Magazines & Newspapers

Popular magazines that are easy to read in your browser on your computer or mobile device. Download the Flipster app and browse and checkout magazines all from within the app. Monthly magazines stay in the app for 7 days and weekly magazines for 2 days. You may re-download the magazine at any time.

Not available remotely. Please use Newspaper ARCHIVE for remote access to the Frederick News-Post through 2018.

Made possible through the Community Foundation of Frederick County's Frances Delaplaine Randall Endowment Fund for Historic Research of Frederick County.

Only available in the Maryland Room at the C Burr Artz Library. Please contact the Maryland Room for help obtaining articles. Provides exact replica of the print newspaper from January 2005 to present.


Our largest periodical resource. With millions of magazine and journal articles available, General OneFile serves a wide audience of readers and researchers. Also includes reference, newspaper, and audio content.

Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. Includes full-text of the Washington Post starting in 2014. Also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.

Libby by Overdrive offers both popular fiction and non-fiction ebooks and audiobooks and over 3000 popular magazines. With your FCPL library card, check out up to 10 OverDrive titles and unlimited magazine titles for up to 3 weeks at a time. You can place holds on up to 10 materials already checked out. 

Step-by-step instructions for different devices are available on Overdrive's Getting Started with Overdrive page: http://help.overdrive.com/customer/portal/articles/1481729-getting-started-with-overdrive

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Access The New York Times here for 72 hours of full off-site access. You will need to create an account with the New York Times. After 72 hours simply redeem another code to continue access.

Access The New York Times for free from any FCPL branch. You will need to create an account with the New York Times.

Provides remote access to the Frederick News-Post through 2018. Maryland Room staff can provide search assistance! All content from the Frederick News-Post Archive is included. Also offers hundreds of other newspapers, obituaries, and family history records from 32 countries and all 50 states spanning more than 400 years.

Read today's national and international newspapers in their original format. PressReader includes thousands of digital newspapers from over 100 countries and 60 languages. Includes access to New York Times, USA Today and to the popular news magazine The Economist.

Available on mobile devices with the iOS app or the Android app. After downloading the app click “Sign In”, then “Libraries & Groups” and search for Frederick County Public Libraries.

Access to unlimited articles and all subscriber content on WSJ.com. Click on the link to create an account to start using immediately. Your access will be available for the next 3 days. After 3 days, simply click on the link again and login as an existing user with the same username and password you originally created.

Read today's newspaper with this unlimited, full access to the Washington Post website.  A searchable 15 year back file is also included.

The mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices and requires a login.  Use this link to register for 7 days access to the Washington Post app or website.  After 7 days you can simply sign up again to reactivate your access.