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EBSCO Host LogoACADEMIC SEARCH ELITE
A core resource for scholarly information across a range of disciplines. Includes thousands of journals, with content either available in full-text or abstracted and indexed. Newspaper content includes full-text articles from The Christian Science Monitor (1995-present).
ACCESS WORLD NEWS
Find information on world issues and events, education, government, politics and more including newspapers, videos and web-only content featuring the Providence Journal, USA Today, international sources and more.
The New York Times LogoTHE NEW YORK TIMES – HISTORICAL
Provides full-text access to back issues of the paper (1851-2013). Content is searchable by keyword, author, article title, and first paragraph (abstract); it includes illustrations and advertisements. (Note: this publication’s title changed from The New York Daily Times to The New York Times in 1857.) An NPL barcode (the 14-digit number on the back of your library card) is required to access this resource remotely.
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Offers access to past editions of newspapers from the United States and abroad. Search or browse the collection of 4,200+ titles to find news reports, notices of births/marriages/deaths, sports headlines, comics, and more. An NPL barcode (the 14-digit number on the back of your library card) is required to access this resource remotely. Please click here to access newspapers.com from inside the library. Click here to access this resource from inside the library.
NEWPORT DAILY NEWS
Contains articles published in the paper from 2001 through today. Search full-color digital image edition, full-text and web-only content. An NPL barcode (the 14-digit number on the back of your library card) is required to access this resource remotely.
PROVIDENCE JOURNAL
Contains articles published in the paper from 1983 through today. Search full-color digital image edition, full-text and web-only content. Obituaries are not included. An NPL barcode (the 14-digit number on the back of your library card) is required to access this resource remotely.
Historical Newspapers of RI LogoRHODE ISLAND’S HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS
Search local newspapers from the colonial era through the early 20th century (1732-1921). Contains over two dozen publications, including the Newport-based Rhode Island Gazette, Newport Mercury, Newport Herald, and Rhode Island Republican.

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