Newspapers and Magazines

Bedford Journal

Full text of the Bedford Journal from September 1999 to June 2005.  This is an ongoing digitization project and newer issues will be added in the future.  Remote access is limited to Bedford Public Library cardholders.  Please contact the Reference Desk to obtain the user name and password.

EBSCO Essentials

Search EBSCO Essentials to find open access scholarly works, including some peer reviewed works.  If you are unable to access a particular article, please contact the Reference Desk to inquire about interlibrary loan.

Bedford-Merrimack Bulletin 1970-2008

Full text of the Bedford-Merrimack Bulletin.  Remote access is limited to Bedford Public Library cardholders.  Please contact the Reference Desk to obtain the user name and password. 

The digitization of the 1970-1976 newspaper editions was funded by a SHARP grant from New Hampshire Humanities, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities, through the American Rescue Plan.

Access World News

Search full-text articles from popular magazines such as  Newsweek, Popular Science, Smithsonian, Mother Earth News, The Atlantic, Harvard Health and more!  Now includes international publications too.

Consumer Reports

Thousands of trusted reviews of appliances, cars, tech, and much more.  The new consumerreports.org interface is easier to search than ever before.  At the login screen, enter your library card number (without spaces) in the Patron ID box.