Newspaper Databases

Since Fall of 2020, Syracuse University and Advance Media have an agreement in place offering exclusive access behind the Syracuse.com paywall, available to all current SU students, faculty and staff.  An excellent access point to digital journalism covering the Syracuse and Central New York Region.

To activate that Syracuse.com access, use these websites

• SU Students: https://www.syracuse.com/digitalsubscription/sustudent/
• SU Faculty/Staff: https://www.syracuse.com/digitalsubscription/sufaculty/

Troubleshooting account problems:  This is not access managed by Syracuse University Libraries.  When addressing account registration problems, consult Syracuse.com's page for digital subscription FAQs. For problem solving not addressed there, Syracuse.com offers these options for getting further help - 

Syracuse.com Customer Care Email:  digitalservice@syracuse.com 
Syracuse.com Customer Care Telephone Numbers:  1-315-470-6397, or toll free at - 1-800-765-3231

• For deep archival access to newspaper article text for the Syracuse Post-Standard, as well as other Syracuse newspapers active at one time but no longer published, visit the database, Syracuse News Sources (aka:  Newsbank) [coverage is mid 1980s up to the present] and/or NewspaperArchive [a deeper archive of fully page imaged Syracuse newspapers, covering recent dates and reaching back to the 19th Century.  Beyond Syracuse, NewspaperArchive offers historical newspaper titles for many other cities and towns in New York State.]

Post Standard Collection - Syracuse Post-Standard (NewsBank) 1986-

Search or browse articles from the Syracuse Post-Standard (December 1986 – present) and Syracuse.com (October 2012 – present), including full color scans of that newspaper’s print edition (June 2019 – present).

In addition to the NewspaperArchive database, you will find historical coverage of Syracuse and NY State newspapers via:

For local newspapers published in areas outside of Central New York, the best strategy would be to look for a web page for current news, then try the NewspaperARCHIVE (below, left) for back issues or historic coverage.  Good starting points include the following: