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Expanding Democracy: Newspapers

News Websites & Replicas

  • Unlimited access from school wi-fi network. Not available offsite. 
  • No log in or password necessary.
  • Some access to historic articles. Full access 1851-2014 is available through Ridgewood Public Library with card #.
  • WSJ online subscription is not available for schools. 
  • The print newspaper is available in the LLC daily.
  • Teachers: please contact Library Staff for access to articles.
  • Get back articles from Bergen County's newspaper The Record. HTML format, full-text from 1998 - present.
  • Unlimited access from school wifi network through the Secondary School Programme. 
  • Daily edition in the "replica" version: a digital image of printed paper page by page.
  • Search contents of Op/Ed Page as well as all other sections.

Print Newspapers

These newspapers are available in print format in the LLC.

 

Newspaper Databases

International & Domestic Newspaper Database

  • Search back issues for full-text articles of more than 860 newspapers including  San Francisco Chronicle, The Times (UK), The Washington Post, The Washington Times (DC), The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Seattle Times, etc.
  • Also a source for television and radio news transcripts, including: ABC News (American Broadcasting Company), ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), CBS News, CNBC, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, MSNBC, National Public Radio, PBS, and more.

New York Times Historical Newspapers (Proquest)

This database is available through Ridgewood Public Library. Password: your public library card #

Search Tips:

  • Choose "Advanced Search"
  • Enter your search terms: use both boxes
  • Don't enter too many words; try 2 or 3 on each line
  • Keep phrases together with quotation marks, ex: "space shuttle"
  • Use Date and Document Type to limit search results