Includes The State (Columbia) from 1987 to present and the Greenville News from 1999 to present. Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.

With digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U. S. newspapers and advanced searching capabilities, researchers will be able to research history in ways previously unavailable.  For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.