LibGuides: Newspapers: Papers @ Public Libraries

Access Newspapers Online Through Your Public Library Account

City and county public libraries in San Diego county, California, and the rest of the United States often have subscriptions to newspaper databases. Use these to get access to additional newspaper resources online. Major city libraries often have microfilmed older area newspapers and maybe the only source for some newspapers / older years.

Newspapers at San Diego Public Library

E-Library
Los Angeles Times on Proquest, New York Times direct, New York Times historical, SD Union Tribune on Newsbank. Also Newstand from Gale and Global Newstream from Proquest for 1000's of national and international newspapers.
Get an SDPL card
Apply online for a library card that allows access to e-books, newspapers, article database, audio books, and more.
Newspapers print and microfilm
The 3rd floor of the Central Library has Newspapers while the 9th floor has the San Diego Heritage collection. SDPL is the only library that has extensive years of the San Diego Tribune (former afternoon paper)
Requesting SD articles & obituaries
The Newspaper Room of the San Diego Public Library can search for and produce copies of obituaries and articles from the San Diego Union-Tribune. Modest fees charged.

Newspapers at San Diego County Library system

eLibrary
New York Times direct, San Diego Union-Tribune, PressReader (newspapers and magazines from around the world).
Get an SD County Library card
Get a card which gives San Diego County residents immediate access to SDCL's digital eLibrary resources, including ebooks and audiobooks.

Other City Libraries in San Diego County

Carlsbad History Collection
Carlsbad City Public library has several North SD County newspapers on microfilm.
e-Newspapers at Carlsbad City Library
New York Time direct, LA Times, NYT, WSJ on Proquest, and Gale in Context: High School with select newspaper articles
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https://www.carlsbadca.gov/services/depts/library/about/faq.asp Get a Carlsbad Library Card
Chula Vista Public Library
Newspapers on Ebsco. The Chula Vista Star News 1930- 2008 (in-house use only)
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https://www.chulavistaca.gov/departments/library/using-your-library Get a Chula Vista Library card.
Coronado Public Library
Access San Diego and other American newspapers including NY Times. Coronado newspapers archive also available.
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Get a Coronado library card -see https://ca-coronadolibrary.civicplus.com/191/Cards-Loans-Fees
Escondido Public Library
Digital Reel; allows access to Escondido newspapers published before 1995, including The Advocate, The Escondido Times, and The Times Advocate
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Get an Escondido Library card

Other Public Libraries in California and United States

California Public Libraries
Most California public libraries give our library cards to anyone with California address.
Public Libraries in the US

Historic California Newspapers

California Digital Newspapers
Coordinates preservation of California newspapers printed since 1846. Catalog shows publishing history and library locations for nearly 13,000 papers. Part of the state-by-state U.S. Newspaper Project. Based at UC Riverside.
California Newspaper Project
The CNP catalog is the most comprehensive source of information about California newspapers. It details newspaper titles and holdings from more than 1,400 libraries, museums, historical societies and publishers' offices throughout the state. The catalog contains records for over 14,400 U.S. newspaper titles held in California repositories; close to 9,000 of these newspapers were or are published in California.