Research Tools
America's Newspapers
Search full-text local, regional, and national news in The State Journal-Register, Chicago Sun-Times, Peoria Journal Star, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, USA TODAY, and more.
Chicago Sun-Times
Explore Chicago history through local news, events and people with the Chicago Sun-Times Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.
HeritageHub
Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 - today.
Illinois Times
Search full-text (text only) local news in the Illinois Times, with coverage from 2003 to the present.
Illinois Times Image Edition
Browse and search the digitized version of the Illinois Times, with coverage from 1975-2014. Available for in-library use only.
Newspaper Source Plus
A full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers and newswires and offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
Newspapers.com World Collection
Online access to 4,000+ historical newspapers from the early 1700s into the 2000s. Includes thousands of well-known, regional and state titles to small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.
Peoria Journal Star
Explore Peoria history through local news, events and people with the Peoria Journal Star Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.