DIGITAL NEWS RESOURCES
Explore what is happening in the world around you using news resources available for free through your library! Whether you would like to search historical news for genealogical research, local current news, world news, or specialty news, your library has you covered!
These five resources are available to you, FOR FREE, with your library card number. Look for a press release next week, in regards to the newest offering of Newspaper Archives, which is a great resource for finding news articles. The five news resources that are available are as follows: 
  • Newspaper Archive is a brand-new offering from OPL, and it allows access to newspapers from 1,539,524 historical Alabama newspapers with 99 publications that cover 1830-2022. Patrons can download, print, and save clippings if they so choose.
  • The Anniston Star’s digital newspaper is offered for current local news.
  • Ethnic Newswatch provides full-text journals, magazines, and newspapers of the ethnic and minority press.
  • Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full-text for hundreds of national, international, and regional newspapers, as well as television and radio transcripts from major networks.
  • Regional Business News provides access to full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian Provinces.
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