Journalism in South Asia: PrintMicroforms

The Lehman Social Sciences Library reading room (lower level) has browseable current print issues of major South and Southeast Asian newspapers. Older issues are available in the cages in the back of the library.

CRL (Center for Research Libraries) has microfilm collections of rare historical newspapers. CRL items can be requested by Interlibrary Loan. Search the CRL catalog for specific holdings

Indian Newspaper Reports are available interlibrary loan, and are microfilmed from the Record Department Papers of the Oriental and India Office Collections at the British Library. The reports consist of abstracts, partial quotations, and translations of Indian newspapers. Covers Bengal, 1874-1903 (27 reels); Bengal, 1904-1916 (26 reels); Punjab, Agra, Oudh, Rajputana and Central Provinces, c1868-1896 (29 reels); United Provinces, 1897-1937 (29 reels); Madras, 1876-1921 (32 reels); Bombay, 1874-1898 (18 reels); Bombay, 1901-1921; Punjab 1896-1924; Sind 1936-1939; Burma 1938-1942; Bihar and Orissa 1920. See the Adam Matthew guide for details. Most of these historical reports are also available online in the Native Newspaper Reports module of the South Asia Open Archives.

The Asian Division of the Library of Congress (In Washington, D.C.) has a collection of more than 275 newspapers on microfilm in Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, Urdu, and other South Asian languages accessible on microfilm in the Asian Reading Room. English language newspapers from South Asia are accessible in the Newspaper and Current Periodical Room. For a guide, see South Asian Newspapers at the Library of Congress.