Library Guides @ VIU: INDG 102: Sources for the Portfolio Project: Historical News Sources

Primary Sources: Newspapers on microform

Historical issues of these newspapers are available on microform in the Library@VIU.

Cowichan Leader
1905-1985
Cowichan AN 5 C695
Online: 1905-1928
Cowichan News
1978-1985
Cowichan AN 5 C694
Cowichan News Leader
1985-1994
Cowichan AN 5 C696
Daily Colonist
1858-1895, 1938-1946
Nanaimo AN 5 D2
Family Herald (Montreal)
1859-1949
Nanaimo AN 5 F35
Financial Post
1960-1998
Nanaimo HG 1 F5
Globe and Mail
1849-2009
Nanaimo AN 5 G56
Nanaimo Daily Free Press
1874-1997
Nanaimo AN 5 N2
Nanaimo Daily News
1997-
Nanaimo AN 5 N22
National Post (Toronto)
1998-2007
Nanaimo HG 1 N38
Times (London)
1914-1915
Nanaimo AN 3 T5
Times-Colonist
2001-
Nanaimo AN 5 D2
Vancouver Sun
1912-
Nanaimo AN 5 S9
Victoria Daily Times
1896-1918
Nanaimo AN 5 V5
Washington Post, Times Herald
1968
Nanaimo AN 5 W38
Winnipeg Free Press
1908-1918
Nanaimo AN 5 W5

Searching within historical newspapers

To find information within historical newspapers you may need to use an index such as:

Indexes to Canadian Newspapers
Directory of indexes to contents of Canadian newspapers
BC Newspaper Index, 1991-2007
From the Legislative Library of BC
British Columbia Historical Newspapers
Searchable digitized versions of historical newspapers from around the province.
British Columbia Provincial Library Newspaper Index [microfilm]
AI 21 B7 Nanaimo, Cowichan
Coverage 1900-1990
Index of Historical Victoria Newspapers
Summarized transcripts of articles first appearing in newspapers published on Vancouver Island between 1858 and 1926, with links to digitized newspapers.

Historical Newspaper Resources on the Internet

Atlantic Canada Newspaper Survey: Goods and services advertised in East Coast newspapers before 1900

Historical Newspapers Online: Canada

Globe and Mail (June 1844 - 3 years ago): ProQuest Historical Newspapers

Full-page image digital newspaper archive of The Globe and Mail from June 1844. Includes all the stories, images, advertisements, classifieds, political cartoons, births and deaths covered in this national newspaper, dating back to the pre-Confederation era.

Historic Newspapers: Tips

Many historic newspapers are available for free on the Internet.

Search for "historic newspapers online" or a variation on that phrase. Try including the name of the city or country in which the newspaper was published.

For US papers, try the listing provided by the Library of Congress called Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.