Help your patrons, researchers, and community uncover history.
NewspaperArchive gives libraries, archives, and institutions searchable access to 290+ million digitized newspaper pages — local papers, regional titles, and historical records that aren't available anywhere else.
Flexible collection options, remote access, usage reporting, and preservation services for physical collections.
What does your institution need?
NewspaperArchive supports two distinct services. Choose the one that fits your goals — or use both.
Provide access to historical newspapers
Give patrons and researchers searchable access to NewspaperArchive's historical newspaper collection — local, regional, and national titles spanning 1607 to today.
Best for: Public libraries · Academic libraries · Consortia · Research departments
Explore institutional accessPreserve or digitize your collection
NewspaperArchive provides digitization, microfilm creation, and microfilm/microfiche conversion for libraries, archives, and historical societies. Your files, your collection.
Best for: Libraries with physical holdings · Historical societies · Archives with microfilm
Explore preservation servicesFour ways to find what they're looking for.
Patrons and researchers can pivot between search dimensions to narrow 290+ million pages down to the article, ad, or notice they actually need.
Keyword
Full-text OCR across every page — search names, places, events, ad copy, obituaries, anything in print.
Date
Narrow by year, decade, or exact date range — useful for genealogy, event research, and historical context.
Location
Filter by city, county, or state — surface community-level coverage from neighboring towns and regions.
Publication
Browse by individual title — drill into a specific paper's full run or focus research on a known source.
The largest small-town newspaper collection libraries can offer their patrons.
Other newspaper databases lead with flagship national titles. We lead with the local weeklies, county dailies, and community papers that capture everyday life — where genealogy, local history, and primary research actually happen.
Local & small-town focus
Strong coverage of community history that complements — rather than duplicates — what libraries already have from ProQuest, Newspapers.com, or free public archives.
Post-1923 coverage
Many of our titles include 20th- and 21st-century content that's harder to find in academic-focused databases — exactly what patrons searching family or community history need.
Growing every month
We add 1–2 million pages per month. Roughly 85% of our content is unique to NewspaperArchive, including regionally significant and local newspapers.
Remote access supported
IP, EZproxy, library-card, OpenAthens (via proxy IP), Shibboleth, SAML, and login-gated referring URL authentication all supported.
Usage reporting included
Every institutional subscription includes an admin dashboard with searches by date range, page views, downloads, and title-level usage statistics.
Dedicated support
Onboarding assistance, technical setup, staff training guidance, ongoing account support, and patron marketing resources — included with every subscription.
From small-town public libraries to multi-state academic consortia.
"NewspaperArchive has substantially enhanced the researching process and enables patrons and staff to quickly and easily locate items of interest, from articles to advertisements."
"They have provided us with crisp, clean copies of even our most deteriorated issues, and the OCR capabilities have allowed our patrons to search through our community's history quickly and effortlessly."
"Our patrons enjoy finding news events about our community and region that were reported in neighboring towns."
"Daily, I hear stories of historical discoveries and newly found information from the public. They are truly saving our community history for generations to come."
Common questions.
Public libraries, academic libraries, archives and historical societies, research departments, and consortia. We work with institutions of all sizes — from small-town public libraries to multi-state academic consortia.
Our archive focuses on local, regional, and small-town newspapers — including many post-1923 titles that aren't available in other major collections. About 85% of our content is unique to NewspaperArchive, with strong coverage of community history that complements (rather than duplicates) what libraries already have from ProQuest, Newspapers.com, or free public archives.
Yes. We offer 30-day institutional trials for staff and patron evaluation. Request a trial and we'll set up access for your institution.
Yes. We offer digitization, microfilm creation, microfilm-to-digital conversion, and a Digital Capture service that works directly from physical originals — no microfilm required. You don't need an existing subscription to engage us on a preservation project. Talk to us about a preservation project.
Pricing depends on institution type, population served or FTE, the collection selected, and whether remote access is needed. We provide a custom quote — typically within one business day. There's no one-size-fits-all package.
Request a quote or start a trial
Tell us about your institution and we'll be in touch within one business day. Trials are 30 days, full access for staff and patrons.
Ready to evaluate NewspaperArchive for your institution?
Trials available for staff and patron evaluation. Quote requests answered within one business day.