Articles & Databases

Search million obituaries and death notices from over 4,100 U.S. sources, with genealogical information on occupation, education, and more. Powered by Heritage Hub. (Formerly America's Obituaries & Death Notices)

High School in Context offers cross-curricular content aligned to national and state curriculum standards and reinforces the development of skills. With nearly 1,000 issue, topic, and geographic pages across the curriculum, content includes topics like government and the economy; human population; sound and sound waves; American literature; and more.

Full text historical runs of major magazines from the 1800s onward. Collections includes 19 archives: Architectural Digest, Art Magazine, Atlantic, Bloomberg Business, Ebony, Esquire, Forbes, Fortune, Jet, Life, Maclean's, Nation, National Review, New Republic, People, Sports Illustrated, Time, Vanity Fair and U.S. News & World Report.

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. See also Recent Newspapers: U.S. West Collection (ProQuest).

Access the largest oral history collection documenting the Black experience in the United States. The nationally acclaimed digital archive features clips, images, and transcripts for the stories of thousands of prominent African Americans, such as San Francisco luminaries Willie Brown and Effie Lee Morris.

Stream popular eBooks, movies, TV shows, music and audiobooks on a computer, or download them your mobile device using the hoopla app. Check our FAQ for software requirements and other details.

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.