Newspapers

Current Newspapers

Holdings of the Humanities & Social Sciences Library

Titles to which the library is subscribing are considered current. The format in which these titles are available varies: some papers are received only in print, others only in microfilm. The most recent issues become available as they arrive, and delivery times vary. Selected titles are also available at NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library. You may check those holdings on the Branch Libraries' online catalog, LEO.

Locations | Directories

Where to Find Current Titles

Hundreds of current titles are received from all over the world. Current newspapers are usually available in microfilm, and they can be searched in CATNYP, the catalog of the NYPL Research Libraries. However, both searching titles (especially international titles) in CATNYP and finding the actual copy may prove at times a frustrating experience. Following is a series of lists of current titles available by library location. Using these lists may give you a better orientation to the collections.

DeWitt Wallace Periodicals Room, Room 108.

A few, selected newspapers are available in print in Room 108. Click here to see the list of titles.

Microform Division, Room 100

Many titles are available in microfilm. Selected titles are self-service and do not require a request slip. Click here to see the list of self-service titles.

Other U.S. and International titles need to be requested from Room 100. Click on U.S. Newspapers to see a list of current available titles. Titles are arranged alphabetically by state and city. Selected titles may also be available electronically through some of the databases to which the library subscribes. (See also Locating Newspaper Articles and Selected Internet Sites in this guide.)

Click on International Newspapers for a list of titles arranged alphabetically by country, city, and title.

Asian and Middle Eastern Division, Room 219

Click here (in Adobe PDF) for a list of newspaper and periodical titles available from Room 219. Arranged by country and title.

Dorot Jewish Division, Room 84

Click here for a list of newspapers and periodicals, arranged by title, available from Room 84.

Slavic and Baltic Division, Room 217

Click here (in Adobe PDF) for a list of newspapers and periodicals,  arranged by language and title, available from Room 217.

For titles at other locations, refer to CATNYP. For current titles that are not available at the Humanities & Social Sciences Library or at the other Research Libraries, see Resources at Other Institutions in this guide. Titles from Latin American countries, in particular, can also be searched in LANE (Latin America North East Libraries Consortium). (see also Locating Newspaper Articles and Selected Internet Sites in this guide.)

Newspaper Directories (Current)

The following resources are located behind the Reference Desk in Room 315, as well as in other locations.

Annuaire de la Presse, de la Publicité, et de la Communication, Pub. Cat. 92-1420, Shelf 14, latest edition; also available in other locations. Consult CATNYP for past editions (1897–); incomplete holdings. From 1897–1986 it was called Annuaire de la Presse et de la Publicité. Directory of French newspapers, periodicals and more. In French.

Bacon’s Newspaper Directory, Pub. Cat. 96-1197 Shelf 6, latest edition; also available in other locations. Includes dailies and community papers—news services and syndicates—from the U.S. and Canada, arranged alphabetically by state, city and title. Also includes a separate section on Multiple Publishers of dailies, circulation figures and very detailed list of departments, editors’ and contributors’ names, etc.

Benn’s Media, Pub. Cat. 86-1140, Shelf 12, latest edition; also available in other locations. A 3-volume directory of national and regional U.K. newspapers, as well as Europe’s and the World’s.

Editor & Publisher International Year Book, Pub. Cat. 93-1043 Shelf 7, latest edition; also available in other locations. Consult CATNYP for past editions (1921–). From 1921–1958 it was called Editor & Publisher International Year Book Number. The “encyclopedia of the newspaper industry”, with listings for all U.S. and Canadian dailies—arranged by state, city and title, foreign countries’ newspapers—arranged by region, country and title, newspaper groups, syndicates and news services, equipment and advertising information, and more.

Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, Pub. Cat. 73-261 Shelf 5, latest edition; also available in other locations. Consult CATNYP for past editions (1932–). Can also be accessed electronically from the library’s public computers: Ulrich’s International Periodicals is an international directory of more than 200,000 current serial publications, including magazines, journals, annuals, irregular publications, and newspapers (U.S. and Canada). Also includes a list of newspaper titles that have ceased publication.

Willing’s Press Guide, Pub. Cat. 93-1733, Shelf 11, latest edition; also available in other locations. Consult CATNYP for past editions (1879–). Guide to the U.K. press and to leading newspapers and periodicals in Europe and other countries of the world.

The Working Press of the Nation, vol. 1, Newspaper Directory, Pub. Cat. 77-681 Shelf 6, latest edition; also available in other locations. Consult CATNYP for past editions (1947–); incomplete holdings. Includes separate sections on foreign language and ethnic newspapers published in the U.S.

If you need assistance in locating materials, please see a reference librarian, at the reference desk in Room 315, in Room 100 (Microforms Room), or Room 108 (Periodicals). If you are not in the library, you may also e-mail us for assistance at grdref@nypl.org.