South Asian Studies: Newspapers
Where are Fondren's Newspapers?
Microforms are located in Government Publications (Fondren basement).
Current issues are located in Current Periodicals Room (first floor).
Online Newspapers
Onlinenewspapers.com will link you to thousands of newspapers available on the web from all over the world. Asian countries are very well represented.
- Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window"A full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
- International Newsstand This link opens in a new window"ProQuest International Newsstand provides information from more than 660 of the world's top newspapers. For nearly all of them, complete articles are available in the ASCII format. The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, Le Monde, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications are just a few of the sources in ProQuest International Newsstand."
Periodicals and Indices
International Union List of South Asian Newspapers and Gazettes
Compiled by Irene Joshi formerly of the University of Washington Libaries South Asia Section. This union list contains information on 3,000 newspapers and gazettes published in South Asia and abroad, including publications serving diaspora communities world-wide.
International Coalition on Newspapers (ICON)
Managed by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), this database enables you to find existing holdings of newspapers from South Asia by searching under 'language'. These materials are often microfilmed and held at CRL.
- Ideas of IndiaAn index to over 300 Indian periodicals published in the 19th and the first half of the 20th century until Independence. Notable titles include The Hindustan Review, The Indian Review, The Modern Review, Bengal Magazine, Haris Chandra’s Magazine, Mookerjee’s Magazine, The Indian Magazine, Allahabad Review, The Madras Review, The Dawn, and The Quarterly Journal of the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha.
Indian Newspapers
- Times of India (the) (1838-2010) This link opens in a new windowFirst-hand accounts and coverage of the politics, society and events in India from 1838-2010 (ProQuest).
Tibetan Newspapers
Tibet Mirror -- a digital archive of 97 issues of the first Tibetan newspaper for years 1933 to 1961 hosted by Columbia University Libraries.
Phayul -- The Homeland, Tibetan exile newspaper.