News & Current Affairs

Read nearly two centuries of digitized California newspapers. A rich primary source for those interested in the history of the Golden State.

• 1846 to the Present
• Over 200,000 issues
• 7 million articles.

Learn about Palo Alto history. This online collection contains Palo Alto newspapers going back to the 1870s.

Full-text digital scans are searchable by keyword, name, place, and publishing year.

• Palo Alto Live Oak (10/28/1896 – 1903)
• Palo Alto Press (1901-1902)
• Palo Altan (12/1/1905-12/28/1906, 1912-1914)
• Mayfield Enterprise (3/5/1870-5/3/1871)
• Citizen (3/5/1904-12/31/1905)
• The Daily Palo Alto (published by students of Leland Stanford Univ. 9/3/1902-12/17/1902)
• The Palo Alto Times (1893-11/23/1905)
• The Daily Palo Alto Times (1/9/1908-1918)

Asian language magazines, including publications from:

• China
• Japan
• Taiwan
• Hong Kong

Libby, provided by Overdrive, is a platform for eBooks, audiobooks, magazines and streaming video.

• Almost 3000 eBooks
• Over 3600 audiobooks
• Over 3000 magazines such as The New Yorker, Discover, National Geographic, Forbes, and Newsweek

Libby also provides additional streaming services:

• Qello concert and performance streaming, plus films on music. 
• Indieflix films and documentaries from emerging filmmakers 
• Great Courses college-level lectures and literature

Access:

1. Click the Libby Link
2. Follow the prompts to sign in with your library card. We are a member of the Northern California Digital Library (NCDL).
3. Note that you may need to scroll down or click the "more" button to see our library in the list.

Check out the Libby FAQs if you need help.

Get access to current news from the New York Times website.

Also includes, access to articles from 1981-present, as well as 1851-1922

Checkout Procedures

• Click on the authentication link.
• Log in with your 14 digit library barcode and PIN.
• Once logged in, you will be prompted to create an account.
  • During the account creation process, an email must be provided to the New York Times.
• Once logged in, you have access to the New York Times Online for 72 hours.
• After 72 hours has expired, simply click on the authentication link once more to receive another 72-hour checkout.

News from over 2,000 local, regional, and national publications.

• Newspapers, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts, and videos.
• Thousands of obituaries
• From 53 States and Territories.
• Customize news alerts on specific topics.
• 1978-present.

Search Palo Alto obituaries from 1890 to present.

Full-text access to today's national and international newspapers and magazines such as:

• Chicago Tribune
• The Guardian
• Top Magazines

Sign in to the PressReader app or website while connected to the library's wifi to checkout 2-day 'hotspot access' from your device at home or on the go.

Watch PressReader Tutorials online to get started.

An invaluable resource to explore American history as seen through the eyes of Stanford undergraduates.

• The collection contains 18,931 issues dating back to 1892.
• Issues are presented both as originally printed and in plain text.
• The collection is entirely searchable.

U.S. Newsstream is a comprehensive collection that covers local, national, and international news, updated daily. You can search current U.S. news content, as well as archives that stretch back into the 1980s.

Key U.S. titles include:

• The New York Times (backfile from 1980 forward)
• The Wall Street Journal (from 1984 forward)
• The Washington Post (from 1987 forward)
• Los Angeles Times (from 1985 forward)
• Chicago Tribune (from 1985 forward)
• The Boston Globe (from 1980 forward)
• CNN Newswires
• The Huffington Post

It also offers exclusive access to over 80 Gannett regional newspapers and includes hundreds of other local, regional, and national titles from throughout the U.S.

Get online access to current business news from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

Checkout Procedures

• Click on the authentication link.
• Enter your 14 digit library barcode and PIN if you are accessing the link remotely for the first time. 
• After logging in, you will be prompted to create an account and accept their Privacy Notice, Subscriber Agreement, and Cookie Notice.
  • During the account creation process, an email must be provided to the Wall Street Journal.
  • Do not share your Wall Street Journal account with others.
• You have access to the Wall Street Journal for 3 days.
• After 72 hours has expired, simply click on the authentication link once more to receive another 3 day checkout.

Unlimited digital access to WashingtonPost.com without creating a new account.

• Expert reporting and analysis from Washington and around the world.
• Real-time Q&A Discussions providing a behind the scenes look at key stories.
• Live-streaming of Washington Post Live events.

Checkout Procedure

• Click on the authentication link.
• Log in with your 14 digit library barcode and PIN.
• Once logged in, you have unlimited access to The Washington Post website.
• Note that closing your web browser or restarting your computer may require revisiting the authentication link.