Research guides: South Asian studies: Newspapers

General news sources

For more help with finding newspapers, see our newspapers research guide.

Factiva This link opens in a new window
- University of Toronto access only
- many languages
- strong business focus
- how to search using Factiva
- search a topic, search within a specific publication, or search within a region or language
- sources of interest include
World News Connection This link opens in a new window
- full text summaries of newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, and other news reports
- current to within the last few days
- in English or translated
- search by region or country
US Newsstand This link opens in a new window
- US and international news sources
- search by language or publication location

Google Newspaper Archive
- search topic by keyword or browse for a publication
South Asian news resources (Center for Research Libraries)
- University of Toronto scholars have access to a much larger repository of South Asian newspapers through the University's membership in the Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
- available on interlibrary loan for extended periods
- search the CRL's online catalogue
Guide to the Indexing of South Asian Studies periodicals (U of Wisconsin)
- identifies and lists South Asian periodical titles and
- identifies if a particular title has been indexed and if so, to what extent.

E-News (Columbia University Library)
- collects online sources of current news
ResearchSEA
- research news portal
BBC lanugages
- local and world news direct from publisher
- includes Bangla, Hindi, Nepali, Sinhala, Tamil, and Urdu
- mobile versions available
ViewsWire
- direct from publisher (Economist Intelligence Unit) or more sources
- browse by country or choose Asia
- delivers daily decision support for doing business in fast-changing world markets

Bangladesh e-news (Columbia University Library)
- links to current news sources
New Age
- Dakar
- free online archive from 2011 (disregard placeholder links to future dates)
- direct from publisher
The Daily Star
- free online archive from 2003
- direct from publisher
Bengali periodicals and newspapers
- digitized collection of colonial Bengal publications
- listed alphabetically

Bhutan E-News (Columbia University Library)
- Links to current newspapers, Bhutan News Online and Kuensel
- Archive 2000+

Times of India (current)
- several editions available
- electronic copies limited to University of Toronto community only

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Times of India This link opens in a new window
- covers 1838-2006
- complete scan of original paper
- full page and article images
- Access limited to University of Toronto community only

Times of India (1950-1969)
- microfilm available at the Media Commons
Midweek Beyond the Headlines
- Briefly published in 2006
News India Times
- New York, NY
- direct from publisher
- also includes Desi Talk and The Indian American
CNN-News 18
- Formerly known as CNN-IBN
- English-language news from India
- Direct from publisher
Bengali periodicals and newspapers
- digitized collection of colonial Bengal publications
- listed alphabetically

Gorkha Sansar (Digital South Asian Library, University of Chicago)
- 1926-1929
- Focused on the upliftment of the Nepali Gurkha diaspora community and residents of Nepal in general
The Nepali Times
- 2000 to present
- Weekly newspaper published by Himalmedia Private Limited

International the News E-Paper
- Scanned image of print papers published in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad
- Click on headlines for individual articles

Indian Opinion
- published in Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, English in Durban, South Africa
- covers period 1903-1922

Daily News
- Sri Lanka's national newspaper since 1918
- Archive 2006+
- Direct from publisher
Sunday Observer
- English language
- Archive 2006+
- Direct from publisher