This is a list of free and pay wall blocked digital online newspaper archives. Most were scanned from microfilm and stored in gif or similar format until converted to text with optical character recognition (OCR). The OCR in most cases is used to create the index of searchable text, but some newspapers don't allow access to the OCR-converted text until it has been proofread. Older newspapers are still in image format, and newer newspapers are available as full text that can be cut and pasted. Most text is in ASCII, some are using Unicode for diacritical marks not available in ASCII. Google now indexes many newspaper archives.
Some local public libraries subscribe to certain online newspaper archives. For instance, some UK public libraries subscribe to The Times Digital Archive (1785-1985), and any member of one of these libraries is able to access this resource free from their home computer using their library card number.
Australia
- Historic Australian Newspapers Beta 1803 - 1954 (Free)
Austria
- Austrian Newspapers Online
- Arbeiter-Zeitung 1945 - 1989 (Free)
Canada
Ontario
- Paper Of Record (formerly found at: www.paperofrecord.com) A free archive of historic newspapers from around the world with a focus on Canada. Acquired by Google News in Dec. 2008. As of August 2009 some but not all of the files available from its database had been made available to users by Google News through its advanced archive search. (Google News forum discussion viewable here) Google's list of papers transferred
Newfoundland and Labrador
- The Twillingate Sun and Northern Weekly Advertiser (1884-1908). in image Free
- The Daily News St John's (January 3, 1955-December 31, 1963). in image Free
Alberta
- The Alberta Non-Partisan (1917-1919) (free)
- Le Courrier de l'Ouest (1905-1915) (free)
- Folio (1964-2007) (free)
- The Farm and Ranch Review (1944-1959) (free)
- The Gateway (1910-2006) (free)
- The Grain Growers' Guide (1909-1919) (free)
- The Illustrated War News (1885) (free)
- La Survivance (1928-1967) (free)
- Le Franco-Albertain (1967-2000) (free)
- Poundmaker (1972-1974) (free)
- Red Deer News (1906-1926) (free)
- The People's Weekly (1950-1952) (free)
- The U.F.A. (1922-1923, 1925-1930, 1932-1933) (free)
- L'Union (1919, 1923) (free)
- The Wetaskiwin Times (1928-1931) (free)
Saskatchewan
- Le Patriote de l'Ouest (1910-1932) (free)
Caribbean
- Caribbean Newspaper Digitization Project A free archive of historic and current newspapers from the Caribbean (coverage from various titles from various countries, 1900-present). Free
Brazil
Estonia
- Digiteeritud eesti ajalehed
Faroe Islands
- The VESTNORD project (1892-2001)
Finland
- Helsinki University Library - Digital Collections (1771-1890)
- Helsingin Sanomat International Edition (2004- ) English and Finnish. ( free )
France
- Le Figaro (1826-1942), on Gallica
- Le Figaro, supplément littéraire du dimanche (1876-1929), on Gallica
- La Croix (1880-1944), on Gallica
- L'Humanité (1904-1944), on Gallica
- La Presse (1836-1884), on Gallica
- Le journal des débats et des décrets (1800-1805), on Gallica
Germany
- Nearly complete list of projects and digital collections
- Exilpresse digital. Deutsche Exilzeitschriften 1933-1945
- Pressemappe 20. Jahrhundert
Hong Kong
- Apple Daily
- Cyber
- Hong Kong Commercial Daily
- Ming Pao Daily News
- Oriental Daily News
- Sing Pao Daily News
- Sing Tao
- South China Morning Post
- The Standard
- The Sun
- Ta Kung Pao
- Wen Wei Po
- Hongkong Public Library Multimedia Information System.This site provides free images of Hongkong historical newspapers,including The Chinese Mail,Wah kiu yat po,The China Mail,The Hong Kong Daily Press,Ta kung pao,etc.
Iceland
- The VESTNORD project (1696-2002)
- (Morgunblaðið 1986 - present)
- (Morgunblaðið 1913 - 2004)
India
- The Hindu (2000- )
- The Indian Express (1997- )
- The Telegraph (1999- )
- The Times of India (2000- )
Ireland
- Irish Newspaper Archives - Includes Full archives of Irish Independent (1905-Current), Freemans Journal (1763-Current), The Nation (1842-1897) and many more full archives of great national, regional and out-of-date newspapers from Ireland and Irish America ( pay )
- Irish Times (1859-) ( Pay )
Latvia
- Periodicals.lv at the National Library of Latvia, collection of national periodicals (1895-1957) ( Free )
Mexico
- The VIVIRAQUI local newspaper archive project (Since 2004)
New Zealand
- Papers Past at the National Library of New Zealand: one tenth of the 1 million pages dated 1839 to 1932 has been OCR processed so far. ( Free )
Norway
- Nasjonalbiblioteket - Digitale aviser
South Korea
- An Online database that contains some important Korean newspapers' online archive,including famous Dong-A Ilbo from the year 1920 to 1962.click the "연속간행물"(means periodicals in Korean)section to enter.
Turkey
- Milliyet
- Today's Zaman an online English Daily in Turkey
United Kingdom
- Financial Times ( Free )
- British Library Online Newspaper Archive: discontinued project with partial runs of four newspapers ( Free )
- Lancashire Evening Post: Lancashire Evening Post (1990-2009) online archive. ( Free )
- British Library Newspapers: OCR searchable newspapers kept by the British Library. Comprises the 19th Century British Library Newspapers and the Burney collections. Only accessible remotely via licensed institutions (universities, libraries, national licence agencies)
- Collect Britain: discontinued project: only The Penny Illustrated ( Free )
- Gazettes Online ( Free )
- Guardian (1821-) and Observer (1791-) ( For members of subscribing public libraries: Free ) (via ProQuest: Pay )
- Daily Mirror (1903-); Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star (all 2000-), Daily Star on Sunday (2002-) ( For members of subscribing public libraries: Free ) (via UK Press Online: Pay )
- Internet Library of Early Journals ( Free )
- Nineteenth Century Serials Edition discontinued 2005-07 project using six 19th century British publications ( Free )
- The Times Digital Archive (TTDA) ( For clients of subscribing libraries or national licence agencies: Free ) ( Via The Times: Pay )
- The Scotsman Digital Archive ( Pay / Free with Athens account)
- Transcripts of over 860 rare Georgian and early Victorian Regional Newspapers 1750's - 1870's (almost all not included in any collection above) ( Free )
- http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/ Searchable index to the British Library 19th Century Digitalisation project - mostly free to search pay to view ( Pay ), free access to Penny Illustrated Paper and The Graphic ( Free ).
- Welsh Newspapers and Magazines - National Library of Wales - Free, searchable access to up to 300 titles of pre-1900, up to 2 million pages, of newspapers and magazines relating to Wales and the Welsh. This project will be undertaken during 2009-2012.
United States
Arizona
- Casa Grande Public Library Archives, Casa Grande, Pinal County (1912-2007) Free
Arkansas
- Arkansas Democrat Gazette; Little Rock, Arkansas; (1984-present) Pay
California
- Covina Public Library Archives, Covina, Los Angeles County (1895-1974) Free
- Los Angeles Times (1881-1984) in image and (1985- ) in text Pay
- San Francisco Chronicle (1995-) Free
- California Digital Newspaper Collection (1849-1911) Free
- Alta California
- San Francisco Daily Call
- Amador Ledger
- Imperial Valley Press
- Los Angeles Herald
Colorado
- Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection (1859 - 1923) Free
Connecticut
- Hartford Courant; Hartford, Connecticut; (1764-1949) in image and (1992- ) in text Pay
District of Columbia
- Washington Post; Washington, D.C.; (1877-1989) in image (1990- ) in text Pay Google News Archive <
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