Free News Access with Your Library Card

Extra, extra, read all about it—with your library card! Did you know that a Sonoma County Library card unlocks free access to thousands of credible news sources from around the world? Whether you’re more into local or global news, or you like to stay up to date on it all, your library card has you covered.

“As our world continues to be saturated with misinformation, it’s important to us to provide a variety of credible news content from different sources,” said Sonoma County Library Collection Services Division Manager Jaime Anderson. “Helping people determine what news to trust is part of our mission.”

Stay informed with 24/7 access to the below resources:

• The San Francisco Chronicle is available to all library cardholders via Newsbank. Explore San Francisco through local news, events and people. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online.
• Stay in the loop with America’s News. Offering coverage on local and national topics, political and social issues and more, America’s News features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S.
• Courtesy of the California State Library, all California public libraries have online access to The New York Times This resource has newspaper content from 1851 to present.
• PressReader offers unlimited access to more than 7,000 newspapers and magazines from around the world, featuring international news from 120 countries in 60 different languages. Top titles include: The Guardian, Newsweek, L’Équipe, Der Tagesspiegel, Libération, China Daily and La Razón.
• Access the latest news coverage from The Washington Post with your library card. The Post features reporting and analysis from Washington and around the world, including award-winning investigative journalism and editorial commentary.

Looking for more? Learn more about the library’s news sources at sonomalibrary.org/trustednews.