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Database Description Help/Off-Campus Access
Chicago Defender Historical via ProQuest Chicago Defender from 1905 to 1975 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers). Some articles include page images with photographs. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Chicago Sun-Times via Newsbank Under "Shortcuts" click on"Chicago Sun-Times (full-text available one day after publication, covers 1986 - to present). Search by topic or BROWSE to read the entire paper. Daily issues in print available at the campus library desks. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Chicago Tribune via NewsBank Chicago Tribune from 1985 to present. Search by topic or BROWSE to read the daily paper. Full-text available same day of publication.
ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Chicago Tribune RedEye via NewsBank Chicago Tribune RedEye (Oct. 25, 2002 to present). Search by topic or BROWSE to read the daily paper. Full-text available same day of publication.
ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Chicago Tribune Historical via ProQuest Chicago Tribune from 1849 to1985 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers). Some articles include page images with photographs. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Chronicle of Higher Education Weekly journal of articles of interest to colleges, community colleges, and universities. Features scholarly essays, current events, and classified advertisements. Access is limited to Oakton on-campus computers.
Crain'sChicago Business via EBSCOhost Search for "Crain's" Feature articles, business profiles, interviews, financial information, thematic issues and timely news for Chicago. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus. For off-campus access, use the link to "Regional Business News via EBSCOhost" and search for Crain's Chicago.
Daily Herald via NewsBank Full-text 1 day after publication. Covers North West Cook, DuPage, Lake, McHenry and Kane Counties and Fox Valley 1995- present. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
HarpWeek Harper's Weekly a weekly news and literary magazine covering the U.S.Civil War Era, Reconstruction and Gilded Age I & II (1857-1889) in full text and indexed by subject.  Access is limited to Oakton on-campus computers.
LexisNexis Academic  Full-text newspaper articles covering up to twenty years of news from around the world.  ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Newsbank databases Coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
NewsIllinois State News via Newsbank Selected Illinois newspapers including State Journal-Register (Springfield) and Oakton district Pioneer Press publications. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Newspaper Source via EBSCOhost Selected full-text articles from 143 U.S. and international newspapers. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
New York Times via NewsBank Search by topic or BROWSE to read the daily paper. Full-text available same day of publication. Covers Jan. 1, 2000 - to present. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Regional Business News via EBSCOhost Regional Business News incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.
Wall Street Journal Daily news and financial information from Wall Street (abstracts only -- daily issues in print available at the campus library desks). ID is library card number. No ID needed on campus.


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