Magazines & Newspapers

From Newsbank – Comprehensive news collection, ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, regional, national, and international levels. Includes the Libertyville Review, Vernon Hills Review, Daily Herald, and Chicago Sun-Times.

From Newsbank – The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media.

From Newsbank – Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.

Searchable archive of articles from 1985 to the present.

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.

Search the full newspaper, including advertisements, from 1849 through 1998.

Research before you buy, using this helpful information source. Interactive features and frequent updates make the online version even more useful than the print.

From Newsbank – Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.

Consumer health information with access to full-text consumer health magazines. It also includes searchable full text for current health pamphlets. 

From Newsbank – The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media.

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.

Popular magazines and e-books covering news, politics, science, sports, culture and more. Also includes documents and videos from the Associated Press. 

Offers the highest quality collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books, videos and other sources covering virtually every subject area.

Popular middle school magazines, reference e-books, and thousands of primary source documents and videos. Subjects include history, current events, science and sports. 

Read the current day’s paper or search for articles. Requires a one-time account set up with library card, email address and password.
Home access now expanded to include Cooking, Games, Wirecutter, and The Athletic.

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.

More than 6,000 newspapers and magazines from more than 100 countries in 60+ languages, including The Guardian, The New York Times, USA Today, etc.
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For elementary and middle school students; includes thousands of selected magazine and newspaper articles and U.S. government documents on a wide variety of subjects and current events.

Read the current day’s paper or search for articles. You will need to create an account and renew access every 3 days.

Read the current day’s paper or search for articles.