Newspapers
America’s Obituaries & Death Notices
Search more than 65 million obituaries and death notices from over 4,100 U.S. sources. Updated daily, this collection contains valuable genealogical information such as occupation, avocation, education, military service, religious affiliation, family members, colleagues and more.
Chicago Sun-Times Collection
Explore Chicago history through local news, events and people with the Chicago Sun-Times Collection from 1986-Current. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.
Chicago Sun-Times from PressReader
Read today’s Chicago Sun-Times in full-page format, with photographs and ads. A three-month backfile is included.
Chicago Tribune
Full text from 1985 to the present. Includes obituaries.
Chicago Tribune 1849–1994 (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
This digitized, full text version of the newspaper includes photographs, ads and obituaries from 1849–1994.
Chicago Tribune from PressReader
Read today’s Chicago Tribune in full-page format, with photographs and ads.
Chicago Tribune Historical Archives from NewsBank
Search historical national and local issues and events, prohibition, the Great Depression, and Chicago as the center of the Progressive movement.
Daily Herald
Full text from 1997 to the present. Includes obituaries.
Daily Herald from NewsBank
Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from current and archived issues of the Daily Herald.
Des Plaines Journal from NewsBank
Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from current and archived issues of the Des Plaines Journal. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.
Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
Over 57,000 listings for radio, television stations, cable companies and print media.
Global Newsstream
Search hundreds of national and international newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Financial Times at the same time.
New York Times - free, unlimited access to NYT.com In-library only
Unlimited access to the NYTimes.com on any device during your visit. To activate your "subscription," you’ll need to log in or register first.
New York Times - free, unlimited access to NYT.com outside the library
To activate your access, click on "Redeem," then log in or register. You'll have 72 hours of unlimited access before you will need to reactivate your "subscription."
New York Times 1851-2014 (Proquest Historical Newspapers)
New York Times digitized cover to cover from 1851 to 2013.
Newspaper Source Plus
Full text from hundreds of U.S. and international newspapers.
Newspapers.com - Library Edition
Historical newspapers archive from the 1700's - 2000's - 4,000+ news titles from the U.S. and around the world. For researchers, historians, genealogists, teachers and students.
Newswires
Near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press, United Press International, PR Newswire, Xinhua, CNN Wire, and Business Wire on a continuous basis.
PressReader
You'll find current newspapers and magazines in several languages, presented in full-page format with photographs, advertisements, crossword puzzles and cartoons. This is a great way to read international news or develop your skills with another language. To create an account, click on Sign in, then Library or Group & select DP Public Library.
US Hispanic Newsstream
Access to a large collection of leading Hispanic newspapers, news wires, websites and blogs in full text from US publishers in both Spanish and English including El Diario/La Prensa (New York City), La Opinión (Los Angeles), La Prensa (San Antonio) and Extra (Chicago).
Wall Street Journal
Full text from 1984 to the present.
Wall Street Journal (ProQuest Historical Newspapers 1889-2002)
Digitized version of the WSJ from 1889-2002. Use this for older stock quotes.
Web News
Near real-time access to thousands of top news feeds from around the globe. This collection includes over 14,000 feeds covering a range of business and general news topics. End users can immediately access the full text of the web content, by following the link in the record.
Digital copies of the following local newspapers are available upon request.
Des Plaines Day
1968; 1969. (Incomplete.)
Des Plaines Journal
1964-1974; 1976-2020.
Des Plaines Suburban Times
1914; 1917-1926; 1929; 1933-1937; 1939-1941; 1944-1952; 1954-2001.