News

America’s News
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Search current and archived coverage of issues, events, people, government, sports and more with the largest collection of full-text U.S. newspapers. Includes staff-written articles, obituaries, editorials, announcements, real estate and other sections. Funded by The Old Colony Library Network.

Black Life in America
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From the early days of slavery to modern times, people of African descent have had a profound impact on American history. While many Black achievements are not covered in most textbooks, Black Life in America—a unique digital archive of news media—presents the broad sweep of African American history in ways no other online resource can match. Funded by The Old Colony Library Network. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Boston Globe
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Complete full-text content from 1980-present. Coverage of community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, people in the community, and much more. Paid advertisements and syndicated columns are not included.

Boston Metro Collection
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Provides access to an extensive full-text collection of news published in and around Boston. Updated daily, this one-stop resource includes fully searchable archives of nearly 200 daily and weekly news sources, including The Braintree Forum.

Enterprise Collection
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Search news from Brockton and vicinity from the year 2000 to today with The Enterprise Collection. Explore current and archived issues of The Enterprise with full-color newspaper pages and individual articles, as well as content only published online. Funded by The Old Colony Library Network.

General OneFile
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A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Heritage Hub
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HeritageHub provides access to hundreds of years of obituaries and death notices from thousands of newspapers across the United States, from 1704 through today. This one-of-a-kind collection helps patrons and family historians uncover new family members and understand family relationships on a deeper level than ever before. Funded by The Old Colony Library Network. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

New York Times
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Full-text of The New York Times from 1985- present.

New York Times Cooking
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The New York Times Cooking is a digital cookbook and cooking guide alike, available on all platforms, that helps home cooks of every level discover, save and organize the world’s best recipes, while also helping them become better, more competent cooks.

Access to The New York Times Cooking is in 72 hour allotments; you may obtain a new access code every 72 hours for uninterrupted access. Please see the INSTRUCTIONS FOR OBTAINING AN ACCESS CODE to get started. Provided by the Old Colony Library Network.

New York Times Digital Edition
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Full access the New York Times Digital Edition. Available in English, Spanish and Chinese.

A New York Times online account, which requires only an email address and a password, is needed to access the newspaper. Access from home is in 72 hour allotments; you may obtain a new access code every 72 hours for uninterrupted access. Please see the INSTRUCTIONS FOR SETTING UP AN ACCOUNT AND OBTAINING AN ACCESS CODE to get started. Provided by the Old Colony Library Network.

New York Times Games
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Times games have captivated solvers since the launch of the Crossword in 1942. Their experts create engaging word and visual games — in 2014 they introduced the Mini Crossword, followed by Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed, Tiles and Vertex. They continue to make new games players will be passionate about

Access to The New York Times Games is in 72 hour allotments; you may obtain a new access code every 72 hours for uninterrupted access. Please see the INSTRUCTIONS FOR OBTAINING AN ACCESS CODE to get started. Provided by the Old Colony Library Network.

News: Gale OneFile
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An innovative full-text newspaper resource that allows you to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section, or other fields. It includes access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Opposing Viewpoints: Gale in Context
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A one-stop source for information on today’s hottest social issues. The Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, as well as links to websites. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Patriot Ledger Collection
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Search news from Quincy and vicinity from the year 2000 to today with The Patriot Ledger Collection. Explore current and archived issues of The Patriot Ledger with full-color newspaper pages and individual articles, as well as content only published online. Funded by The Old Colony Library Network.

Power Search
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Search across multiple databases. Select multiple databases from a list and then search across all of the databases you have chosen.