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NewsBank
All resources are available for use within the Library. Resources marked with require a Resident* Library Card.
*Resident areas include Iowa City, Hills, University Heights, Lone Tree, and rural Johnson County.
America's Obituaries & Death Notices
Collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices from around the United States published since 1980 (exact dates covered vary by newspaper).
History and Government
The largest circulation newspaper in the state of Iowa. Coverage from 1999 - present
Gazette (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City)
News coverage for Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, and 24 counties in Eastern Iowa from 1992 to present.
Gazette Digital Archives
Search the archives of the Gazette newspapers from 1857-2010.
A one-stop source for news, periodical articles and transcripts on a wide range of topics with coverage back to 1980 and millions of full-text articles.
Magazines Articles
Historical Iowa City Newspapers
NEW! This archive covers historical newspapers in the Iowa City area from 1840 to 1929, previously only available within the library on microfilm. Titles include the Iowa City Daily Press, the Iowa City Republican, and the Iowa City Press Citizen. Visit the resource for a full list of searchable titles.
Selected content from many newspapers.
Iowa City Press Citizen
Iowa City's local newspaper with coverage from January 13, 2002 until present.
Local News Index
Index to information in newspapers and magazines. It currently goes back to 1962 and continues retrospectively.
Full-text articles from 1980 to the present from the country's newspaper of record. For coverage from 1851 to 1993 use the Historical New York Times.
New York Times - Historical
Search full image of articles published in the New York Times from its first issue in 1851. It is searchable by keyword, author, article title, and first paragraph (abstract).
New York Times - unlimited access to NYTimes.com
Get free and full access to The New York Times anytime, anywhere from the New York Times website.
News content from local, regional and national news sources.
NewspaperARCHIVE
Historical newspaper database online, contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1607 to present.
Proquest Newspapers
Indexing and full-text access to newspapers from across the nation including the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times as well as Iowa newspaper the Iowa City Press Citizen and the Des Moines Register.
Daily newspaper published by the Dow Jones & Company that focuses on business and financial news.