Find Newspaper & Magazine Articles

Find articles and information in a huge range of magazines and newspapers, without any fee for access. All you need is a Champaign library card to use these special databases.

Magazine articles

  • General Reference Center Gold Search by author, title, or subject in a huge range of popular magazines, including Adweek, Barron’s, Consumer Reports, Cosmopolitan, Jet, Men’s Health, and the New England Journal of Medicine. Some articles have complete text. For access: Type in all 14 digits of your Champaign library card number. (No card? Use this at the library.)
  • Consumer Reports.org, home use | in-library use See the trusted product reviews of Consumer Reports online without paying the subscription fee. For access: Type in all 14 digits of your Champaign library card number. (No card? Use this at the library.)

Newspaper articles

  • Newsstand, home use | in-library use  Search more than 800 national, state, and local newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, and the News-Gazette. For access: Type in all 14 digits of your Champaign library card number. (No card? Use this at the library.)
  • News-Gazette (via Newsstand), home use | in-library use For access: Type in all 14 digits of your library card number.  (No card? Use this at the library.)
  • New York Times (via Newsstand), home use | in-library use For access: Type in all 14 digits of your library card number.  (No card? Use this at the library.)
  • Wall Street Journal Online, home use| in-library use See articles from the eastern edition of the Wall Street Journal issue by issue, or search topics from today back to 1984. Save a search, and any new articles on the same topic will be emailed to you. Instant translation into 11 languages including Chinese, Spanish, Russian. For access: Type in all 14 digits of your library card number.  (No card? Use this at the library.)
  • General Reference Center Gold Search a huge range of publications, including the Chicago Tribune and New York Times, by author, title, or subject. Many articles have complete text. For access: Type in all 14 digits of your Champaign library card number. (No card? Use this at the library.)

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Newspapers & magazines at the library

To see if we have a newspaper or magazine at the library, search the catalog.
Note: You can check out older issues of magazines. Newspapers cannot be checked out.

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