eMagazines & eNews

Access World News (NewsBank)

U.S. and global news content from local, regional, national and international sources (printed and online newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts and videos). Includes 150 different California titles and over 14,000 worldwide titles. Digital replicas of current local papers are available:

• East Bay Times
• Marin Independent Journal
• Mercury News (San Jose)
• Press Democrat (Santa Rosa)
• Reporter (Vacaville)
• Sacramento Bee
• San Francisco Chronicle
• Sunnyvale Sun
• USA Today

California Historical Newspapers (NewsBank)

Explore a collection of California historical newspapers — including the American Sentinel, California Star, Daily Globe, Evening Post, Oakland Daily News, San Francisco Bulletin, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Evening Journal, Weekly Alta California and others from 1847 to 2017. 

Historical Newspapers: U.S. West Collection‎ (ProQuest)

Expand your historical newspaper reach by searching in newspapers from California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Utah, and other western states. Includes the Reno Evening Gazette, Shasta Courier, Oregon Statesman, and over seventy other newspapers. 

San Francisco Business Times

San Francisco Business Times is accessible on computers at the Main Library and Branches and while connected to the Library's wifi network.

Access to the digital version of San Francisco Business Times, Book of Lists, and Los Angeles Business Journal.

San Francisco Chronicle, Historical & Recent (NewsBank)

Access full page and article images 1865 to current, with searchable full text of the historical San Francisco Chronicle from 1865 to 2017+.

• Most Recent Issues (including today's Chronicle)

San Francisco Examiner, Historical & Recent (ProQuest)

Access full page and article images with searchable full text from 1865 to current (cross-reference database search). Links to specific collections appear below.

Collections:

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

Los Angeles Times

Access full-text coverage of national, international, and local news, 1881 to current (cross-reference database search). Links to specific collections with article images appear below. Click the link above to search all three databases at once. (ProQuest)

Collections:

• Los Angeles Times - Historical (1881 to 1999, full text PDF)
• Los Angeles Times - Text Edition (1985 to current, full text)
• Los Angeles Times - Record Edition (2008 to current, full image text)

New York Times Online

Access the online version of New York Times. Note: Some sections are only available to paid subscribers.

Collections:

• New York Times - Replica Version (PressReader)
• New York Times - Online Access from Home (Get Started)
• New York Times - Historical (1851 to 4 years ago, full text PDF)
• New York Times - East Coast Late Edition (1980 to present, full text)
• New York Times - Recent (2008 to 3 months ago, full text PDF)
• New York Times Book Review (1988 to present, full text PDF)
• New York Times Magazine (1997 to present, full text PDF)

NewspaperArchive - United States Collection

Access to historical U.S. and California newspapers such as the Berkeley Daily Gazette, Oakland Tribune, San Mateo Times and many others.

PressReader

Choose from 4000 newspapers from 100 countries in 60 languages, many providing same-day publication with a 60-day back file. Searchable by country, title, and date. Check our FAQ for more information. If you're experiencing a problem with this service, please contact PressReader Support. (ProQuest)

• PressReader FAQ
• PressReader App for Android
• PressReader App for iPad/iPhone
• PressReader App for Kindle Fire Tablets
• PressReader App for other operating systems (OS) 

US Newsstream

Explore U.S. news dating back to the 1980s, including newspapers like Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and The Wall Street Journal. Also includes newswires and blogs and local and regional newspapers. (ProQuest)

The Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition

Access The Wall Street Journal in three formats. 

Collections:

• The Wall Street Journal (wsj.com) | How do I access The Wall Street Journal (wsj.com)?
• The Wall Street Journal - Eastern Text Edition, 1984 to present (ProQuest)
• The Wall Street Journal - Online Edition, 2010 to present (ProQuest)

The Washington Post

Access the backfile of the Washington Post from 1987 to the current issue.

• The Washington Post Current Issues (1996-12-04 – Present) (ProQuest)
• The Washington Post pre-1997 (1987-01-01 – 1996-12-03) (ProQuest)
• The Washington Post Online (2016-05-21 – Present) (ProQuest)

For more newspapers, including additional historical archives, please visit Articles & Databases.

Platforms and Apps

Flipster Digital Magazines

Stream popular digital magazine titles online from a computer or download them to a smartphone or tablet using the Flipster mobile app for offline reading. (EBSCO)

• Flipster FAQ
• Flipster App for Android
• Flipster App for iPad and iPhone
• Flipster App for Kindle Fire Tablets

NEW! Hoopla Magazines BingePass

Get seven days of unlimited access to more than 100 popular magazines — like Us Weekly, Good Housekeeping, Prevention, Cosmopolitan, Reader’s Digest, In Touch, TIME, and more. Use the Hoopla Digital app to start reading. See title list.

Kono Digital

Access more than 200 full-color digital magazines in Chinese (traditional characters), Japanese and Korean from a computer, tablet or smartphone.

PressReader

Choose from 4000 newspapers from 100 countries in 60 languages, many providing same-day publication with a 60-day back file. Searchable by country, title, and date. Check our FAQ for more information. If you're experiencing a problem with this service, please contact PressReader Support. (ProQuest)

• PressReader FAQ
• PressReader App for Android
• PressReader App for iPad/iPhone
• PressReader App for Kindle Fire Tablets
• PressReader App for other operating systems (OS)

Qikan Chinese Magazines

Access 200 current, popular Chinese-language magazines published in China. Available in either traditional or simplified characters. (Dragonsource)

Popular Titles

The Atlantic

Access the full backfile and current issues of this long-running staple of longform journalism.

• The Atlantic Current Issues (2014-05-01 – Present) (Digital Replica on Flipster)
• The Atlantic Web-only Content (2006-01-16 – Present) (Text-only on NewsBank)
• The Atlantic Magazine Archive (1857-11-01 – 2014-04-01) (Text-only on Ebsco)

Consumer Reports

Get ratings and reviews for thousands of products and services from the monthly Consumer Reports as well as the annual Consumer Reports Buying Guide, plus trusted advice and in-depth reporting. 

• Consumer Reports Magazine Edition (2014-03-01 – Present) (Flipster)
• Consumer Reports Searchable Database (1991-01-01 – Present) (MasterFILE Complete - Ebsco)
• Consumer Reports Buying Guide (2015-01-01 – Present) (Flipster)

The Economist

Make sense of politics, economics, business and technology with the weekly Economist magazine. 

• The Economist Digital Replica (2018 – Present) (PressReader)
• The Economist Searchable Database (1992 – Present) (eLibrary - ProQuest)

National Geographic Virtual Library

Explore the full-text historical run of National Geographic magazine from the 1800s onward. 

• National Geographic Magazine Virtual Library (1888 – two months ago) (Gale)
• National Geographic Magazine Current Issues (2017-03-01 – Present) (Flipster)

New York Magazine 

Read new issues of this popular magazine as well as issues from the backfile. 

• New York Magazine Digital Replica (2019-08-19 – Present) (PressReader)
• New York Magazine Searchable Database (2005-01-10 – 2008-08-10; 2009-11-09 – Present) (ProQuest)