The Des Moines Public Library provides an index to the Des Moines Register, Des Moines Tribune, and several other publications. This index indicates which publication contains the article you need, but it doesn’t provide the full text. To view the full text, please refer to the list below for availability. The library can also send you copies of articles (fees apply). We can also assist with searching for local news articles and obituaries for time periods not covered in our indexes.
Keyword searching will search for matching results in the article title, subject, and author. It does not search the full text of the articles. If you are not finding a name, try searching by the last name to broaden your search. Please contact a librarian if you need assistance.
You can search the DMPL’s newspaper index directly on the library’s website.
The index includes the following publications:
- Annals of Iowa, 1991 to 2020
- Business Record, 1982 to 2020 (full text available at Central Library)
- Bystander, 1894-1921,1927-1935,1949-1951
- Cityview, 1992 to 2020 (full text available at Central Library)
- Des Moines HomeStyle, 2003-2012 (full text available at Central Library)
- Des Moines Press Citizen, 2002-2004 (full text available at Central Library)
- Des Moines Register, 1986 to 2020 (Des Moines Register obituaries from 1960 to 2020) (full text available from DMPL digitally, 1871-present. Note: The digitized version of the paper excludes some Des Moines local news. The index and microfilm are for the Des Moines edition of the paper). Full text also available on microfilm at Central Library.
- Des Moines Skywalker, 1986-1992 (full text available at Central Library)
- Des Moines Tribune, 1907-1944 (Des Moines Register obituaries from 1960-1982) (full text available on microfilm at Central Library)
- DSM Magazine, 2015 to 2020 (full text available at Central Library)
- Iowa Heritage Illustrated, 2010 to 2020 (full text available at Central Library)
- Iowa History Journal, 2010 to 2020 (full text available at Central Library)
- Iowa Outdoors, 2010 to 2020 (full text available at Central Library)
- The Iowan, 1999 to 2020 (full text available at Central Library)
- Our Iowa, 2010 to 2020 (full text available at Central Library)
