Oxnard Public Library

Contact Information:

  Oxnard Public Library

  Reference Services

  251 South A Street

  Oxnard, CA  93030

  (805) 385-7500  Telephone

    Fax

Obituary lookup policy:

 Does obituary searches at no charge for people who live outside the area.  Obituary searches are conducted on a time-available basis.  The staff will search for an obituary provided we have at least the month and year of the date of death.   The library will mail up to 10 pages of photocopied material anywhere in the continental U.S. free of charge.  Or, if you are located outside the area you may contact your local public library and enquire about requesting a copy of an article through interlibrary loan.  The library will need the name of the periodical, date of issue, and page numbers of the desired article.

Submit requests by:

  Email........ Yes          

  US Mail..... Preferred

  Fax........... No

Telephone.... No

Webpage..... No

TDD............ No

Email:    opl@oxnard.org

Update

Date:        2-Apr-2003

SCORP

Reference:    326

Self-addressed stamped envelope required

Genealogical Holdings and other Notes:

The Oxnard Public Library subscribes to The Ventura County Historical Society Quarterly.  The quarterly is indexed and may be searched through the Community Resources Module of the library's online catalog.  Articles and photographs within the quarterly are indexed by subject and key word. Desired issues of the periodical may be requested at the Reference Desk on the second floor of the main library and will be checked out to you for use in the library.  Photo copy machines are available.

Newspapers: the library has The Oxnard Press-Courier on microfilm from January, 1900 through its final day in June of 1994.  Beginning with June, 1994, the library began microfilming the Ventura County Star.  Some indexing of the newspapers has been completed and will be available on the Community Resources Module of the library's online catalog.  Indexing from 1954 through 1996 is available as is 1900 through 1904.  We are constantly working to close the gaps in the indexing. 

The library also has The Los Angeles Times on microfilm from 1972 to the present.  Microfilm may be viewed in the library.  If a particular article is desired by patrons living outside the Oxnard area, and the name of the periodical, title of article, date and page numbers are known the library will photocopy the article for mailing.

 Newspaper Holdings