Decatur Public Library

504 Cherry Street
Decatur, Al 35601

Currently Closed

 Alabama Room

*Our Alabama Room collection is moving downstairs!*

Please be patient with our work in progress!

Check out our online resources for historical research:

NewsBank, inc. Reliable Information on Any Topic! America's News: thousands of trusted sources; local, state and national coverage; newspapers, blogs, newswires, video & more. Includes The Decatur Daily Collection.

To access our NewsBank resource, you must have a DPL Card.

Newspaper Archive: Explore, Discover, Share. NewspaperArchive is an online database of historical newspaper articles from all over the southeast, including digital copies of DPL’s historic newspaper microfilm, from the 1800s to the present.

To access our NewspaperArchive resource, you must have a DPL Card and an email address.

Ancestry, library edition. Explore the Amazing History of You with Ancestry library edition. Immigration. Vital Records. Census. Family Histories. Court Records. Directories. Photos. Military records. Brought to you by the Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) with funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Ancestry® Library Editions is available free of charge on DPL computers or using your device on our Wi-Fi.

 

The New York Times All Access. Times Machine: Explore a browser-based digital replica of all issues of The New York Times from 1851 to 2002. Education users can download up to five PDFs per day, with unlimited browsing. Article Archive: Access partial and full-text digital versions of articles from 1851 to today, with redirects to TimesMachine where applicable.

Available on-site on our computers or your device using our Wi-Fi.  Home access is available with an access code, which you can get on the page linked above.