Research Guides: German Culture, History, Politics: Finding Newspapers & Magazines

Current Newspapers & Magazines Online: Databases

Nexis Uni
Full text of many Austrian/German/Swiss newspapers and magazines, major and minor, mostly 1990s-present, including: Bild (2017-), Focus Magazin (1993-), Der Spiegel (1998-), Stern (1998-), Suddeutsche Zeitung (1994-), Der Tagesspiegel (2007-), TAZ (Die Tageszeitung, 1994-), Die Welt (1999-), Die Zeit (2008-).

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To access the German portion of the newspaper database: (1) find and click on the "News" tab on the horizontal bar at the top of the screen; (2) click on "By Language" under "Explore"; (3) Select "German."

PressReader
Access to recent issues of over 7,000 newspapers & magazines from over 100 countries worldwide, including over 350 German-language periodicals from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg. In full color with all illustrations and advertisements.
Access World News [NewsBank]
Full text of English language news sources from around the world, including Deutsche Press-Agentur (DPA) and SwissInfo.

ProQuest Global Newsstream
Full text of over 3,000 news sources worldwide, including Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (2017-present) and over 20 other German-language sources.

Factiva
Offers company and industry financial data and news stories, as well as full text articles in 6,000 trade publications, newspapers, newswires and magazines.
BBC Monitoring
News alerts, reports, reference and analysis from media sources worldwide, including all German-speaking countries, some with links to original language sources. Includes comprehensive media guides for Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.

Digitized Historical German-Language Newspapers & Magazines

Deutsches Zeitungsportal
Searchable database of digitized historic German newspapers from 1671 to 1994. Hosted by the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.
ZEFYS - ZEitungsinFormationsYStem der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
An open-access portal of digitized historical newspapers from within and outside Germany, until about 1945. Hosted by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
ANNO Historische Zeitungen und Zeitschriften
Historical newspapers and magazines from Austria. Hosted by the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.

German-Language Newspapers & Magazines on Microfilm

These can be requested at Serials and Microform Services in the Hatcher Graduate Library, where microfilm reader-scanners are available.

Der Angriff (Berlin) [Nazi]. Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3837. Library has: 1927–1945.
Arbeiter-Zeitung (Wien). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3948. Library has: 1951–1955
Berliner illustrirte Zeitung (Berlin). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X4054. Library has: 1893-1944 (incomplete). Some issues in Special Collections.
Berliner Tageblatt und Handels-Zeitung (Berlin). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X2560. Library has: 1914–1939. Some issues in Special Collections.
Bühne und Film: Zeitschrift für Theater, Kino, Mode, Gesellschaft (Berlin). Grad Serials/Microfilms MICRO-F X1048. Library has: 1919–1922.
Die Dame (Berlin). Grad Serials/Microfilms FILM X3970. Library has: 1922–1941 (incomplete).
DDR-Revue (Berlin). Grad Serials/Microfilms X3938. Library has: 1957–1990 (scattered numbers lacking)
Deutsche demokratische Zeitung: früher "Volksmund" (Bonn). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3899. Library has: 1918–1921. See also: Volksmund: Organ für die Interessen der Bonner Bürgerschaft. Library has 1906-1918.
Der Deutsche Film (Berlin). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3831. Library has: 1936–1938.
Emma (Köln). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3934. Library has: 1977-present. See also: Emma Jahresband.
Der Film: Zeitschrift für die Gesamtinteressen der Kinematographie (Berlin). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3723. Library has: 1916–1943.
Film-Kurier (Berlin). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3877. Library has: 1919–1944.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Frankfurt-am-Main). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X726. Library has: 1914–1943, 1949–1979, 1989–1992.
Frauen und Film (Berlin). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3761. Library has: 1974–1993. See also: Shapiro Overflow for years 2000-2016. 1974-2016 available online.
Freie Presse (Buenos Aires). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X4072. Library has: 1945–1948.
Hermannstadter Zeitung / Woche (Hermannstadt/Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3765. Library has: 1976–1999. Also available online.
Kino-Album (Berlin). Grad Serials/Microforms CD-ROM GL325. Library has: 1920–1921.
Kolnische Volkszeitung und Handels-Blatt (Cologne). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X2561. Library has: 1866, 1869–1941.
Leipziger Volkszeitung (Leipzig). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X2562. Library has: 1902–1927, 1932. Recent issues also available online.
Morgenblatt fur gebildete Leser (Stuttgart; Tübingen). Grad Serials/Microforms MICRO-F X846. Library has: 1807–1865. Also available online (1808-1865; 1820-1851)
Neue Banater Zeitung (Temeswar/Timisoara, Transylvania, Romania). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3766. Library has: 1976–1992.
Neue freie Presse (Vienna). Grad Serials/Microforms AN 91 .N48, Library has: 1914-1919.
Neues Deutschland (Berlin). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X2117. Library has: 1989– . Recent issues also available online.
Das Parlament (Bonn and Berlin). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X1230. Library has: 1976– .
Reichsfilmblatt: offizielles Organ des Reichsverbandes Deutscher Lichtspieltheater-Besitzer (Berlin). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3893. Library has: 1923–1935.
Rheinischer Merkur (Bonn). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X1251. Library has: 1980–2010 (incomplete). Some issues available online.
Das Schwarze Korps (Berlin) [Nazi]. Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3727. Library has: 1935–1945.
Simplicissimus (Munich) [satire]. Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X1982. Library has: 1896–1967.
Der Spiegel (Hamburg). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X1266. Library has: 1947–2003. Many issues available online.
Der Stürmer (Nürnberg) [Nazi]. Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3728. Library has: 1923–1945. Some issues also available in Special Collections.
Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X2332. Also FILM X3834. Library has: 1945– . Many issues available online.
Titanic (Berlin) [Satire]. Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3838.. Library has: 1979– .
Torontoer Zeitung (Toronto). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X4031.. Library has: 1960–1976 .
Türkische Post (Istanbul). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3835. Library has: 1926–1943.
Volksmund: Organ für die Interessen der Bonner Bürgerschaft (Bonn). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3899. Library has: 1906–1918. See also Deutsche demokratische Zeitung: früher "Volksmund"
Völkischer Beobachter. Bayernausgabe (Munich) [Nazi]. Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X559. Library has: 1920–1945.
Weimarische Zeitung (Weimar). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X2665. Library has: 1755–1935.
Wir Frauen (Köln). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3932. Library has: 1984–1991, 1995–1997.
Wir Frauen [Agenda] (Köln). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3933. Library has: 1979–2003, 2005–2006
Woche / Hermannstadter Zeitung (Hermannstadt/Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania). Grad Serials/Microforms FILM X3765. Library has: 1976–1999.
Die Zeit (Hamburg). Grad Serials/Microforms (Offsite) FILM X1241. Library has: 1946– .

rev. 02/03/12

Last Updated: Jun 27, 2025 11:24 AM

Subjects: Humanities, International Studies