About the Skokie Newspaper Index
| Overview |
| Sections indexed |
| Sections not indexed |
| Search tips and examples |
| Viewing full text articles found in the index |
| Skokie area newspapers in the Library collection |
Search the Skokie Newspaper Index (1978 through the present) Search the Skokie Obituary Index (1960 through the present) |
Overview
To help you locate a specific article or find articles on a particular topic, the staff of Skokie Public Library has developed an online index to issues of the Skokie Review from 1984 to the present; Life: Skokie edition from 1978 through October, 2004, when it ceased publication; and The News from 1978 to 1984, when it ceased publication.
A print newspaper index located in the Library’s Reference Department contains citations to articles in The News from 1960 to 1977 and Life: Skokie edition from 1977. Prior years of these papers are in the Library’s microfilm collection but are not indexed.
Microfilm of other newspapers published in the Skokie area are in the collection, but are not indexed. The holdings are not complete and for some issues only a few dates are available. A summary of the Library’s holdings is listed below.
An online obituary index is available to help you locate obituaries which appeared in Skokie papers. The index will retrieve citations to obituaries appearing in the Skokie Review from 1981 to the present; The News from 1960 through 1984 when it ceased publication; and Life: Skokie edition from 1980 through October, 2004 when it ceased publication. The Skokie Newspaper Index may also include citations to relevant news articles for prominent individuals.
Sections Indexed
- News articles and items
- Opinion and editorial columns relevant to Skokie
No indexing prior to 1995 - Internet information (if pertaining to Skokie)
- Wedding and engagement announcements
Limited indexing prior to 1995 - School information (award announcements) and articles about local school districts
- Articles about local arts and performances
- Articles which reference Skokie residents
- Business section (any reference to a Skokie business)
- Sports (all local teams including private schools and Oakton
Community College)
Limited indexing prior to 1995 - Obituaries
Sections Not Indexed
- Advertising (including classified ads)
- Police blotter
- Letters to the editor
- Campus news
- School digest (announcements of meetings, performances)
- Home and gardening articles
- Movie schedules, movie reviews, video listings
- Arts calendar
- Travel
- Calendar of upcoming events
- Recipes and articles about food
- Gossip columns
Search Tips and Examples
View a brief (4 minute) screencast demonstration on how to locate an obituary using Library resources.
- Searches may take thirty seconds or more to return results.
- Searches are not case sensitive.
- Personal names in the Author field are entered first name followed by last name, while personal names in the Name field are entered last name followed by first name.
- To help form your search, view an alphabetical list of subject headings used in the index.
- The search form will combine terms from multiple fields. If you need
to combine terms within a field, use .* instead of and.
- Example search in the Subject field:
school.*budget
- Search results: Citations for articles about local school district budgets
Note that word order is important. A subject search for budget.*school will return no results.
- Example search in the Subject field:
school.*budget
- Remember: Skokie entities like the Skokie Board of Trustees or Skokie Public Library, and the names of Skokie schools are indexed as Subjects; all other names of organizations, businesses, or people are indexed as Names.
- Abstracts are only available for articles published between 1980 and 1994.
Viewing Full Text Articles Found in the Index
For the full text of articles or obituaries, visit the Library or contact the Reference Desk by phone at 847.673.3733 or by email. The full text of articles in the Skokie Review may be available at their website or via the Newsbank database.
Skokie Area Newspapers in the Library Collection
| Niles Township local newspapers (scattered issues collected by the Skokie Historical Society) | ||
| Chicago Sun-Times Supplement: Sensational Skokie November 9 thru 14, 1958 |
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| The Daily News October 9, 1924 |
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| The Greater News January 13, 1928 |
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| Greater Niles Center News October 16, 1925 May 20, 1927 November 11, 1927 February 27, 1931 April 20, 1931 |
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| The Life December 27, 1956 |
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| The Lincolnite August 22, 1929 |
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| The Morton Grove News May 6, 1927 |
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| National Weekly December 12, 1885 |
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| The News April 13, 1933 April 27, 1933 |
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| News (Skokie) Includes Greater News and Skokie News 1930 thru 1939 1941 1943 thru 1945 1950 thru September 27, 1984 |
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| The News of Skokie, Morton Grove, Lincolnwood, Niles, Golf October 16, 1942 April 22, 1949 |
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| Niles Center Herald November 11, 1927 November 13, 1931 May 6, 1932 May 20, 1932 April 21, 1933 |
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| The Niles Center Press November 11, 1927 1931 thru September 27, 1940 |
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| Niles Township Press November 28, 1955 thru February 9, 1959 |
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| Skokie Life Includes Life of Niles Township, Sunday Life, and Weekend Life March 6, 1941 October 9 thru 16, 1941 1949 thru October 21, 2004 |
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| Skokie Press October 4, 1940 thru June 27, 1952 |
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| Skokie Review April 1954 thru December 2004 (on microfilm) 2005 thru the present (in print) |
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| Sunday Star February 15, 1959 thru November 6, 1966 |
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| Village News March 28, 1957 |
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| Villager Includes Villager Press April 17, 1958 thru April 28, 1959 |
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If you have questions or concerns about the Skokie Newspaper Index or the Skokie Obituary Index, please contact the Library's Reference Desk by phone at 847.673.3733 or by email.