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Includes current articles from AL.com and The Lede. Remote access is available 24/7 on any device with your current library card.
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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.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution on NewsBank

Explore Atlanta history through local news, events and people with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.
Birmingham News on NewsBank

Explore Birmingham history through local news, events and people with the Birmingham News Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.
Community History Archive

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Ethnic NewsWatch

Resource of full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives.
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Full text for general reference magazines and publications covering a wide range of subject areas.
Mobile Register on NewsBank

Explore archived issues of the Mobile Register with full-color newspaper pages and individual articles. Microfilm back files going farther back are at Local History & Genealogy.
Newspaper Source

Provides cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national (U.S.), international and regional newspapers. In addition, it offers television and radio news transcripts from major networks.
NewspaperArchive

Covering Alabama history from 1830-2017. Local newspapers include: Mobile Daily Commercial Register and Patriot, Mobile Register and Journal, Mobile Tribune, Sunday News Item, The Mobile Item, The Mobile News Item, and The Mobile Times.
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Regional Business News

Provides full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
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Times-Picayune on NewsBank

Explore New Orleans history through local news, events and people with the Times-Picayune Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.
USA TODAY on NewsBank

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