A source like Newsstream is great for finding news from the 1980s -present, but if you need articles from a different time period, search the links below.
Microfilm is a way to preserve printed material so that it takes up less space and can last for hundreds of years.
If you have the citation information for a historic newpaper or magazine article:
Or, if you have a very specific time period in mind, you can look at the microfilm version of a newspaper or use the index, like the index to the New York Times, to find historic articles on your topic.