Newspapers

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All NewsBank Newspapers

Provides all-in-one-search database including Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune RedEye Edition, Daily Herald, New York Times, and selected Illinois Newspapers.

Chronicle of Higher Education

Includes college and university news, information, and announcements from September 1989 to present.

Chicago Sun-Times via NewsBank

Provides full-text daily and searchable archived newspaper covering politics and government on the local Chicago, Illinois state and U.S. national levels.

Chicago Tribune via NewsBank

Provides full-text daily and searchable archived newspaper covering politics and government on the local Chicago, Illinois state and U.S. national levels.

Chicago Tribune RedEye via NewsBank

Provides full-text daily and searchable archived newspaper that informs and entertains Chicago's young city dwellers.

Daily Herald via NewsBank

Provides full-text daily and searchable archived newspaper in Illinois covering North West Cook County, DuPage, Lake, McHenry and Kane Counties and Fox Valley from January 1995 to the present.

Historical Chicago Tribune via ProQuest

Includes full-text and full-images of the Chicago Tribune in searchable archive back to the first issue, from 1849 through 1986.

Historical Chicago Defender via ProQuest

Includes full-text and full-images of the Chicago Defender - an African American newspaper important for historical research on civil rights, segregation, African American migration to the industrial states, anti-lynching legislation, the modern civil rights movement, and works of African American authors - from 1910 through 1975 in a searchable archive.

LexisNexis Academic

Includes more than 32,000 full-text sources including international news, company news, financial information, transcripts of major TV and radio programs, market research, industry reports, and legal information such as case law, statutes, and regulations.

NewsBank Newpapers

Full text of newspapers covering companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in their communities in a searchable archive.

NewsIllinois State News (including Pioneer Press newspapers) via Newsbank

Provides full text of Illinois newspapers covering companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in their communities.

Newspaper Source via EBSCO

Provides full text for 47 national and international newspapers - including Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star - and selective full text for 390 U.S. regional newspapers in a searchable archive.