Newspapers

Search hundreds of local and regional newspapers with some contents back to the 1980s. Includes The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times. This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.

Primary sources covering the American Revolution, the Civil War, the Women’s Suffrage movement, and more. Full text Ocean County History in Salter’s 1890 A History Of Monmouth And Ocean Counties included in County History collection. Other collections include African-American newspapers, Godey’s Lady’s Book, WWI American Military Camp Newspapers (includes Camp Dix), Women’s Suffrage Collection and the "Pennsylvania Gazette" (1728-1800). When accessing remotely, click on Modules on the Welcome screen to access the content formerly in Accessible Archives. This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.

For genealogy, history and research, search the everyday news coverage of the newspaper of record for more than 150 years.  Click on the Topics button to browse the famous New York Times Index to identify the important articles on a topic with short summaries. Politics, society, sports, major events, obituaries, and more. More recent back issues of the New York Times are available in US Newsstream. This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.

Search news coverage from both Monmouth and Ocean County, New Jersey. This database is a part of US Newsstream by Proquest offering hundreds of local and regional newspapers including the Ocean County Observer (Dec 17, 2002 - Jan 10, 2008). Note: Many obituaries published from 1999-2005 in the Asbury Park Press are missing from this database, please contact library staff for assistance. This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.

Hundreds more sources in the upgraded America’s News. News articles from hundreds of national and local newspapers including the Newark Star Ledger, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Press of Atlantic City. Transcripts of hundreds of TV news shows including shows from CNN, FOX, CBS, NPR, and more all available 24/7 with your library card. The Bergen Record has issues from 1985 to 2022 here but issues after 2022 are now in Proquest Online. This database is provided with funding from the Ocean County Library.