Press

The libraries of the University of Neuchâtel provide access to online platforms that allow you to search, browse, and read newspapers and magazines.

Swissdox
The New York Times
The Economist
Alternatives Économiques
Le Temps
L'Obs.
Neuer Zürcher Zeitung

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Read the press online

PressReader

The world’s largest digital newsstand: over 6,000 publications, 100+ countries, and 60+ languages.

  • Accessible on PC and, with a user-friendly app, on tablets and smartphones.

  • Create a free account: alerts, favorites, and offline downloads.

  • Did you know ? By installing the app on your mobile device, you can enjoy extended access to content without a VPN. Connect to the UniNE Wi-Fi, open the app, and then browse off-campus for up to 7 days. Each reconnection resets the countdown.

Example of available titles:

Le Temps (CH), Neue Zürcher Zeitung (CH), NZZ am Sonntag (CH), Libération (FR), Le Nouvel économiste (FR), Le Figaro (FR), El Paìs (ES), Los Angeles Times (USA), The Guardian (USA), et bien d’autres

Pressreader tutorial - Creating an account (FR) Pressreader Help Center

Newspaper and magazine search

 Nexis

Full-text access to daily newspapers, weekly publications, and international and Swiss journals. Over 39,000 sources (news and business) in 45 languages, covering more than 180 countries.

  • To find a specific word or phrase in the title of a particular newspaper, click on “Find a source” below the search bar.
  • In addition to news, information on countries and companies is available, including a dedicated section in legal journals.

Example of available titles:

24 Heures (CH), La Tribune de Genève, Tages Anzeiger (CH), The Times (UK), and many more…

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 Europresse

Access full-text or PDF versions of over 60,000 national, European, and international press sources.

  • Biographies of business leaders, cultural figures, and political personalities.

  • Studies and reports on markets, countries, companies, and public organizations.

Examples of available titles:

24 Heures (CH), Bilan (CH), Tribune de Genève (CH), Le Matin Dimanche (CH), Le Monde (FR), L’Obs (FR), and many more.

Europresse mini guide

Swissdox

With Swissdox, you have access to an online database dedicated to media. It aims to provide the most comprehensive coverage of the Swiss media landscape while ensuring fast and intuitive navigation. Each year, the database expands with an additional two million documents.

Thanks to a license with simplified access (IP range-controlled), you can consult media archives and online news both on-site and remotely by logging in with Switch edu-ID.

Swissdox Help

ProQuest

Search and browse full-text newspapers and magazines in the ProQuest platform databases.

E-newspaperarchives

Newspapers digitized by the Swiss National Library and its partners.
This newspaper collection includes 190 titles, 1,273,013 editions, 12,661,983 pages, and 93,287,929 articles!

Examples: L’Impartial, ArcInfo, Le Point, Le Courrier de Genève, etc.

E-Periodica

Platform for Swiss online journals and a service of the ETH Library.
The thematic range spans from natural sciences to environmental and social policy, including architecture, mathematics, history, geography, art, and culture.

E-Periodica provides free access to journals from the 18th century to the present day. The collection is continuously expanded and supplemented with current editions.

Scriptorium

Launched in 2012 by the BCU Lausanne, this platform offers a vast collection of digitized Vaud newspapers.

Users can access complete archives of major daily newspapers such as 24 Heures (formerly Feuille d’avis de Lausanne) and Le Matin (Tribune de Lausanne), covering periods dating back to 1762.

The portal also features collections by region (La Côte, Est vaudois, Nord vaudois) and by theme, including socialist press, satirical newspapers, and illustrated magazines such as L’Hebdo and L’Illustré.

A valuable collection of 19th-century Vaud directories further enriches this unique historical archive.

Gallica Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)

The Press and Magazines section provides access to a vast collection of digitized French newspapers and magazines, spanning over four centuries of history. It includes a wide range of titles, from major national dailies such as Le Figaro, L’Humanité, and Le Temps to regional newspapers, literary, scientific, and popular magazines.

ZEFYS Zeitungsinformationssystem

A digital platform of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin dedicated to historical German-language newspapers. This portal offers access to an extensive collection of digitized newspapers from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, including titles from across Germany and former German-speaking regions. Users can browse national, regional, and local newspapers, explore German press archives, and access detailed indexes for thematic or chronological searches.

The British Newspaper Archive

Developed by the British Library in partnership with Findmypast, this platform provides online access to millions of digitized pages from British newspapers, covering over 300 years of history. The extensive collection includes both regional and national titles.

National Digital Newspaper Program

Managed by the Library of Congress in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities, this program aims to preserve and digitize historical U.S. newspapers. Available through the Chronicling America platform, it offers access to millions of newspaper pages dating from 1777 to 1963.