Local Newspapers

All print and microfilm newspapers are in-library use only.

1885-1939 – microfilm (many issues missing)

1894-1898 – microfilm (many issues from 1897-1898 missing)

1910-1913 – microfilm

1913-1933 – microfilm (many issues from 1917 and 1929 missing)

1933-1994 – microfilm

1955-1989 – print (bound)

1989-2000 – microfilm

1995-2002 – microfilm

2000-2012 - microfilm

2009-2020 - online through Chicago Community Coverage

1901-current - online (image) through Newspaper Archive (all editions, does not have most recent week)

1995-current - online (text) through Chicago News Collection (all editions)

2021-current - online (image) through Chicago News Collection (Northwest Suburbs edition only)

Last 2 months - print

Links to the online resources are below. Click the View More button to see them all.

1849-1998 – online (image) through Chicago Tribune Historical Edition

1972-2009 - microfilm

1985-present – online (text) through Chicago Tribune (obituaries from 1985-1999 missing)

Last 2 months – print

Last 4 days – online (image) through PressReader

Links to the online resources are below. Click the View More button to see them all.

1986-present – online (text) through Chicago News Collection

2006-present – online (image) through PressReader

2018-present – online (image) through Chicago News Collection

Links to the online resources are below. Click the View More button to see them all.

Newspaper and Obituary Databases

Chicago News Collection

NewsBank logo

Search a wide variety of credible, vetted local and regional newspapers from throughout the Chicagoland area, including the Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Naperville Sun, and more.

View Resource

Chicago Sun-Times via NewsBank

Chicago Sun-Times logo

Read today's newspaper or recent issues by selecting the Image format and browsing by date. Search current and archived issues from 1986 to the present.

View Resource

Chicago Sun-Times via PressReader

Chicago Sun-Times logo

Read the daily paper as it appears on newsstands with full-color images. Over five years of papers are available.

View Resource