Research Databases

Features access to a variety of Kentucky newspapers including the Lexington Herald Leader.

Contains census, immigration, military, birth, marriage, death and other ancestry records. This resource is ONLY available within the library.

Contains full-text articles from the Courier-Journal, covering the years from 2008 to 2 weeks prior to today. (For CJ coverage from 1830-2000, please use the Courier-Journal Historical database. For coverage from 2000-present, use US Newsstream.)

Searchable collection of articles published in Louisville's Courier-Journal, covering the years from 1830 to 2000.

Contains census records, Revolutionary War records, Freedman's bank records, and citations for genealogy books and journals.

Access the Louisville Defender and many more historical Black Newspapers in the U.S. These offer essential primary source content and editorial perspectives.

The Nashville Tennessean (1812-1922). This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

Contains newspaper articles on a comprehensive range of topics.

US Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content (including the Courier Journal), as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.