Newark Library
101 West Main Street
NewarkOH 43055

Hours:

Monday-Thursday:
9:00a.m. - 8:00p.m.
Friday:
9:00a.m. - 5:30p.m.
Saturday:
9:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.
Sunday:
(September–April)

1:00p.m. - 5:00p.m.

Phone:
740.349.5500
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Newspapers

The following newspapers are available at the Main Library. Recent issues are located on the Main Floor, and back issues and microfilm are located on the Upper Level.
 
Online Newspapers from Around the World
from the Internet Public Library

Title

Issues Available

Ace News ( Now Heath News - see below) Microfilm: 1977-1984

Advocate (Newark)
To search the free 7-day archive of local news stories, see the "Search news" link on the upper left-hand corner of the homepage.
1 year (print)
Microfilm 1820s - present (Coverage includes other early Newark newspapers: Newark Weekly American, Newark Leader, Newark American Tribune)

Barron's 3 months (print)
Akron Beacon Journal 1 month (print)
Business First 6 months
Christian Science Monitor 1 month
Cincinnati Enquirer
(Sunday edition only)
1 month
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
(Daily & Sunday)
3 months (print)
Columbus Dispatch
Archives-- 1985 - present
Available only on Library Internet terminals-Main & Branches
6 months (print)
microfilm: 1987 - 1995
Community Booster 1 year

Granville Sentinel 1 month

Heath News (formerly Ace News) 1 year

Heath Refinery News
Microfilm: 
1953-1961 irregular
1961-1964 Monthly
Hebron Newspapers (various) Microfilm: clippings 1800s
1874-1886, 1900, 1920-1984

Johnstown Independent Microfilm: 1979-1987

Lancaster Eagle-Gazette 1 month

Licking Countian microfilm 1979-1992

Mt. Vernon News

1 month
NEWSBANK Database
Full text to 17 Ohio newspapers, including the Akron Beacon Journal, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Cincinnati Enquirer, as well as the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, the Newark Advocate and Zanesville Times-Recorder (2002 to present). Also full-text articles from 13 Non-Ohio newspapers including the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times.
Available at Main and Branch Libraries
New York Times (daily & Sunday) 3 months
Our Town 1 year
Ohio's Newspaper on the Web
provided by Ohio Capitol Connection 
ThisWeek: Licking County
Click on "Licking County" link.
1 year
USA Today 3 months
Utica Herald Microfilm: 1879 to 1993
Wall Street Journal 6 months
Zanesville Times Recorder 1 month

Frequently Used Materials From Our Local History & Genealogy Collection:
Atlases and Maps
Local Histories
Ohio Surname Index
Cemetery Records
Magazines
Parkinson Papers
Census and Census Indexes
Marriage Indexes
Photographs
City and County Directories
Military Rosters
Probate Records
Family Histories
Monographs (Books)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. Also available online to library cardholders through OPLIN Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 
High School Yearbooks
Newspapers
Vertical Files-Local History
Local Authors
Obituaries
Other Counties
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