How to Find Newspapers

Newspapers Held at Other Libraries

Looking for newspapers other than the ones that we have at Davidson? You may be able to borrow microfilm copies of newspapers on interlibrary loan. Try the following to identify and request newspapers. For more on microfilm, see Using Microfilm.

Step 1: Find a newspaper or newspaper published in a particular place and/or time period

If you already know the title of the newspaper, please go directly to step 2.

Consult one of the following bibliographies or catalogs to identify newspapers published in a particular time period, country, city, state, or region:

U.S. newspapers

Foreign Newspapers

Step 2: Search the Davidson Library Catalog  to find a microform record and submit an interlibrary loan request

1. Go into the Davidson Library Catalog's Advanced Search. 
2. In the Keyword search box, search for the name of the newspaper.
   Then select the reesource type "microform." Usually, we can only borrow microform copies of newspapers on interlibrary loan.
3. Run your search.
4. Review the search results to find a record that describes the newspaper during your time period, then view the full record.
5. When you submit the interlibrary loan request, be sure to edit the publication date field; enter the year(s) you need.