The McHenry Public Library subscribes to magazines and newspapers in the Adult and Youth Services areas combined. Search our Online Catalog to find an individual title. Choose "Advanced Search", then "Title” from the drop-down menu. Type the name of the periodical in the search field and choose "Magazine or Journal" from the Format menu. Click Search.

Premium Resources - For MPLD cardholders only.

America's News | Explore and 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. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.

Chicago Sun-Times | Explore Chicago history through local news, events, and people with the Chicago-Sun Times collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.

Chicago Tribune Digital Edition | Read the full-color edition of today’s newspaper and the previous 30 days. Get free 24-hour anonymous access or 72-hour access (requires a free Chicago Tribune account). When the access runs out, come back to the Library’s website to extend it.

Chicago Tribune Online Edition | Browse articles and search content on the Chicago Tribune website. Get free 24-hour anonymous access or 72-hour access (requires a free Chicago Tribune account). When the access runs out, come back to the Library’s website to extend it.

First Search | All topics. Search for books, music, movies as well as full-text articles from magazines, medical journals, and government publications. Includes 16 different databases. From home: Click on this remote link.

Magazines on OverDrive | Choose from thousands of magazines, many of them popular, through OverDrive or OverDrive's easy-to-use Libby app. Online magazines are available FREE to McHenry Public Library cardholders. Perfect for tablet, iPad, computer or Wi-Fi enabled devices. Download some and take them on vacation or just read at your leisure. After you click on the link to the left, go to Collections, then Magazines.

MasterFILE Complete | offers the highest quality collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books, videos and other sources covering virtually every subject area.

Newsbank | Explore and 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. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.

Newspapers.com Library Edition | Newspapers.com Library Edition is an extensive online database of 3,000+ historical newspapers from the early 1700s into the early 2000s. Distributed by ProQuest, it contains a diverse blend of well-known regional and local newspapers in the U.S. and other countries. From home: Click on this remote link

Northwest Herald Collection | Explore Crystal Lake history through local news, events, and people with the Crystal Lake Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.

World News Digest | brings together all major political, social, and economic events since November 1940.

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