Magazines, Journals & Newspapers

REMOTE ACCESS TO MOST DATABASES IS LIMITED TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS RESIDENT CARDHOLDERS


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Academic Search Complete

Articles from thousands of magazines/journals, covering all topics. Learn how to create a search alert here.


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Access Newspaper Archive

Historical access to scanned pages from hundreds of newspapers. Coverage varies by paper. Includes the Daily Herald, 1901-present. [Note: Newspapers.com and Access Newspaper Archive both cover different sets of newspapers, with some overlap.]


AHML Online Newsstand

NEW: A single page for quick access to the library's online magazine and newspaper collections. 


Arlington Day (January 1966 to June 1970)

Local daily newspaper Covers January 1966 to June 1970.


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Black Life in America

THIS PRODUCT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. Please consider using other resources in our Global Cultures, History or Magazines, Journals & Newspapers categories


Business Source Complete

UPDATED--now includes more sources. Articles, market researchindustry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.  Learn how to create a search alert here.


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Chicago Community Coverage (Newsbank)

Updated--Now with more full-image and historical content. From Newsbank. Extensive full-text for many Chicago-area newspapers, including some with full-image titles. Includes full-image content from the Daily Herald. Learn how to create a search alert here.


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Chicago Daily News Historical Archive (1875-1978)

NEW: Provides historical access to full-page issues of the Chicago Daily News, one of the city's main newspapers from 1875-1978.


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Chicago Sun-Times Historical + Current (with full-image current issues)

NEW: Provides historical access to full-image issues of the Chicago Sun/Chicago Daily Times/Chicago Sun-Times (1929-1985), full-text Sun-Times articles 1986-present and full-image Sun-Times issues 2018-present.


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Chicago Tribune (via ProQuest)--Search

Search the complete text of The Chicago Tribune from 1849-present, including full-image content from 1849-2011 and online-only articles. Browsable text-only issues of the Tribune 1985-present are available here. Learn how to create a search alert here.

Note: Learn more here about Chicago Tribune obituary & death notice coverage in HeritageHub vs ProQuest.


Chicago Tribune--Digital Edition

Provides full-image access to the daily edition of the Chicago Tribune, current plus previous months. 72-hour access (requires a free Chicago Tribune account) or 24-hour anonymous access. NOTE: 72-hour access is currently not working properly. Please use 24-hour anonymous access.


ChicagoTribune.com

Full website access for one of Chicago's major daily newspapers. Includes news, opinion, sports and suburban news (including the Arlington Heights Post). 72-hour access (requires a free Chicago Tribune account) or 24-hour anonymous access. (After selecting 72-hour access, you can go directly to ChicagoTribune.com for future sessions until access expires).


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Daily Herald (via Newsbank)--Full Image

NEW:  Full-image (full-page) version of the Daily Herald, 2/22/21- . Learn how to create a search alert here.

Note about the timing of same-day full-text Daily Herald articles.

UPDATE 7/22/24: Current issues of the full-image Daily Herald are now available.


Daily Herald (via Newsbank)--Text only

Articles from 2/23/1995-present. For historical articles (1901-present) search the Arlington Heights listings in the Access Newspaper Archive. Learn how to create a search alert here.

Note about the timing of same-day full text Daily Herald articles.


Daily Herald (via Proquest)--Text only

Articles from 2/23/1997-present. For historical articles (1901-present) search the Arlington Heights listings in the Access Newspaper Archive. Learn how to create a search alert here.

Note about the timing of same-day full text Daily Herald articles.


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Ebsco Explora

Updated interface allows simultaneous searching of MasterFile CompleteAcademic Search CompleteBusiness Source Premier and others, with additional browsing tools. Learn how to create a search alert here.


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ERIC (FirstSearch)

Education research. The ERIC website may have more recent sources. 


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Explora Middle Schools

(Formerly Middle Search Plus) Search popular middle school magazines, reference e-books, and thousands of primary source documents and videos for help with homework, writing assignments and exploring your interests.  Learn how to create a search alert here.


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Flipster

Selected popular magazines you can read online from your computer or tablet.


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Gale Academic OneFile

Millions of articles from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts. Learn how to set up a search alert here.


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Gale General OneFile

Articles from thousands of magazines/journals, covering all topics. Learn how to set up a search alert here.


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Gale in Context: Elementary

Articles from magazines, newspapers and reference sources to help students with projects and exploring their own interests.


Gale in Context: Global Issues

Covers news, global viewpoints, reference, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics and more.


Gale in Context: High School

Magazine, news and reference articles for middle school through undergraduate. Covers science, literature, history, social sciences, arts, etc.


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Gale in Context: Middle School

NEW: Articles and media covering a variety of subjects for middle school students, including government, U.S. and world history, geography, literature, science, and social issues. Includes over 300 browsable topic pages.


Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints

Pro/con articles on major issues:  gun control, drug legalization, immigration, etc. Especially useful for debate preparation, gaining context for election issues, etc.


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Gale OneFile: Informe Académico

Articles from wide range of full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines both from and about Latin America. Learn how to set up a search alert here.


Gale OneFile: News

Provides access to major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio, and TV broadcasts and transcripts. Learn how to set up a search alert here.


Gale PowerSearch

Search multiple Gale "OneFile" (e.g., General, Academic, News, Health & Medicine, etc.) and "In Context" databases (Opposing Viewpoints, High School, Global Issues, etc.) simultaneously, along with Gale eBooks. Includes a powerful Subject Guide Search tool to retrieve more precise results.


Google Scholar

Google's gateway to research articles. Why use this link? By logging in via the library's website, you can take advantage of special "Full Text @ My Library" links that connect you to full articles in the library's databases. Use the "Quick search for articles and more" box on the library's databases pages for more powerful searching and better full-text access.


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