Finding Newspapers

"Newspapers of record" are national newspapers that have a longstanding reputation for accurate reporting and a commitment to presenting a wide range of perspectives on important issues. They are called "newspapers of record" because they aim to be the best possible record for what happened in the nation on a given day (Caulfield 2021).

The library provides online access to the most recent issues of three national newspapers of record:

• The New York Times (GCC Library also offers access to NYT.com. See instructions here)
• The Wall Street Journal (past 30 days also available in print at the Verdugo Library)
• The Washington Post

As well as online access to other major US newspapers:

• Boston Globe
• The Chicago Tribune
• The Los Angeles Times (past 30 days also available in print at the Verdugo Library)

African-American newspapers (also known as the Black press or Black newspapers) are news publications in the US that serve African-American communities. Here are direct links to online access to the most recent issues of some of the major publications:

• Afro-American (Baltimore, MD)
• The Chicago Defender
• The Los Angeles Sentinel 
• The New Pittsburgh Courier 

Some of these publications are available online and/or in print (paper copies). Print newspapers are accessible on the main floor of the Verdugo Library and are for in-library use only.

• Daily News (past 30 days also available in print at the Verdugo Library)
• Glendale News Press (past 30 days also available in print at the Verdugo Library)
• The Los Angeles Sentinel 
• The Los Angeles Times  (past 30 days also available in print at the Verdugo Library)
• The San Fernando Valley Sun
• El Vaquero

Below are some long-established ethnic newspapers in Los Angeles.

• The Korea Times
• The Jewish Journal 
• The Korea Times
• La Opinión (Spanish-language daily newspaper)
• Rafu Shimpo (Japanese-English language online newspaper)

For more ethnic newspapers, use the Ethnic NewsWatch database.

The most recent issue of these Armenian language newspapers are available in print in the Verdugo Library:

• The Armenian Observer 
• Asbarez 
• Massis weekly