Databases

Use our subscription databases to find citations and full text articles. To get started, just click on the database that you would like to search. If you're outside the library, you may need to enter your library card number and PIN in order to access the database.

• Civil War Archive

  Newspapers, Magazines, & Journals Philadelphia History Adults Teens History
  Full text of the Philadelphia Inquirer from 1860 to 1865.
  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
  

• Evening Public Ledger

  Genealogy Newspapers, Magazines, & Journals Philadelphia History Adults
  Find full text access to back issues of this popular daily paper from 9/14/1914 and 12/31/1922 online here. Visit the Newspaper Department at Parkway Central for microfilm access to additional years (9/14/1914 - 1/5/1942).
  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
  

• Free Library of Philadelphia's Digital Library Collections

  Digital Collections Philadelphia History Photography Adults Teens
  Historical images in digital format.
  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
  

• Input

  Movies & Television Philadelphia History Adults Teens Digital Media
  Input was a local Philadelphia panel discussion program, airing Sunday mornings from 1968 through early 1971
  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
  

• Pennsylvania Historical Newspapers

  Genealogy Newspapers, Magazines, & Journals Philadelphia History Adults Teens
  174 full-text historical Pennsylvania newspapers from 1790-1922.
  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
  

• Philadelphia Daily News

  Newspapers, Magazines, & Journals Philadelphia Philadelphia History Adults Teens
  Philadelphia Daily News in full text from 1/4/1978 – Present (includes sporadic gaps in coverage)
  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
  

• Philadelphia Evening Telegraph

  Newspapers, Magazines, & Journals Philadelphia History Adults Teens History
  Find full text issues of this afternoon daily published between 7/1/1864 and 6/30/1871 online here. These and additional years from 6/30/1871 to 6/28/1918 are available on microfilm at Parkway Central Library. Many coverage gaps.
  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
  

• Philadelphia Inquirer

  Newspapers, Magazines, & Journals Philadelphia Philadelphia History Adults Teens
  Philadelphia Inquirer in full text from 1/1/1981 – Present (includes sporadic gaps in coverage)
  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
  

• Philadelphia Inquirer Digital Archive 1860-2001

  Genealogy Newspapers, Magazines, & Journals Philadelphia Philadelphia History Adults Teens
  Search and browse the full text of the Philadelphia Inquirer as published 1860-2001.
  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
  

• Philadelphia Press Index

  Newspapers, Magazines, & Journals Philadelphia History Adults Teens
  Electronic version of a paper index to the Philadelphia Press, one of Philadelphia's oldest newspapers.
  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
  

• Sanborn Maps Geo Edition (1867-1970)

  Philadelphia History Adults Teens Maps
  Provides digital access to thousands of large-scale maps of American towns and cities. It is searchable by address and GPS coordinates.
  Available To: All Free Library locations and online with your library card.
  

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