The Jacksonville Public Library will close at 6 pm on Wednesday, November 27th and remain closed Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th for Thanksgiving.

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Newspapers

Chronicling America - Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1770-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.  Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections - The Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections are free to search, free to browse, and free to download.

Newspaper Archive - Search historic Jacksonville and Morgan County newspapers.
If you are inside the library you may access Newspaper Archive here.
If you are outside the library you may access Newspaper Archive here (Library Card Required).