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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Toronto Star

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To access this resource, please search for "Simcoe Digital Library Service" and log in with your library card number and PIN. 

Choose from a great selection of games (new!) newspapers and magazines on business, tech, news, science, design, sports, travel and more. It's all yours.

On a laptop, please follow these steps:
1.) Go to the Press Reader website.
2.) Click the profile head image on the upper right corner.
3.) A pop-up box will appear, click on the blue "libraries or group" box on the left-hand side.
4.) Search Simcoe County Library Cooperative.
5.) Sign in with your library card number and PIN.
6.) Begin browsing!

On a tablet/smartphone, please follow these steps:
1.) Download the Press Reader app.
2.) Sign in at the bottom of the screen.
3.) Use the "libraries or group" option.
4.) Search Simcoe County Library Cooperative.
5.) Tap on the Simcoe County Library Cooperative image.
6.) Sign in with your library card number and PIN.
7.) Begin browsing!

This database provides access to full page reproductions of the Toronto Star newspaper with retrospective coverage from 1894 – 2022. Search and discover articles, photographs, maps, advertisements, classified ads, political cartoons, birth and marriage announcements, obituaries, and more.