Subject & Research Guides: Primary Sources: Newspaper & Magazine Articles

Boston newspaper from 1857 from the Nova Scotia Museum.

Use a newspaper or periodical index to find articles published at the time your event or topic took place.

The Library has several indexes and databases that might be useful. Here are just a few. Library staff can assist you in locating other sources of articles.

©Nova Scotia Museums. Image # M80.11.2A. Reproduced with permission from the Nova Scotia Museum website (museum.gov.ns.ca).

Canadian Newspaper & Magazine Sources

Canadian Periodical Index (1920-2002)
Available in the Library's Reference collection: AI 3 C242

CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals) This link opens in a new window
Contains many Canadian full-text journals, magazines and news sources.
CBCA (Canadian Business and Current Affairs) This link opens in a new window
Features full-text articles on current affairs and business issues from Canadian periodicals and news sources. CBCA Help Guide
Globe & Mail (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
The digitized full-image version of the complete contents of The Globe and Mail newspaper since its inception as The Globe in 1844 up to 2013.
Eureka (Newspapers and News Media) This link opens in a new window
Full text from Atlantic regional newspapers, and Canadian national, U.S. and international newspapers.
Toronto Star (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Toronto Star online archive contains the digitized full-image version of the complete contents of the Toronto Star newspaper from 1894 to 2015.

Nova Scotia Historical Newspapers
Rare historical newspapers from Nova Scotia. Selected years digitized and available online.

International Periodical Sources

American Antiquarian Society Collections This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive collection of magazine and newspaper content published between 1684 and 1912. It covers advertising, health, women's issues, science, the history of slavery, industry and professions, religious issues, US historical development, early Canadian history, Indigenous history, culture and the arts, and more. US materials are featured with substantial Canadian content, as well as some UK and international sources.

Chronicling America (Library of Congress)
U.S. historic newspapers pages from 1836-1922. Also, U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
Nineteenth Century Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
1890-1899 - with Supplementary Indexing, 1900-1922
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature

Eureka (Newspapers and News Media) This link opens in a new window
Full text from Atlantic regional newspapers, and Canadian national, U.S. and international newspapers.
Times Literary Supplement (TLS) Historical Archive 1902-2019 This link opens in a new window
The Times Literary Supplement (TLS) Historical Archive, contains every page of every copy of the TLS published from 1902-2019, This fully searchable resource documents cultural changes over the last 100 years and tracks the views of influential opinion-makers, the response of their peers, the controversies of the day.
Listener Historical Digital Archive 1929-1991 This link opens in a new window
A complete archive of the weekly BBC literature and culture magazine, The Listener. Established in 1929, it documents broadcast talks originally aired on the BBC, initially on radio and later on television.

The Listener also previewed major literary and musical broadcasts and reviewed books, featuring such literary notables as W. H. Auden, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster, Philip Larkin, George Orwell, Sylvia Plath, Bertrand Russell, Virginia Woolf and others.