Full-text access to a broad range of sources covering news, business, legal, medical, and general reference research.
Types of material covered: Approximately 5,000 resources, including regional, national, and international newspapers, wire services, magazines, almanacs, biographical dictionaries, etc.
Dates covered: Dates of coverage vary from source to source. Newspaper coverage ranges from current year to 20+ years. Wire services and newspapers updated daily.
Types of material covered: Full text articles from the Chicago Tribune.
Dates covered: 1985-present
Technical tip: The ChicagTribune database works best with the internet browser Safari.
Full text articles from the Chicago Tribune.
Types of material covered: Newspaper articles.
Dates covered: 1849-1988
Technical tip: The Chicago Tribune database works best with the internet browser Safari.
Library of Congress project to digitize the nation's newspapers.
Types of material covered: Newspaper articles.
Dates covered: 1880-1922
Searchable full-text archives of Harper’s Weekly covering the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Types of material covered: Editorials, cartoons, advertisements, pictures, literature.
Dates covered: 1857-1889
Find which Illinois libraries own historic newspapers. No full text; just location information.
Access note: Free access. Available to everyone.
Searchable index to The Nation with some full text.
Types of material covered: Newspaper articles.
Dates covered: 1865 to the present.
Full text articles from the New York Times.
Types of material covered: New York Times
Dates covered: 2000-present
Technical tip: The New York Times database works best with the internet browser Safari.
Full text articles from the New York Times dating from the first issue in 1851 through 2008.
Types of material covered: New York Times
Dates covered: 1851 through 2008
Access note: The New York Times database works best with the internet browser Safari.
