Newspapers and Magazines

Flipster is an easy to use online newsstand that provides a carousel of the most recent issues and back issues of some of your favorite magazines.  With titles like Newsweek, Architectural Digest, National Geographic, Men’s Health and Harper’s Bazaar, there is something for everyone.  Zoom and single- or double-page layout features make the full magazine layout easy to read. Texts also contain links to referenced material like websites and social media.

Libby features full-color, digital magazines for instant desktop reading, mobile streaming and mobile-app download. Patrons can add new and back issues to personal reading libraries with no holds, no checkout periods and no limits to the number of magazines checked out and downloaded. Choose from over 3,000 popular titles. Must have a Coventry Public Library card.  For help in adding this collection to your Libby app click here or contact the Reference Desk. 

Find information on topics related to business, health, education, the environment, government, politics and more from a variety of news media featuring newspapers, videos and web-only content including the Providence Journal, Coventry Courier, Kent County Daily Times, USA Today and more.

Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of Providence Journal. Read the Providence Journal in its entirety on your device. You need a Coventry Public Library card to access the paper remotely. Must have a Coventry library card beginning with 22224 to access from home.

Contains the full text for nearly 1,750 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. Also includes full text for nearly 500 reference books, 86,017 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and an image collection of 341,655 photo, maps and flags.

Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of Providence Journal, Coventry Courier and Kent County Daily Times. Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate and other sections.

Comprehensive collection of obituaries and death notices electronically available. Accessible in an easy-to-use interface with searching by name, date range, or text such as institutional name, social affiliation(s), geographic location(s), philanthropic activities, etc. Must have a Coventry library card beginning with 22224 to access from home.

Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 periodicals. Topics include assessment, continuing education, current pedagogical research, curriculum development, elementary education, higher education, language arts, literacy standards, school administration, teacher education and much more.

Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of Kent County Daily Times. Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate and other sections. Must have a Coventry library card beginning with 22224 to access from home.

Search current and archived coverage of issues, events, people, government, sports and more with the largest collection of full-text U.S. newspapers, including Providence Journal, Coventry Courier and Kent County Daily Times. Includes staff-written articles, obituaries, editorials, announcements, real estate and other sections. Must have a Coventry library card beginning with 22224 to access from home.