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Chicago Sun Times Logo

Read today’s paper through NewsBank.

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Daily Herald Logo

Read today’s paper or search the archive of articles dating back to 1995.

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The New York Times Logo

Requires a one-time account set up with library card, email address and password. Renew access every 24 hours. Remote access now expanded to include Cooking, Games, Wirecutter, and The Athletic.

Read The New York Times

 

The Wall Street Journal Logo

Requires a one-time account set up with a library card, email address and password. Renew access every three days.

Read The Wall Street Journal

 

The Washington Post Logo

Requires a one-time account set up with a library card, email address and password. Renew access every seven days.

Read The Washington Post


Magazine and Newspaper Resources

 

Flipster Logo

Browse and read from a curated collection of magazines including Real Simple, People, The Atlantic, National Geographic, The New Yorker and more.

Visit Flipster

Hoopla Logo

Check out a pass to read all the magazines in Hoopla’s collection for one week. You can view a list of all available titles prior to checking out a pass.

Visit Hoopla

PressReader Logo

Access more than 6,000 newspapers and magazines from more than 100 countries in 60+ languages, including Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Chicago Tribune, etc.

Visit PressReader

 

America’s News

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.

Black Life in America

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

Chicago Sun-Times

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

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.

Consumer Reports

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

Culinary Arts Collection (database unavailable)

Access to Culinary Arts Collection is no longer available. See our new database Hobbies & Crafts Source.

Daily Herald

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

Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection (database unavilable)

Access to Gardening, Landscape and Horticulture Collection is no longer available. See our new databases Hobbies & Crafts Source and Home Improvement Source.

General OneFile (database unavailable)

Access to General OneFile is no longer available. See our new database MasterFILE Complete.

Health Source: Consumer Edition

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

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.

MAS Complete

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

MasterFILE Complete

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

Middle Search Plus

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

New York Times

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.

Home Access
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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.

PressReader

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.
Mobile App Available*

SIRS Discoverer

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.

Wall Street Journal

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

 

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