Find articles online
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.)
Newspaper articles
- America’s Newspapers Search hundreds of national and Illinois newspapers, the News-Gazette included; complete text of articles dating back 5+ years. For access: Type in all 14 digits of your Champaign 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.)
- 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 to enter the Proquest site. Click the Wall Street Journal link. (No card? Use this at the library.)
Local newspaper websites
Daily
- Daily Illini http://www.dailyillini.com
- The News-Gazette http://www.newsgazette.com
Weekly
- Buzz, Daily Illini Arts Magazine http://www.readbuzz.com
- Thrifty Nickel http://www.thriftynickelads.com
- Inside Illinois, UIUC staff newspaper http://www.news.uiuc.edu/ii
- The Prospectus http://virtual.parkland.edu/prospectus
Monthly
- The Active Senior http://www.activeseniorsoptions.com/activesenior.html
- Prairie Flame http:www.prairieflame.biz/new_page_1.htm
- The Public i http://publici.ucimc.org
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.

Wall Street Journal Online
See articles from the Wall Street Journal issue by issue, or search topics from today back to 1984. At home, use your library card number to enter the Proquest site. Click the Wall Street Journal link. (No card? Use this at the library.)
Chicago Tribune,
New York Times & more
The Tribune and Times are just two of the huge number of publications you can search in General Reference Center Gold, a part of InfoTrac.