Guide to: Newspapers

Date(s):1938-1940
Archives Unbound file of newspaper clippings by and about Dr. Norman Bethune, a Canadian surgeon who died supporting the CCP during the second Sino-Japanese War. Clippings are in English.

Monthly magazine published by the Chinese News Service, originally to disseminate pro-Chinese information to Americans during the Sino-Japanese War. Access:
▪️ 1938-1945 (China at War): Dinand Stacks DS777.53.A1 C5
▪️ 1946-1949 (China Magazine): Dinand Stacks DS777.53.A1 C5

Date(s):1950-1957
Twice-monthly English-language magazine; this website provides access to a number of, though not all of, the issues published.

A valuable source for official, English-language perspectives from the Chinese Communist Party. Access:
▪️ 1958-1978 (Peking Review): Dinand Oversize DS701 +P37, online at Massline.org
▪️ 1978-1988 (Beijing Review): Dinand Oversize DS701 +P37, online at Massline.org
▪️ 1988-2016 (Beijing Review): online at Massline.org
▪️ 1988-2020 (Beijing Review, North American ed.): Dinand Oversize DS701 +P37

Date(s): 1870-1917
Various issues are available through the Internet Archive (1874-1884), and HathiTrust (1870-1878, 1871-1909)

Date(s):1945-1946
English translations and summaries of Japanese newspaper articles and editorials produced by the General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Allied Translator and Interpreter Section, during the United States Occupation of post-World War II Japan. Note that this database does not have a complete run of the translations.

Newspaper search from the National Library Korea. Although the website interface is in Korean, some papers are in English; the link above will translate the site navigation into English [untranslated link is here]. To find English papers, use English keywords and follow the instructions in the Navigating Websites in Other Languages tutorial to convert your search results.

An online project to index periodicals published in India from the early-19th to mid-20th century. Some periodicals include links to online sources; you can also use your own sleuthing to find access options, request an article via ILL, or ask me!

Digital library of sources for studying the culture of the Himalayas -- including images and films, data, audio, and textual sources.