Newspaper Databases

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

• Registration Instructions for SU Student, Faculty, and Staff - Complimentary Access to Syracuse.com
• 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 databases, 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 early 2020 and reaching back to the 19th Century, as well as 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: