Newspapers

Newspaper Research Tools

Newspaper directories

Sources of publication and circulation information

• U.S Newspaper Directories
• Foreign Newspaper Directories

Bibliographies, historical surveys, and union lists

• U.S. Bibliographies, Surveys & Lists
  see also WorldCat to search for locations of newspapers outside of UVA.
• U.S. Newspaper Program
  Holdings information about U.S. newspapers from the 18th century to the present in all 50 states. Use the links on the the U.S. map to access holdings lists, as well as contact information for the project director, in every state. A growing number of states also offer digitized full-text.
  
• Virginia Bibliographies, Surveys & Lists
• Foreign Bibliographies, Surveys & Lists

Print Indexes

Useful for researching some newspapers published before 1980

• U.S. Print Indexes
  (includes full-text coverage information)
• Foreign Print Indexes

Research tools for Virginia Newspapers

Other resources

• The British Newspaper Library and its list of other newspaper libraries around the world
• Newspaper Genre List
  From the University of Washington, "an attempt to standardize terms used to designate genres of newspapers." Useful when searching VIRGO or WorldCat.
  
• Finding sources in VIRGO: search examples
• News/media analysis and criticism