily, escept weekends & holidays.
Current month only.
1945-2004 MF# 604
Daily, except Sunday. Quebec.
Current month only.
Daily, except Sundays & holidays.
Current month only.
Daily, except Sundays & holidays. Frankfurt.
Current month only.
Daily, except Sunday. Toronto.
Current month only.
Weekly. Manchester, England.
Current six months.
Daily, except Monday. 1986-present.
Past issues MF# 755
Weekly. Moscow, Russia.
Past issues MF# 697
Daily, except Monday. 1982-present.
Past issues MF# 649
Weekly during academic year. 1905-present.
Past issues MF# 200
Daily. 1944-present. Paris.
Past issues MF# 382
Monthly. 1999-present. Paris.
Past issues MF# 862
Daily, except Sundays. Montreal.
Current three months only.
Weekly. 1987-present. Moscow.
Past issues MF# 792
Weekly. Moscow.
Current month only.
Daily. 1851-present.
Past issues MF# 8
Three times/ week. 1991-present. Moscow.
Past issues MF# 754
Daily. Italian
Current month only.
Weekly. Current three months only.
PravdaDaily. 1979-present. Moscow.
Past issues MF# 663
Daily, except Sundays. Beijing.
Current month only.
Daily. 1792-present.
Past issues MF# 27
Weekly. Past three months only.
StampaDaily, except Mondays. Turin, Italy/
Current month only.
Daily, except Sunday. Bombay.
Current month only.
Daily. 1850-present.
Past issues MF# 194
Times Literary Supplement. 1969-present
Past issues MF# 244
Daily, except Saturday, Sundays, & holidays.
Current month only.
Weekly. 1974-present.
Past issues MF# 473
Weekly. Current month only.
Wall Street JournalDaily. 1959-present.
Past issues MF# 447
Daily. Current month only.
1974-2004 MF# 504
Weekly. German.
Current month only.
Check accuracy of holdings information by searching for the following titles in the Journals A-Z list.
| Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Brandon Union 1873-1876 (issues missing) | VT Coll Locked |
| Brattleboro Messenger (Bound with Vermont Chronicle--after the Dec.26, 1828 issue). Brattleboro.
| VT. Coll. |
| Christian Herald (Continued by Christian Messenger). Middlebury.
| VT. Coll. |
| Christian Messenger (Continues Christian Herald). Middlebury.
| MF 540 |
Farmer's Library. Rutland.
| MF 683 |
Green Mountain Patriot. Peacham.
| MF 682 |
Herald of Vermont. Rutland.
| MF 683 |
Middlebury Free Press. Middlebury.
| VT. Coll. |
Middlebury Mercury. Middlebury.
| MF 684 |
National Standard. Middlebury.
| VT. Coll. |
North Star. Danville.
| MF 685 |
Post Boy. Windsor.
| MF 686 |
Religious Reporter (Bound with Vermont Mirror). Middlebury.
| MF537 VT. Coll |
| Vermont Chronicle. Bellows Falls 1826-1828, Windsor 1828-1874, Montpelier 1874-1895, St.Johnsbury 1895-1898. Also see Vermont Chronicle Index (marriage and death notices). 1875-1895 (7 reels)
| MF 816 VT. Coll. Locked (Special Collections) |
Vermont Courier. Rutland.
| MF 687 |
Vermont Intelligencer. Bellows Falls.
| MF 688 |
Vermont Mercury. Rutland
| MF683 |
| Vermont Mirror (Bound with the Religious Reporter). Middlebury.
v.1 #1, Sept.30, 1812-v.4 #5, Sept.11, 1816 | MF 539 VT. Coll. |
Vermont Precursor. Montpelier.
| MF 689 |
Vermont Telegraph. Brandon.
| VT. Coll. |
Baltimore Sun, 1867-1887. MF 627
Birth of America: the Year in Review, 1763-1783. MF 589. 52 newspapers and 60 broadsides from the mid-18th century colonial American press. Indexed by Birth of America. A Chronological Guide & Index to the Contemporary Press, 1763-1783. Last shelf in Microfilm Section.
Boston Evening Transcript, 1830-1896. MF 198.
Boston Recorder, 1817-1849. MF 213.
Charleston Courier, 1845-1873. MF 213.
Chicago Daily, 1852-1881. MF 271.
Early English Newspapers. MF 719. 59 titles from a microfilmed collection of 17th & 18th century colonial American press. Indexed by Early English Newspapers.
Harbottle Dorr Collection of Annotated Massachusetts Newspapers, 1765-1776. MF 203
Illustrated London News, 7/1856 - 1858. Rare Books & Manuscripts-Oversize (Special Collections)
Provides descriptive and holdings information on international newspapers. Some newspapers may be borrowed on microfilm by submitting requests via Interlibrary Loan.
U. S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present
Can help to identify what titles exist for a specific place and time, and how to access them.
Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press
Weekly selection of Russian-language press materials translated into English. Online access 2001 - present. Earlier years called Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press and before that, Current Digest of the Soviet Press. Back issues in print and microfiche.
JPRS (Joint Publications Research Service)
After 1994, use World News Connection. Translations of books, reports, and periodical articles. Library receives selected series for Russia, China, East Asia, Japan, Europe, Latin America. See the JPRS handout for details. Reports issued on microfiche, located in Gov Docs microfiche cabinets under PREX 7.13 Index on microfiche (Transdex) Govt Docs Reference AI3 .T7
FBIS Daily Report (on microfiche)
Translations of radio and TV broadcasts, newspaper and magazine articles, wire services and speeches. The library has reports on microfiche for Latin America ('90+), Sub-Sahara Africa ('91+), Asia & Pacific/East Asia ('85+), USSR & East Europe/Central Eurasia ('78-'96), China ('79+), Eastern Europe ('87+). Use the Index to the FBIS Daily Reports - Govt Docs Reference DJ - DS. Reports issued on microfiche, located in Gov Docs microfiche cabinets under PREX 7.10. For more detail, see the FBIS handout. For coverage 1994+ use World News Connection . See also JPRS reports.
Search MIDCAT by title for detailed holdings information for the following translations and digests of international publications:
Current Digest of the Soviet Press
All titles, except for Current Digest of the Soviet Press, are on microfiche in the Government Documents section of the library and are English translations of newspapers, journals, and broadcasts of the countries cited. With the exception of the Current Digest of the Soviet Press, they are the work of FBIS (Foreign Broadcast Information Service) and JPRS (Joint Publications Research Service)
The Transdex microfiche (GovDoc Ref AI 3. T 7) serve as indexing for all of the JPRS items from 1984-1996. Other indexes are listed in MIDCAT.









