The Des Moines Public Library provides an index to the Des Moines Register, Des Moines Tribune, and other publications. This index indicates where an article is located but doesn’t include the full text. To view the full text, please see the availability list below. The Library can also provide you with copies of articles (fees apply). We can also assist with searches for local news articles and obituaries for time periods not covered in our index.
Keyword searching will search for matching results in article titles, subjects, and authors. It does not search the full text of the articles. If you don’t find a name, try searching by last name to broaden your search. Please ask a librarian if you need assistance.
You can search the DMPL Newspaper Index online.
The index includes the following publications:
- Annals of Iowa, 1991-2020
- Business Record, 1982-2020 (Full text available at Central Library)
- Bystander, 1894-1921, 1927-1935, 1949-1951
- Cityview, 1992-2020 (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, 1986-2020 (obituaries from 1960-2020) – Full text available digitally from DMPL, 1871-present. (*Note: the digitized version of the paper does not include 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 (obituaries 1960-1982) (Full text available on microfilm at Central Library) – A key resource for finding this week’s Des Moines Register obituaries from prior years.
- DSM Magazine, 2015-2020 (Full text available at Central Library)
- Iowa Heritage Illustrated, 2010-2020 (Full text available at Central Library)
- Iowa History Journal, 2010-2020 (Full text available at Central Library)
- Iowa Outdoors, 2010-2020 (Full text available at Central Library)
- The Iowan, 1999-2020 (Full text available at Central Library)
- Our Iowa, 2010-2020 (Full text available at Central Library)
