Digital Newspapers

Check out these newspapers and databases available through the library digitally:

Browse & search individual newspapers

Find current and historical issues of major newspapers. Plus, find some of the highest circulating news sources in the U.K., Mexico, Canada, and France, as well as high profile news feeds and titles of local and national interest.

Most popular

• Chicago Tribune
• Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times
• The Wall Street Journal
• Washington Post

Local

• Chicago Defender (historical issues only)
• Chicago Sun-Times
• Chicago Tribune
• Crain’s Chicago Business
• Muslim Journal [Chicago]
• Oak Leaves
• La Raza [Chicago]
• Wednesday Journal of Oak Park

Regional & U.S. news

• Bloomberg Wire Service
• Boston Globe
• Christian Science Monitor
• The Daily Beast
• Daily Herald
• Fresh Air (NPR)
• The Huffington Post
• Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times
• The New York Times Book Review
• PBS Newshour
• Philadelphia Daily News
• Philadelphia Inquirer
• Politico [U.S.]
• USA Today
• The Village Voice
• Washington Post

Business & investment

• Barron’s
• Crain’s Chicago Business
• Dow Jones Institutional News
• The Wall Street Journal

International

• Daily Mail [U.K.]
• The Daily Mirror [U.K.]
• Daily Star [U.K.]
• The Daily Telegraph [U.K.]
• Evening Standard [U.K.]
• Financial Times [U.K.]
• The Globe and Mail [Toronto]
• The Guardian [U.K.]
• i [U.K.]
• The Independent [U.K.]
• The London Free Press [U.K.]
• Le Monde [France]
• Le Parisien [France]
• Reforma [Mexico]
• The Sun [U.K.]
• Telegraph [U.K.]
• The Times [U.K.]
• Toronto Star
• The Vancouver Sun

Search news databases

With current issues

• Global Newsstream: The most recent global news content, as well as archives that stretch back into the 1980s, featuring content from newspapers, newswires, and news sites—including Barron’s, Chicago Tribune, Crain’s Chicago Business, Daily Herald, Financial Times, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, and more—in active full-text format.
• NewsBank Access World News: An expanded title list of full-text domestic and international newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos, including additional Chicago-area resources.
• NewsBank Chicago: Search multiple Chicagoland newspapers at the same time, including the Chicago Sun-Times, Oak Leaves, and Wednesday Journal.
• Newspaper Source Plus: Full-text collection of major news content, including newspapers, magazines, newswires, and news transcripts of television and radio.
• PressReader: Access more than 7,000 publications from around the world, in their original language and format.

Historical archives

• Historical US Major Dailies: Historical newspaper collection (covering 1849-2016)—including the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post—with easily-searchable first-hand accounts and coverage of the politics, society, and events of the time.
• NewspaperARCHIVE: Access to historical issues of hundreds of Illinois newspapers, including Oak Leaves (1902-1977), with searchable articles, advertisements, editorials, classified ads, and obituaries.