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America's Obituaries and Death Notices
A comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices.

America's Newspapers and World News
Provides information full-text from over 600 U.S. and over 500 international newspapers and news services.

eLibrary
(Formally Big Chalk Library)
Use comprehensive search options and easy-to-use functionality to find resources from seven different media types: magazines, newspapers, reference books, TV/radio transcripts, pictures, maps, and streaming audio and video.V

Facts.com
Provides instant access to important information about events, people, issues and statistics over the last twenty years. Added features include maps, photographs and coverage of major historical events of the past 60 years.

Local Newspaper Index
The staff and volunteers of the Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center (RELIC), located at the Bull Run Regional Library, index articles of interest and obituaries that appear in The Manassas Journal Messenger and The Potomac News for our Local Newspaper Index. Please note that the Manassas journal Messenger and the Potomac News merged to form the News & Messenger, October 13, 2008.To search this ever-growing database, simply click on the link above.  Please note:  The index to the Daily Journal (Prince William Journal) is limited to obituaries.

MediaFinder
A database of over 70,000 U.S. and Canadian periodical titles, including listings for magazines, newsletters, journals, directories and catalogs.

New York Times Historical Newspaper Collection
As part of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers collection, this database offers full-text and full-image articles for The New York Times. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in PDF files. Coverage extends from 1851-2005. Each year ProQuest will provide an additional year of coverage to this base collection.

Virginia State Newspaper Package
Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community  events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. Includes Daily News Leader, Daily Press (Due to licensing restrictions, Daily Press is only available in library branches), Richmond-Times Dispatch, The Roanoke Times and The Virginian-Pilot.

Washington Post
1977 - Current
Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community.

Washington Post Historical Newspaper Collection
As part of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers collection, this database offers full-text and full-image articles for The Washington Post. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in PDF files. Coverage extends from 1877-1992. Each year ProQuest will provide an additional year of coverage to this base collection.

 

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