From Newsbank – Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.
Listings starting with C
Chicago Tribune
Searchable archive of articles from 1985 to the present.
Chicago Tribune Historical Archive
Contains 2.5 million obituaries and death notices, front pages from 1900 through 1984, and selected articles from the newspaper’s clipping files. Paid ads are excluded.
Chicago Tribune Historical Database
Search the full newspaper, including advertisements, from 1849 through 1998.
Listings starting with L
Libertyville Newspapers
Search or browse the Lake County Independent (1894-1906), Lake County Independent/Waukegan Weekly Sun (1906-1916), Libertyville Independent (1916-1927) and Lake County Register (1923-1927). Additional years are available on microfilm at the Cook Park Library.
Local History Page
Research local history using our online resources, exhibits, and blogs.
Listings starting with N
Newspapers.com Library Edition
An extensive database that provides online access to 4,000+ historical newspapers dating from the early 1700s into the 2000s. Contains full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional and state titles to small local newspapers. For a listing of local newspapers in this database, see our Local History page.
Listings starting with S
Sanborn Maps
In-Library Use Only
Large scale plans of a city or town drawn to the scale of 50 feet to an inch. Features an archive of maps from 1867-1970.
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