Here you can access the digitized holdings of historical newspapers from ULB Düsseldorf free of charge.
E-newspapers
To search for electronic newspapers, so called e-newspapers, you can use the ULB Catalog and the Database Information System (DBIS).
PressReader provides centralized access point to German and international daily newspapers and magazines.
Nexis Uni offers access to full-text articles from German and international newspapers.
WISO Presse provides access to full-text articles from numerous German daily and weekly newspapers.
Historical and Regional Newspapers
Through the E-Paper Catalog, you can access electronic editions of daily newspapers from the Düsseldorf administrative district at the electronic reading station in the Special Reading Room. The collection includes issues published since 7 February 2013. Each issue becomes available from the eighth day after its publication. Due to copyright restrictions, these newspapers can only be accessed on-site.
zeit.punkt NRW provides access to digitized newspapers from North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) covering the period 1801 to 1945. The collection is continuously expanded and is freely available online.
The German Newspaper Portal provides access to digitized historical newspapers published between 1671 and 1950.