Find trustworthy information, explore history, or learn a new skill. We have dozens of online resources to help. Popular Guides & Resources Tutorials for Online Resources Learn how to use our popular online resources through video tutorials. The People's Archive Learn how to use unique resources that illustrate D.C.'s local history and culture. Support for Educators Learn about services for educators, educator cards with special borrowing privileges, class visits, and online resources. OverDrive & Libby Borrow eBooks, Audiobooks, and digital magazines to read on your phone, tablet, Kindle or computer. Kanopy Stream movies and TV shows on your computer, Smart TV, or download the app on your phone or tablet. PressReader Stay connected with the world with unlimited access to more than 7,000 publications from over 120 countries, in 60 different languages. Find the Resources You Need Search by Keyword Topic Arts & Music Biography & Genealogy Black Studies Books & Reading Business & Finance Consumer & Health Resources Create & Learn Early Literacy Español General Research & Encyclopedias Government & Law History & Social Sciences Homework Help Job & Career Language Learning Magazines & Journals Movies & Videos Newspapers Science & Technology Washington D.C. Audience Audience - Any - Kids Teens Adults All Ages ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZTop A Accessible Archives African American Newspapers, including Washington, D.C. resources, emphasizing eyewitness accounts of events during the 19th century. Library card required Image Archive-It Selected archived websites from The People's Archive. Find archived websites that document the culture and history of Washington, D.C. including music, artists, blogs, obituaries, politics, and government. Image D D.C. Regional Newspapers Full-text access to D.C. Metro newspapers (excluding The Washington Post). Provided by Newsbank. Library card required Image DCist Archive Web archive, captured by The Wayback Machine, of local Washington D.C. online news source, DCist. DCist covered news, politics, arts, culture, and events in Washington, D.C., and is owned by WAMU 88.5. Image Dig DC Selected digital collections from The People's Archive. Find photos, maps, oral histories, and newspapers documenting the history of Washington D.C. Image Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867–1970 Digital Sanborn Maps (1867-1970) delivers detailed property and land-use records that depict the grid of everyday life in Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Library card required Image E Evening Star Research local news and history in the long considered "hometown paper of record" for the nation's capital from 1852-1981. Provided by Newsbank. Library card required Image N National Newspaper Core Includes Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. Library card required Image Newspapers.com This Newspapers.com portal includes newspapers from Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia from the late 1700s into the 1960s. Image Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers Gale Primary Sources: Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers provides a window into events, culture and daily life in nineteenth-century Washington D.C. & America. Library card required Image W Washington Blade The Washington Blade has been Washington, D.C.’s principal LGBTQ newspaper since 1969. Dig DC contains digitized editions from 1969-1996. Library card required Image Washington Business Journal Washington Business Journal provides comprehensive business coverage of Washington, D.C., and neighboring cities & counties in Virginia & Maryland. Library card required Image Washington Post Full text access to The Washington Post, from 1877-present. Library card required Image Washington Post Digital Unlimited access to The Washington Post website and app. Library card required Image Washington Times The Washington Times, established in 1982, covers events in Washington, D.C., the nation and the world. Library card required Image Women in the Life Magazine Magazine for lesbians of color published by Women in the Life Association focusing on culture, politics and health. Library card required Image
