Newspapers – Online and Microfilm

Black Life in America – The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today, sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications. Offsite access limited to Poughkeepsie Public Library District residents.

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Historical New York Times – Online provides full text coverage of the New York Times from 1851 through 2005 and is searchable by keyword (“Titanic sinks”) or by date (April 16, 1912). Scroll through all related articles, or use the Page Map to view the entire page and navigate through the paper from first page to last. Offsite access limited to Poughkeepsie Public Library District residents.

News (Gale OneFile) – Full-text newspaper articles from newspapers across the country and around the world, including the New York Times (1985-present), the New York Post, The Daily News, the Albany Times Union and other newspapers.

NewsBank: America’s Historical Newspapers – Available to Poughkeepsie Public Library District resident card holders. Explore three centuries of early American history (1690-1922) from over 1,100 historical newspapers.

Newspapers.com – NY features page image newspapers that are keyword searchable from many parts of New York State. The Poughkeepsie Eagle News is available from November 30, 1861 – December 30, 1922 (with some coverage gaps).  Also included are the Kingston Daily Freeman (1873-1977), and the Middletown Herald and variant names (1894-1970s). Offsite access limited to Poughkeepsie Public Library District Cardholders. ***If you are inside a PPLD library building, click HERE for immediate access.

New York State Historic Newspapers Project – provides free online access to a wide range of newspapers chosen to reflect New York’s unique history.

New York Times – Full text access from 1985 to the present. Articles can be translated into more than 10 different languages or listened to using the audio player.

The Library District owns a complete run, on microfilm, of the Poughkeepsie Journal and its antecedents going back to 1785. The list below reflects all of the newspapers we have on microfilm at Adriance Memorial Library.

Adriance Memorial Library has three microfilm readers available on a first come, first served basis. You may print black and white, 8.5×11 copies for .20/each. The microfilm reader accepts only dimes. There is a change machine that accepts bills near the Reference Desk.