Library Resources

Newspapers

Birmingham

The library receives the current issue of the major daily newspaper (Birmingham News) and keeps it in paper copy until receipt of microfilm. Microfilm usually arrives six to ten weeks after the original date of publication of the newspaper.

Local Newspaper Titles

• The Age-Herald
• Alabama American
• Alabama Independent
• Alabama Independent and Birmingham Independent
• The Birmingham Age
• Birmingham Age-Herald (1890-1895)
• Birmingham Age-Herald (1902-1950)
• The Birmingham Independent and the Cahaba Valley News
• Birmingham Iron Age
• The Birmingham News
• The Birmingham Observer
• The Birmingham Post
• The Birmingham Post-Herald
• Birmingham State Herald
• Birmingham Times
• Birmingham World
• The Cahaba Valley News
• Hot Shots
• Labor Advocate
• The Weekly Age-Herald
• The Weekly Iron Age

Birmingham Newspapers Online

• The Birmingham News  current edition, free at al.com
• The Birmingham News  (backfile).
  Full text articles available for free with a JCLC library card. Articles are searchable by keywords.

Alabama

• Alabama newspapers Current issues of Alabama newspapers available through the Internet.
• NewsLibrary This site includes archived full text articles from newspapers across the United States. The Birmingham News  articles are free for Birmingham Public Library card holders. Articles from other newspapers are available for a small fee.

Newspapers Available at Birmingham Public Library

• Newspapers on Microfilm
• Historical minority and specialty newspapers on microfilm (included in the above master list).
• Search the catalog for all newspapers held at BPL
• Online newspapers. Find full text, electronic version of newspapers with articles available to BPL patrons. (Looking for a particular title? Look here.)

Newspaper Indexes Available at the Birmingham Public Library

• The Birmingham News index (1978-1993) obituaries indexed 1975-
• The Birmingham Post-Herald index (1979-1992)
• The New York Times index (1913- )

Foreign Language

• El Diario/La Prensa is one of the country's oldest and most respected Spanish-language newspapers with a circulation of over 73,000. (Spanish) Updated daily.
• Newspapers, Journals, and Magazines available online in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish (created by MIT Libraries).
• Online Newspapers Around The World (Internet Public Library)

United States

• United States newspapers Current issues of United States newspapers available through the Internet.