Online Newspapers:

The Libraries have online access to many daily and weekly newspapers, but we receive the most questions about these:

• The New York Times
• The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• St. Louis Business Journal
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Washington Post

We have online, current, full-text access for each of these titles. Access methods vary and are explained below.

If you need assistance using the newspapers available only through one of the news aggregator databases such as Nexis Uni or Factiva, chat with us and/or read through the Nexis Uni FAQ.

The New York Times: 

-Through online account. See directions on the NYT FAQ, the NYT Guide, or the info on the A-Z Database List entry.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch

-Through...

• ProQuest Historical Newspapers (1874-2003)
• Factiva database (1981-present)
• Nexis Uni database (1981-present)

(note: Nexis Uni and Factiva do not include page images, only the text of the articles)

St. Louis Business Journal

-Through Business Journals database. Includes directions for creating an account using your wustl.edu email.

-Through Factiva database

Catalog link for both access options

The Wall Street Journal:

-Through online account. See directions from A-Z Database List entry.

The Washington Post:

-Through Factiva database and Regional Business News

Catalog link for both access options

From the catalog page, click  to reach online access options

There’s also this FAQ illustrating how to find Washington Post.