Walker Library: Newspapers: Home

Current News Databases (Fulltext)

InfoTrac Newsstand (Now News from Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Full text articles from national, international, state and local newspapers, 1980 to present. Funded by Tennessee Electronic Library.
US Newsstream Southeast This link opens in a new window
Recent regional news content, as well as archives back to the 1980s, with news sources from Washington DC, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
New York Times, The This link opens in a new window
Indexing and full text articles of The New York Times, 1851 to present
Includes full text HTML articles for 1980-present and full page and article-level images for 1851-present with 14 day embargo. Search only the 1851-present database (14 day embargo) here.

Wall Street Journal Online (ProQuest database)
Indexing and full text articles, 1/8/10 to present

World Politics Review This link opens in a new window
Original news and analysis on foreign policy, national security, and international affairs, 2006 to present. Subscription includes access to the WPR database, searchable through EBSCOhost.
Read about World Politics Review.

Database sources for text-only or fulltext scans of Tennessee newspapers. Also consult newspaper web sites.

Tennessean, The (Nashville) (1812-5 days ago) This link opens in a new window
1812 - present
Includes full-page and article level PDFs for 1812-1922 and full-page images and PDFs for 1923-present (with 5 day embargo).
Historical Knoxville News Sentinel This link opens in a new window
Fulltext digital archive of the Knoxville Sentinel Newspaper, 1887 to present, with page level scans and downloadable PDFs.
Historical Commercial Appeal (Memphis) This link opens in a new window
Fulltext digital archive of the Commercial Appeal newspaper, 1847-present, with page level scans and downloadable PDFs.

Daily News Journal (Murfreesboro) This link opens in a new window
2/12/99 - present
DNJ web site is http://www.dnj.com/

Public News Service - Tennessee
Public News Service (PNS) is a member-supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest.
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Support comes from non-profit organizations, foundations, individuals and businesses for social responsibility.

Murfreesboro Newspapers online collection
Full-text searchable collection of 18 newspaper titles from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, representing coverage from 1824 through 2019. Titles in the database include The Daily News-Journal (1858-2019), The Home Journal (1904-1930), and The Murfreesboro Monitor (1865-1874). Resource is available only through terminals in the Library & Archives building.
Tennessee News Publications from NewsBank
NewsBank provides access to 99 Tennessee news publications, ranging from the Chattanooga Times - Free Press (1995 - ), Cleveland Daily Banner (1998 - ), Cookeville's Herald-Citizen (1998 - ) Knoxville News Sentinel (1990 - ), Macon County Times (2005 - ) and Memphis Commercial Appeal (1990 - ), as well as free papers such as Nashville Scene and MTSU's Sidelines. Access to this resource is available only through terminals in the Library & Archives building.
Newspapers on Microfilm at the State Library & Archives
The vast collection of newspaper microfilm at the Tennessee State Library and Archives includes almost every existent newspaper published in Tennessee.

Thanks to a university-wide subscription, you have access to all the articles, breaking news, blogs, multimedia and more from The New York Times. Create a personal digital account using your MTSU email. Follow instructions in the confirmation email you receive (MTSU employees, make sure Proofpoint didn't quarantine the confirmation email).

Evaluating Sources: Fake News
A comprehensive guide to understanding what fake news is, types of articles and evaluation tools.