News & Newspapers: Historical Newspapers

Historical Newspapers

HKBU Library subscribes to a large amount of historical newspaper content listed on this page.
 

English Historical Newspapers:

• America's Historical Newspapers: Sacramento Bee
• America's Historical Newspapers: San Francisco Chronicle
• British Library Newspapers: 1800-1900
• Early American Newspapers, 1801-1900
• The Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2016
• Gale Primary Sources
• Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842 - 2003
• International Herald Tribune Historical Archive (1887-2013)
• North China Daily News 字林西報
• North China Herald 北華捷報
• Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938-1957
• ProQuest Historical Newspaper Databases:
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chinese Newspapers Collection
• South China Morning Post, SCMP (Text-only, 1993-present) 
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers: South China Morning Post (Historical Archive, 1903-2001)
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Times of India
• South Asian Newspapers
• The Sunday Times Historical Archive 1822-2006
• The Times Digital Archive 1785-2014

Chinese Historical Newspapers:

• 大公報：1902-1949 Ta Kung Pao: 1902-1949
• 晚清期刊全文數據庫 Late Qing Dynasty Periodicals Full Text
• 民國時期期刊全文數據庫 Min Guo Periodicals Full Text
• 申報 Shun Pao

Newspaper Clippings Databases

HKBU Library has a number of sources on newspaper clippings spanning from 1900 to 1998. The following databases provide indexes of newspaper clippings with particular themes:

• 華人報紙資料庫 (1900-1976) - 包括早期華文報紙電影史料庫，當代基督教發展剪報數據庫及海外華僑華人剪報數據庫
• 當代中國剪報資料庫 Contemporary China Newspaper Clippings Database (1992-1998)

Newspapers on Microfilm

Some of the older newspapers exist in microfilm format. The Library’s microfilm is housed in the Multimedia Learning Centre on Level 4 of the Main Library. Microfilm readers that both print and scan are available. To retrieve the microfilm and seek help operating the microfilm reader, please approach the staff in the Centre.