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Mobile Press Register on Newsbank - Full text for stories originating in the Mobile Register from 1993 to the present, including obituaries! (News obits only, no paid funeral notices.)Use your Library Card number to log in. This newspaper database contains text only, no pictures or images. Photographs from articles can be purchased from the Mobile Register Photography Department (photographs only, no other graphics are available). Call them for more information: 251/219-5666.
The Mobile Register is ALSO available in microfilm at Local History and Geneaology. This format is an exact photo-duplication of the newspaper. This microfilm collection is an almost complete run from 1819 to the present.
Access World News on Newsbank - This comprehensive news collection is ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, regional, national and international level. Its diverse source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos. Use it to explore a specific event or to compare a wide variety of viewpoints on topics such as politics, business, health, sports, cultural activities and people. Use your Library Card number to log in.

Content is easily searched and sorted through an intuitive, map-based interface:.

Mobile Register at Alabama Live
- Search the classifieds
- Read and search through the last 14 days of the paper
- Search the online archives which contain issues from 1993-present. You do not need an account to search the archives. The archives include text only, including selected obituaries. They do not include photographs, charts, illustrations, advertisements or political cartoons. This free search will produce a list of headlines and the first paragraph of each story. Display of the entire story requires online payment of a fee.
Mobile Register Website - home delivery, marketing, tours, the Newspapers in Education project, and other organizational information.
Alabama Live! - Recent issues, including news and classifieds:
The Mobile Beacon & Alabama Citizen. Main Library has the current issue. Back issues for the current month are retained at Local History and Geneaology, which also has selected issues on microfilm.
WALA Fox 10 News
WKRG News 5
WEAR Pensacola
Alabama Public TV

The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Biloxi/Gulfport Sun Herald
The Chicago Tribune Online
Houston Chronicle
The Los Angeles Times
Memphis, TN. The Commercial Appeal
New Orleans. The Times-Picayune Main Library subscribes to the Sunday paper, keeping the last 4 issues.
New York Times on the Web - search back issues for free but pay to view articles. All back issues are available on microfilm at the Main Library.
USA Today - Search their archives for free and pay to view articles. Back issues are available on microfiche at the Main Library
Wall Street Journal - - Search their archives for free and pay to view articles. Back issues are available on microfiche at the Main Library
The Washington Post Online

American Journalism Review - Newspapers and magazines from the U.S. and around the world
CNN Interactive
DailySource.org - provides high quality news, features, columns, photos and multimedia items to the public from leading sources across the Internet.
The Drudge Report - Keep up with all the news and all your favorite columnists!
Hispanic/Latino News Service
MetaGrid - magazines and newspapers on the web by category
National Public Radio
News and Newspapers From Around the World
Newspaper Association of America - Links to newspapers in all 50 states, with additional links to international, college, business and alternative papers
Newsweek Magazine Online - news and articles!
Opinion - syndicated editorial cartoons and opinions
ThePaperboy.com - links to almost any newspaper in the world!
world-newspapers.com - Covers world newspapers online and news sites in English and also links to selected online magazines arranged by subject.