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Magazines & Newspapers

Newspaper & Magazines

Newspaper Source cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 national (U.S.) and international newspapers, including Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), Toronto Star, The database also contains selective full text for more than 370 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, etc.

Proquest~ Newspaper and magazine indexes and full text including the New York Times (including the NYT Book Review), the Los Angeles Times the Everett Herald and Wall Street Journal.

Masterfile Premier (EbscoHost) MasterFILE� Premier contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. This database also contains full text more than 500 reference books, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags.

Academic Search� Premier (Ebsco) contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,500 journals, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles with full-text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc.

INFORME ! Una colecci�n de revistas hisp�nicas con textos completos. Abarca negocios, salud, tecnolog�a, cultura, temas de actualidad y otras materias.
A collection of hispanic magazines with full text. Covers business, health, technology, culture, current topics and other subjects.

Newspapers for Genealogy / Local History Research

The Burlington Public Library owns historical local newspapers in paper and/or microfilm format. View this chart, which shows which volumes we have in print and microfilm. The Burlington area has seen many newspapers come and go over the years. Click on the links below for charts detailing newspaper publishing history.

Tribune pre-1899

Journal 1899 - 1916

Burlington Journal 1916 - 1961

Burlington Farm Journal 1961 - 1981

Skagit Argus 1982 - 1996

Skagit Valley Argus 1996 - 2000

Argus 2000 - present

Local newspapers can be viewed at the library. We have a microfilm reader/printer for use on a first-come, first-served basis. A one-hour limit is imposed if people are waiting to use the machine. Printouts are $.15/page.
If you have an exact date you would like us to search for you from the above papers, email blibrary@ci.burlington.wa.us . We would be happy to photocopy a page or two of an obituary or other article and mail it to you.
[snail mail : 820 East Washington Ave Burlington, WA 98233]

For Obituary searches of other Skagit communities, contact the Skagit Valley Genealogical Society

For obituary searches from other newspapers, contact the Washington State Library's Ask A Librarian Service for free lookups.

Newspapers at the Washington State Library

Obitz.us - A Genealogy Website obitz.us/bp/Index_WA.htm

Obituary Daily Times - obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi

For contemporary obituaries, see also Legacy.com

Genealogy records guide for Washington www.deathindexes.com/washington/index.html

List of Digitized Historical Washington State Newspapers by Title
List of Digitized Historical Washington State Newspapers by County

Program Links in "More Than Just Obituaries" Using Historical Newspapers in Your Genealogical Research