Articles & Databases

Online versions of Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives and Milestone Documents in American History. Search by keyword, or browse by subject.

Small consumer electronics, diagrams, instructions and data for the repair technician. Schematics for radios, TVs, stereos, and VCRs.

Accessible only in the Main Library on an Internet computer

Finding aid consisting of a wide variety of materials relating to people widely known and relatively unknown in San Francisco, the greater Bay Area, and California.

SERVICE ALERT: The news provider is providing full access to San Francisco Business Times for a limited time.  

Latest business news, updated throughout the day. Includes digital archive of weekly editions, Book of Lists, and access to Los Angeles Business Journal. Accommodates 100 simultaneous users

Full page and article images with searchable full text of the Historical San Francisco Chronicle from 1865-2014+. Note: Some article images may still be unavailable.

Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. (For current San Francisco Chronicle articles use: Newspapers (NewsBank)

Access full page and article images 1865-current, with searchable full text of the historical San Francisco Chronicle from 1865 to 2017+. Note: Some article images may still be unavailable.

Archival photographs, manuscripts, documents, maps, ephemera, and audiovisual materials from our digitized and born-digital collections.

Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.

Collections:

• Daily Examiner (1865-1889)
• The Examiner (1889-1902)
• San Francisco Examiner (1902-present)