Canadian Newspaper Databases

• Canadian Newstand on Proquest
  English language Canadian newspapers including The Montreal Gazette. 48 hour time lag for most newspapers.
• Eureka
  Our source for French language newspapers including La Presse and Le Devoir. Also includes hundreds of regional Canadian newspapers from all regions of Canada .
• Lexis-Nexis
  Only available "in library".
• Factiva.com
  Same day coverage for international and major Canadian papers including the Montreal Gazette, Toronto Star and Globe and Mail.
• Globe & Mail : Canada's Heritage from 1844
  Full image archive of the Globe and Mail. Updated annually with a three year time lag.

Canadian Magazine Databases

• CBCA Complete
  Canadian Business and Current Affairs Complete. From 1982 onwards.
• CPI.Q
  Canadian Periodical Index. From 1980 onwards.
• Repere
  For French language magazines. From 1980 onwards.

Retrospective Canadian Print Indexes

• Canadian Periodical Index
  A printed index of Canadian magazines with coverage from 1920 onwards. Available as a database from 1980 onwards only.
• Canadian Newspaper Index
  Indexes Canadian Newspapers from 1977; in 1980 became Canadian News Index
• Montreal Gazette. Index Calendar 1778-1841
• Canadian Business Periodicals Index From 1975; in 1980 became Canadian Business Index
• An index to Maclean's Magazine 1914-1937
• An index to Saturday Night: the first 50 years, 1887-1937
• RADAR
  From 1970; in 1984 became Point de Repere
• Periodex
  From 1972; in 1984 became Point de Repere
• Index de l'Actualité
  From 1972-1987.
• Index du journal Le Devoir
  From 1969 to 1971

U.S. and International Newspapers and Magazines

• Factiva.com
  International and U.S. newspapers and magazines updated daily.
• Eureka
  International, U.S. and Canadian newspapers
• Lexis-Nexis
  International and U.S. newspapers and magazines updated daily. Only available within the library.
• Academic Search Complete
  An interdisciplinary database which can be useful for magazines.
• Time Archive
  Access to articles from the Canadian and American editions of Time Magazine since 1923 to the present.
• Historical Newspapers:New York Times
  A full image version of the New York Times from 1851. Updated annually with a two to three year time lag.
• Times (London) Digital Archive
  Full image version of the Times of London from 1785 to 1985.
• Historical Newspapers: Washington Post
  Full image version of the Washington Post from 1877 to 1994.
• Historical Newspapers: Wall Street Journal
  Full image version of the Wall Street Journal from 1889-1993
• Alternative Press Index
  Indexes magazines and newspapers from the alternative, non-mainstream press

Retrospective U.S. and International Print Indexes

Journalism Research - Academic Articles

• Communication and Mass Media Complete
  Essential for finding scholarly and trade magazine articles related to news media, journalism, broadcasting and public relations. Limit your search to "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed)" to retrieve only academic articles.
  
• Communication Abstracts
  Mostly academic articles, books and book chapters on all aspects of communication, broadcasting, radio, television, journalism, public relations, advertising, and communication theory; includes abstracts. Coverage is from 1977 onwards.
  
• CPI.Q
  Useful for retrieving articles on Canadian journalism issues and on Canadian media publications and industries.
  
• Academic Search Complete
  A multidisciplinary database, covering all disciplines, which includes some full-text. Covers scholarly publications as well as magazines and some newspapers.
  
• Index to Journalism Periodicals
  Discontinued as of 1996. Published by the University of Western Ontario's School of Journalism. Contains 24,000 citations from trade, professional and academic journals related to journalism and mass communications. While most of the titles indexed are from Canada or the USA, some international journals are also indexed. No longer updated.
  

Additional databases for Literary Journalism and Journalism History:

• Humanities Abstracts
  A multidisciplinary database with good coverage of journalism topics including literary journalism and journalism history.
  
• Literature Resource Center
  Biographical and critical information on literary journalists
• Literature Online
  Includes primary works, reference works and literary criticism. It includes ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature) and MLAIB (MLA International Bibliography), important databases to find literary criticism of authors. To access ABELL and MLAIB and a combined search of both databases, click on Criticism and Reference, then Criticism.
• Historical Abstracts
  Essential for journalism history topics outside of North America
• America History & Life
  Essential for journalism history topics in Canada and the United States.