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Recommended Resources
Access World News
Explore and stay informed on local, national and international topics, people and events. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources from around the world to around the corner, including The Times, Gary Post Tribune, and the Merrillville Post Tribune.
Black Life in America
Comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18th century to the present day. Sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications.
Chicago Sun-Times (1986-Current)
Current news plus a 39 year archive of the Chicago Sun Times. Full text coverage from 1986 through today, including full color pages for current issues.
General OneFile
Contains articles from newspapers and magazines from around the world. Searchable by audience, keyword, or publication title.
Hoosier State Chronicles
Digitized versions of Indiana's historic newspapers, operated by the Indiana State Library.
INSPIRE
Free to Indiana residents: a searchable database of databases. Find hundreds of further resources for your research!
New York Times
Access current articles on world news, business, food, tech, sports, arts, politics, and much more. You will be prompted to redeem a code for 24 hours of access and create a New York Times account if you don't already have one. After 24 hours you can return to this page and click the link again for another code.
NewspaperARCHIVE Library Edition
Browse through global and local newspaper articles dating back to 1607. Search by first and last name, dates, or regions.
Online Post Tribune or Gary Post Tribune Obituary Index (1921-current)
Now you can quickly and easily search local obituaries when tracing your family history! Our brand new obituary search engine lets you search by name, partial name, maiden name, date, city, and age. Once you've found the obituary, we'll be happy to pull a copy for your records. (Please note: Indexing for 1987 - 1989 is incomplete. If you need an obituary from those years, please use ourᅠAsk a Librarian form).
Post Tribune (1986-current)
Search more than 30 years of Indiana history with the Post-Tribune Collection. Full text coverage from November 1986 through today, including full color pages for current issues.
ProQuest Historical Chicago Tribune
Every article of the Chicago Tribune's archive is available in this database












