The Bakersfield Californian

The Bakersfield Californian eEdition

Where is the Californian?For several years, the Kern County Library provided the e-edition of The Bakersfield Californian on its website. In 2020, the Californian changed its e-edition platform to PressReader. Because PressReader does not have an option for libraries to subscribe to newspapers within a limited geographical area, access to The Bakersfield Californian is no […]

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The Kern County Library has the California edition of Access.NewspaperArchive.com, which is the largest online collection of historical newspaper content in the world. The complete collection contains local newspapers such as The Bakersfield Californian and the Daily Californian as far back as 1892 and over 100 million searchable newspaper pages. Each image is digitized from the actual microfilmed […]

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Pronunciator’s ProCitizen course prepares individuals to take the United States Naturalization test. Access with your Library Card  Access Resource

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