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NewsBank (Access World News)
Provides access to English and non-English language news sources. To limit your search to newspapers from a certain geographic area, select "Map Search" below the main search box. Then, select region and then country to find local news sources.
ProQuest Newspapers (Full Text: coverage varies)
Provides full-text access to many local and national newspapers including the New York Times (1980-Present) and Boston Globe (1980-Present).
JSTOR Contains over 300,000 digital images from the fields of "architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design." Above the main search box choose "Images". Use the Advanced search to add a date range or limit to a geographic region or country name. Check out JSTOR's Subject Guide to working with images to learn more.