OPL News Resources

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.