Newspaper Genre List
The following list is an attempt to standardize terms used to designate genres of newspapers. It includes terms denoting audience, type of creator, type of distribution, content, etc. The intent is for these terms to provide additional access in conjunction with authorized LC subject headings.
The original perspective and scope of the list reflected the types of papers cataloged by members of the United States Newspaper Program. The list may be updated to be more inclusive and/or to eliminate harmful language. See the UW Libraries' Critical Cataloging and Archival Description for more information.
The list is also expressed as linked open data. It is a SKOS vocabulary available in multiple serializations (RDFa, Turtle, NTriples, RDF/XML, JSON-LD); MARC-XML authority records are also available. The vocabulary IRI is https://doi.org/10.6069/uwlib.55.d.5, which derefences to the RDFa version. All other versions are available from that page.
The Library of Congress Network Development and MARC Standards Office has assigned the MARC code "ngl" to the Newspaper Genre List. This code may be used in subfield $2 (Source of term) in field 655 (Index Term--Genre/Form).
Please submit questions and suggestions to:
Jessica Albano, Editor, jalbano@u.washington.edu
Newspaper Genre Terms
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Abolitionist newspapers
USE Anti-slavery newspapers
African American newspapers [ngl001]
UF Afro-American newspapers
UF Negro newspapers (American)
UF Black newspapers (American)
Afro-American newspapers
USE African American newspapers
Agricultural exhibition newspapers [ngl002]
(Use for newspapers which report on competitive exhibitions of farm products, livestock, baked goods, etc. with prizes for excellence, often combined with carnival-like entertainment, and held annually by states, counties, etc.)
RT County fair newspapers
RT State fair newspapers
Agricultural newspapers [ngl003]
(Use for newspapers which feature general news stories and which focus on specific topics such as livestock, animal culture, produce, farm life, etc.)
UF Farm and agricultural newspapers
Alaska Native newspapers [ngl004]
(Use for newspapers written by indigenous groups living in Alaska.)
UF Eskimo newspapers
BT Native American newspapers
Alternative newspapers
USE Underground newspapers
Amateur newspapers [ngl005]
(Use for newspapers written, published and printed by those engaged in these pursuits as a pastime rather than as a profession.)
RT Children's newspapers
American Indian newspapers
USE Native American newspapers
Anarchist newspapers [ngl006]
Anti-Catholic newspapers [ngl007]
(Use for newspapers which regularly feature articles which speak out against Catholicism.)
BT Anti-religious newspapers
Anti-Chinese newspapers [ngl008]
Anti-Masonic newspapers [ngl011]
Anti-clerical newspapers
USE Anti-religious newspapers
Anti-clericalism newspapers
USE Anti-religious newspapers
Anti-communist newspapers [ngl009]
RT Communist newspapers
Anti-fascist newspapers [ngl010]
Anti-religious newspapers [ngl013]
UF Anti-clerical newspapers
UF Anti-clericalism newspapers
NT Anti-Catholic newspapers
RT Atheist newspapers
Anti-slavery newspapers [ngl014]
UF Abolitionist newspapers
UF Antislavery newspapers
RT Pro-slavery newspapers
Anti-war newspapers
USE Pacifist newspapers
Antislavery newspapers
USE Anti-slavery newspapers
Art newspapers [ngl015]
(Use for newspapers covering news about the fine arts.)
Asian American newspapers [ngl016]
Atheist newspapers [ngl017]
RT Anti-religious newspapers
Baptist newspapers [ngl113]
Black newspapers (American)
USE African American newspapers
Blackfoot newspapers [ngl118]
BT Native American newspapers
Booster newspapers
USE Real estate development newspapers
Business and financial newspapers [ngl018]
(Use for newspapers which feature general news and which focus on specific topics such as insurance, investments, marketing, etc.)
UF Commercial newspapers
RT Industry newspapers
Campaign newspapers [ngl019]
(Use for newspapers published during a national or state election year which are party affiliated and usually limited to a calendar year.)
UF Political campaign newspapers
Catholic newspapers [ngl114]
Cheyenne newspapers [ngl116]
BT Native American newspapers
Chicano newspapers
USE Mexican American newspapers
Children's newspapers [ngl020]
(Use for newspapers published by children or specifically for children.)
RT Amateur newspapers
Chinese American newspapers [ngl021]
Chinese Canadian newspapers [ngl120]
Civil rights newspapers [ngl022]
Civil service newspapers [ngl023]
BT Labor newspapers
Civilian Conservation Corps newspapers [ngl024]
College student newspapers [ngl025]
(Use for newspapers written by college students about their schools, may include local, national and world news.)
BT Student newspapers
Commercial newspapers
USE Business and financial newspapers
Communist newspapers [ngl026]
RT Anti-communist newspapers
RT Marxist newspapers
RT Socialist newspapers
Community newspapers [ngl027]
(Use for local newspapers published for a particular neighborhood within a city or county jurisdiction.)
UF Neighborhood newspapers
UF Suburban newspapers
Company town newspapers [ngl028]
(Use for newspapers published for towns where one main company employs most of the community.)
Conference newspapers [ngl029]
(Use for newspapers published usually on a daily basis during annual meetings of major organizations.)
Conservative newspapers [ngl107]
Consumer cooperative newspapers [ngl030]
Democratic Party newspapers [ngl110]
Disabled newspapers
USE Handicapped persons' newspapers
Entertainment newspapers [ngl032]
UF Popular entertainment newspapers
Environmental newspapers [ngl033]
Eskimo newspapers
USE Alaska Native newspapers
Ethnic newspapers [ngl100]
USE specific two-term descriptors that identify the ethnicity of the readership, e.g., African American newspapers, Japanese American newspapers, Chinese Canadian newspapers, etc. One term applies to the readership of the newspaper who identify with a particular ethnicity (e.g., a publication produced by a Punjabi community would receive the term "Punjabi" rather than "Pakistani" or "East Indian"). Another term applies to the larger culture in which the group resides (e.g., American, Canadian).
Farm and agricultural newspapers
USE Agricultural newspapers
Feminist newspapers [ngl034]
(Use for newspapers advocating social and political rights of women equal to men.)
RT Women's newspapers
Fisheries newspapers [ngl035]
BT Industry newspapers
Foreign language newspapers [ngl101]
USE other genre and/or subject headings for particular groups if appropriate. Code bibliographic record for language.
Fraternal newspapers
USE Friendly society newspapers
Free circulation newspapers [ngl036]
UF Free distribution newspapers
Free distribution newspapers
USE Free circulation newspapers
Friendly society newspapers [ngl037]
(Use for newspapers produced under the aegis of the Masons, Odd Fellows, et al.)
UF Fraternal newspapers
Gay newspapers [ngl038]
UF Lesbian newspapers
UF Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT) newspapers
UF Homosexual newspapers
UF Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) newspapers
UF Queer newspapers
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT) newspapers
USE Gay newspapers
Gazettes [ngl039]
(Use for newspapers sanctioned by the U.S. or state government as official publishers.)
UF Official gazettes
UF Legal gazettes
UF Government gazettes
RT Government newpapers
Ghost town newspapers [ngl040]
(Use for newspapers published in towns which are now abandoned.)
Government gazettes
USE Gazettes
Government newspapers [ngl041]
(Use for newspapers published by government organizations, but not by official publishers, e.g., Native American newspapers published by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.)
RT Gazettes
Handicapped persons' newspapers [ngl042]
(Use for newspapers published for and about the disabled.)
UF Disabled newspapers
High school student newspapers [ngl043]
BT Student newspapers
Hispanic American newspapers [ngl044]
(Use for newspapers by, for, and about U.S. citizens of Latin American descent.)
UF Latino newspapers
UF Latinx newspapers
NT Mexican American newspapers
Homeless newspapers
USE Street newspapers
Homosexual newspapers
USE Gay newspapers
Hospital newspapers [ngl045]
BT Medical newspapers
Indian newspapers
USE Native American newspapers
Industry newspapers [ngl046]
(Use for newspapers about profit-making enterprises that produce or supply goods, services, or sources of income.)
NT Fisheries newspapers
NT Lumbering newspapers
NT Maritime newspapers
NT Mining newspapers
RT Business and financial newspapers
Japanese American evacuation and relocation camp newspapers [ngl047]
Japanese American newspapers [ngl048]
Jewish newspapers [ngl049]
Ku Klux Klan newspapers [ngl050]
Labor newspapers [ngl051]
NT Civil service newspapers
NT Trade-union newspapers
RT Unemployment newspapers
Lampoon newspapers [ngl052]
(Use for newspapers which satirize current events and people.)
Latino newspapers
USE Hispanic American newspapers
Latinx newspapers
USE Hispanic American newspapers
Law newspapers
USE Lawyers' newspapers
Lawyers' newspapers [ngl053]
(Use for newspapers produced for and by lawyers.)
UF Law newspapers
UF Legal newspapers
Legal gazettes
USE Gazettes
Legal newspapers
USE Lawyers' newspapers
Lesbian newspapers
USE Gay newspapers
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) newspapers
USE Gay newspapers
Literary newspapers [ngl054]
Lumbering newspapers [ngl055]
BT Industry newspapers
Lummi newspapers [ngl117]
BT Native American newspapers
Manuscript newspapers [ngl056]
(Use for newspapers produced in long hand script.)
Medical newspapers [ngl059]
NT Hospital newspapers
Migrant labor camp newspapers [ngl061]
Military base newspapers [ngl062]
UF Military post newspapers
BT Military newspapers
Military post newspapers
USE Military base newspapers
Military newspapers [ngl108]
NT Military base newspapers
Mining newspapers [ngl063]
BT Industry newspapers
Minority newspapers [ngl102]
USE specific descriptors, e.g., Jewish newspapers, Gay newspapers, etc.
Mission newspapers [ngl064]
(Use for newspapers produced for local or national Evangelical or missionary audiences. May be published by a church or non-denominational group.)
Multicultural newspapers [ngl106]
(Use for newspapers about multicultural issues, racial equality, or diversity. Also use for newspapers covering issues of more than one ethnic group.)
Native American newspapers [ngl065]
(Also apply other genre or subject headings for particular tribes and geographic locations if appropriate, e.g., Lummi newspapers, Blackfoot newspapers, Yakama newspapers.)
UF American Indian newspapers
UF Indian newspapers
NT Alaska Native newspapers
Negro newspapers (American)
USE African American newspapers
Neighborhood newspapers
USE Community newspapers
Non-denominational newspapers [ngl115]
Non-partisan newspapers [ngl066]
Official gazettes
USE Gazettes
Pacifist newspapers [ngl067]
UF Anti-war newspapers
Political campaign newspapers
USE Campaign newspapers
Political party newspapers [ngl103]
USE specific party descriptors, e.g., Democratic Party newspapers, Republican Party newspapers, Whig Party newspapers, etc.
Popular entertainment newspapers
USE Entertainment newspapers
Prison newspapers [ngl068]
Pro-life newspapers [ngl071]
Pro-slavery newspapers [ngl072]
UF Slavery newspapers
NT Secession newspapers
RT Anti-slavery newspapers
Prohibition newspapers [ngl069]
(Use for newspapers advocating the legal prevention of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.)
RT Anti-prohibition newspapers
RT Temperance newspapers
Propaganda newspapers [ngl070]
(Use for newspapers produced by a group or movement organized for spreading a particular doctrine or system of principles.)
Queer newspapers
USE Gay newspapers
Real estate development newspapers [ngl073]
(Use for newspapers primarily intended to promote local economic activity by touting the assets of the community.)
UF Booster newspapers
Referendum newspapers [ngl074]
(Use for newspapers of limited duration established and printed in support of local or state political issues.)
Religious denomination newspapers [ngl104]
USE specific descriptors, e.g., Baptist newspapers, Catholic newspapers, Non-denominational newspapers
Republican Party newspapers [ngl111]
Resort newspapers [ngl075]
(Use for local newspapers published for seasonal tourist audiences.)
Retiree newspapers
USE Retirees' newspapers
Retirees' newspapers [ngl076]
UF Retiree newspapers
School newspapers [ngl077]
(Use for newspapers created by schools, but generally not by the student body, e.g., Indian school newspapers.)
Ship newspapers [ngl079]
RT Maritime newspapers
Shopper's guides
USE Shopping guides
Shopping guides [ngl080]
(Use for local newspapers which are primarily advertising media but which include substantive local news items and articles.)
UF Shopper's guides
Slavery newspapers
USE Pro-slavery newspapers
Sports newspapers [ngl082]
State fair newspapers [ngl083]
(Use for newspapers of annual state agricultural exhibitions.)
RT Agricultural exhibition newspapers
RT County fair newspapers
States' rights newspapers [ngl084]
(Use for newspapers advocating the strict interpretation of the Constitution, by which all rights not specifically delegated to the federal government belong to the states.)
RT Secession newspapers
Street newspapers [ngl085]
UF Homeless newspapers
Strike newspapers [ngl086]
(Use for newspapers associated with labor strikes.)
RT Trade-union newspapers
Student newspapers [ngl087]
NT College student newspapers
NT High school student newspapers
RT School newspapers
Suburban newspapers
USE Community newspapers
Suffrage newspapers [ngl088]
Summer camp newspapers [ngl089]
Syndicalist newspapers [ngl090]
Tabloid newspapers [ngl091]
(Use for newspapers characterized by sensationalism, usually of a small size and presenting news in a concise form.)
Tax reform newspapers [ngl092]
(Use for newspapers advocating tax reform.)
Temperance newspapers [ngl093]
(Use for newspapers advocating abstinence from the use of alcohol or prohibition by law of the sale of or manufacture of alcohol.)
RT Prohibition newspapers
RT Anti-prohibition newspapers
Trade unionist newspapers
USE Trade-union newspapers
Trade-union newspapers [ngl094]
UF Union newspapers
UF Unionist newspapers
UF Trade unionist newspapers
BT Labor newspapers
RT Strike newspapers
Tribal newspapers [ngl105]
USE descriptors that identify tribal community or communities for whom the newspaper is published, e.g., Cheyenne newspapers, Lummi newspapers. Assign also the descriptor Native American newspapers.
Underground newspapers [ngl095]
(Use for newspapers published or produced by political or social radicals or nonconformists.)
UF Alternative newspapers
Unemployment newspapers [ngl096]
RT Labor newspapers
Union newspapers
USE Trade-union newspapers
Unionist newspapers
USE Trade-union newspapers
Utopian newspapers [ngl097]
(Use for newspapers associated with he expression of visionary or ideal schemes for the perfection of social or political conditions.)
Veterans' newspapers [ngl098]
UF War veterans' newspapers
War veterans' newspapers
USE Veterans' newspapers
Whig Party newspapers [ngl112]
Women's newspapers [ngl099]
(Use for newspapers whose intended audience is women.)
RT Feminist newspapers
Yakama newspapers [ngl119]
BT Native American newspapers