Newspapers

Individual Digital Newspaper Subscriptions 


William & Mary Libraries provides free unlimited digital subscriptions to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post for all current students, faculty, and staff. Once you sign up for an individual account using your William & Mary credentials, you'll have access to articles through these newspapers' websites and apps. See the William & Mary Libraries 
Newspaper Subscriptions page for detailed instructions on how to sign up for each. 

Database Access to Newspapers


William & Mary Libraries subscribes to many databases that provide access to historical and current collections of newspapers. The chart below shows coverage dates for database access to digitized versions of select newspapers. 

Newspapers and Dates of Coverage
Newspaper Historical Collection Current Collection
Daily Press (Newport News, VA) -- 1898-present
Los Angeles Times 1881-2014 2008-present
New York Times 1851-2020 2008-present
Richmond Times-Dispatch 1903-1986 2018-present
The Times (London) 1785-2019 --
The Sunday Times (London) 1822-2016 --
Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) 1865-2018 2018-present
Wall Street Journal 1889-2011 2008-present
Washington Post 1877-2006 2008-present

William & Mary Libraries also maintains a more extensive list of newspaper databases to which the university subscribes.