Research Tools
America's News
Stay informed on local and national topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S.
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Paid for by the Oshkosh Public Library.
Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers
Access to Wisconsin Newspaper Association's daily and weekly member-newspapers from 2005 to present (with a 60 day embargo).
Includes access to the New North B2B, the Oshkosh Herald, and the UW-Oshkosh Advance-Titan.
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Resource provided by Badgerlink.
Explora for Everyone
Easy-to-browse categories, organized by popular topics, provide everyone with a starting point for research.
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Resource provided by Badgerlink.
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Collection
Explore Milwaukee history through local news, events and people. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.
Paid for by the Oshkosh Public Library.
Newspaper Source Plus
Includes 1,000+ full-text newspapers, as well as 913,000 television and radio news transcripts.
Resource provided by Badgerlink.
NewspaperARCHIVE
Wisconsin newspaper titles
(including 20+ Oshkosh-specific titles)
dating back as far as the 1800s, with search results presented in original format/context.
Resource provided by the Winnefox Library System.
Newspapers.com Library Edition - World Collection
Historical newspapers archive from the 1700s-2000s containing thousands of well-known regional, state, and small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.
Resource provided by Badgerlink.
Newswires
Near real-time access to world-wide news from the Associated Press provides a 30 day rolling full-text archive.
Resource provided by Badgerlink.
Oshkosh Examiner
Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from current and archived issues of Oshkosh Examiner.
Paid for by the Oshkosh Public Library.
Oshkosh Northwestern via Proquest
Searchable full-text December 2002-present.
Resource provided by Badgerlink.
US Newsstream
Current and archival to 1980s U.S. news featuring key national and regional sources including over 80 Gannett titles.
Resource provided by Badgerlink.
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Winnefox Digital Collections
Digitized newspapers, yearbooks, photos, city directories, family histories, local history books, postcards, and scrapbooks covering local history around the five county (Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara and Winnebago) Winnefox area in Wisconsin.
Collections of local interest:
- Oshkosh Businesses
- Oshkosh City Directories
- Oshkosh Jungwirth Histories
- Oshkosh Local History Books
- Oshkosh Main Street
- Oshkosh Postcards
- Oshkosh Tinseltown, the Filming of Public Enemies
- Oshkosh Yearbooks
- Oshkosh's Pride: Sawyer and Harris
- Winnebago County Barns
- Winnebago County Rural Schools
- Wisconsin Pioneer Churches
Chronicling America
Search selected historic American newspaper pages from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
Oshkosh Herald
Weekly free newspaper covering Oshkosh government, business, schools, prep sports and more.
Oshkosh Northwestern
Local news, sports, obituaries and more for today and the last seven days.
