Allegheny County library users are fortunate to have access to some great newspaper databases covering local, regional, and national papers. Did you know that there are a few other online collections out there that supplement these robust collections?
Chronicling America
The Chronicling America collection includes America’s historic newspaper pages from 1777-1963. The site also features the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Search by state, date, or even by language – with newspapers printed in 19 different languages!
This resource also includes the Newspaper Navigator that lets users search for visual data across newspapers from 1789-1963.
Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
Google News Archive
Google News Archive is an extension of Google News providing free access to scanned archives of newspapers and links to other newspaper archives on the web (both free and paid). Includes The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Pittsburgh Press, other local papers, and national and international titles.
While the search feature leaves something to be desired, the browsability of this site is fairly useful.
Hopefully these additional sources will help you help library users find the information they seek.
Happy searching!
– Richelle, Sewickley Public Library