Popular press sources such as newspapers and magazines are expert but non-scholarly sources that cover current events, contemporary issues, and often include opinion pieces and editorials. These types of sources can provide good day-to-day coverage of sports topics.
For additional resources, please see the Hesburgh Libraries Newspaper Guide.
These digitized sporting periodicals allow for in-depth research about historical sports reporting as it happened. Subscriptions to these databases are provided by Hesburgh Libraries, and patrons need a Notre Dame NetID to access the content.
These digitized sporting periodicals allow for in-depth research about historical sports reporting as it happened. These databases are open access and freely available to all users at Notre Dame and elsewhere.
These text-searchable digitized major city newspapers allow for in-depth research about historical sports reporting as it happened. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, most daily newspapers had dedicated sports reporters and/or sports departments that closely covered sports and athletics. Subscriptions to these databases are provided by Hesburgh Libraries, and patrons need a Notre Dame NetID to access the content.
These text-searchable digitized African American newspapers allow for in-depth research about historical sports reporting as it happened. Often published once a week, newspapers written by and for African American appeared starting in the nineteenth century. By the late 1800s and early twentieth century, most African American newspapers covered sporting topics and then often developed full fledged sports departments by about the 1920s. Subscriptions to these databases are provided by Hesburgh Libraries, and patrons need a Notre Dame NetID to access the content.
These text-searchable digitized African American newspapers allow for in-depth research about historical sports reporting as it happened. Often published once a week, newspapers written by and for African American appeared starting in the nineteenth century. By the late 1800s and early twentieth century, most African American newspapers covered sporting topics and then often developed full fledged sports departments by about the 1920s. These databases are open access and freely available to all users at Notre Dame and elsewhere.
For more information, please see the Guide, Historical African American Newspapers Available Online maintained by Marist University.
These text-searchable historical newspaper databases aggregate content from numerous digitized newspapers and allow patrons to search across many titles at once to conduct in-depth research about historical sports reporting as it happened. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, most America newspapers had dedicated sports reporters and/or sports departments that closely covered sports and athletics. Subscriptions to these databases are provided by Hesburgh Libraries, and patrons need a Notre Dame NetID to access the content.
These text-searchable historical newspaper databases aggregate content from numerous digitized newspapers and allow patrons to search across many titles at once to conduct in-depth research about historical sports reporting as it happened. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, most America newspapers had dedicated sports reporters and/or sports departments that closely covered sports and athletics. These databases are open access and freely available to all users at Notre Dame and elsewhere.