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Find trustworthy information, explore history, or learn a new skill. We have dozens of online resources to help. 

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The People's Archive

Learn how to use unique resources that illustrate D.C.'s local history and culture.

Support for Educators

Learn about services for educators, educator cards with special borrowing privileges, class visits, and online resources.

OverDrive & Libby

Borrow eBooks, Audiobooks, and digital magazines to read on your phone, tablet, Kindle or computer.

QuickSearch

Discover what our collection has to offer and search across many of our databases for journals and articles.

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Stay connected with the world with unlimited access to more than 7,000 publications from over 120 countries, in 60 different languages.

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Accessible Archives

African American Newspapers, including Washington, D.C. resources, emphasizing eyewitness accounts of events during the 19th century.

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Baltimore Sun, The

Full page and article images of The Baltimore Sun newspaper from 1837-1991.

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D.C. Regional Newspapers

Full-text access to D.C. Metro newspapers (excluding The Washington Post). Provided by Newsbank.

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DCist Archive

Web archive, captured by The Wayback Machine, of local Washington D.C. online news source, DCist. DCist covered news, politics, arts, culture, and events in Washington, D.C., and is owned by WAMU 88.5.

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Dig DC

Selected digital collections from The People's Archive. Find photos, maps, oral histories, and newspapers documenting the history of Washington D.C.

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Historical Black Newspapers

Historic content from four major newspapers: Chicago Defender, New York Amsterdam News, Atlanta Daily World, and Baltimore Afro-American.

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National Newspaper Core

Includes Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.

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Newspapers.com

This Newspapers.com portal includes newspapers from Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia from the late 1700s into the 1960s.

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Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers

Gale Primary Sources: Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers provides a window into events, culture and daily life in nineteenth-century Washington D.C. & America.

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Washington Blade

The Washington Blade has been Washington, D.C.’s principal LGBTQ newspaper since 1969. Dig DC contains digitized editions from 1969-1996.

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Washington Business Journal

Washington Business Journal provides comprehensive business coverage of Washington, D.C., and neighboring cities & counties in Virginia & Maryland.

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Washington Post

Full text access to The Washington Post, from 1877-present.

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Washington Post Digital

Unlimited access to The Washington Post website and app.

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Washington Times

The Washington Times, established in 1982, covers events in Washington, D.C., the nation and the world.

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