The Central Voice newspaper, formerly Alternative Central newspaper, was a bi-monthly publication that ran from July 2003 through August 2020. The title Alternative Central was used from July 2003 through October 2006, when The Central Voice title started to be used and continued use to the end of the publication. Both newspapers prioritized news, events, and stories most relevant to the LGBTQ+ community. Though the geographic scope of the newspaper focused on south-central Pennsylvania, including cities such as Harrisburg, statewide and national news and events were also covered.

The second part of the September / October 2005 issue and the full November / December 2005 issue of Alternative Central are missing and could not be digitized. The Central Voice issues from 2014 onward are born-digital newspapers. The Central Voice also published special issues such as the LGBT Pages (for LGBTQ+-friendly business) and special programs for the central Pennsylvania Pride Fest and the York Pride Fest.

The Alternative Central and The Central Voice are copyrighted publications of the publisher, Press and Journal Inc., which have been provided to the State Library for educational research use.

The Pennsylvania Evening Post was a Philadelphia newspaper / periodical from 1775 to 1783 that published advertisements, classifieds, social happenings, and foreign and domestic political news in English to interested Pennsylvania citizens. This newspaper was one of the first sub-weekly newspapers in the United States, being published tri-weekly to start (Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays), and later daily in 1783. The printer and publisher, Benjamin Towne of Philadelphia, initially had a special relationship with the Continental Congress that allowed him to print numerous pieces for the Congress, often appearing in the Evening Post. The July 6, 1776 issue contained the first newspaper publication of the Declaration of Independence, though this issue is not represented in the collection at the State Library. However, the paper later turned towards loyalist sympathies, and after controversy, diminished the paper to irrelevance by the 1780s until closure in 1783 or possibly 1784.

The Pennsylvania Gazette was a Philadelphia newspaper / periodical from 1728 to 1815 that published advertisements, classifieds, social happenings, and foreign and domestic political news in English to interested Pennsylvania citizens. Started in 1728 by Samuel Keimer, the fledging paper was sold the next year to Benjamin Franklin and Hugh Meredith, who turned the Gazette into a successful publication. Franklin soon bought out Meredith to be the sole owner. The famous "Join, or Die" political cartoon was first published in The Pennsylvania Gazette in the May 9, 1754 issue. David Hall purchased Franklin's share of the Gazette outright in 1766, having been his apprentice (and then shop foreman) since 1744, and recognized as a partner since 1747-8. William Sellers joined Hall as a partner a few months later in 1766. The Gazette after Hall's death in December 1772 came under custody of William Sellers and David Hall's sons, David Jr. and William, who published the newspaper during the Revolution and Early Republic eras; the print shop name was thereafter shortened to simply "Hall and Sellers" to recognize Hall's sons. A full text of the Declaration of Independence was printed on the front page of the Gazette in the July 10, 1776 issue. During British General Howe's Philadelphia Campaign, the Gazette was  disrupted in September 1777. The printers moved with the Continental Congress to York, where publication recommenced in January 1778, and remained in York until June 1778, then resuming publication in Philadelphia in January 1779. The text of the "Plan for the New Federal Government", later the Constitution, was published in the September 19, 1787 issue. Operations of the Gazette ceased in 1815.

The Pennsylvania Packet was a daily newspaper based out of Philadelphia from 1771 to 1839 (and Lancaster from 1777-1778), and the first successful daily newspaper publication in America. Beginning as The Pennsylvania Packet, and General Advertiser by John Dunlap, David C. Claypoole later joined as a partner, and the pair renamed the newspaper The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser in 1784. The September 19, 1787 issue is notable for printing the full United States Constitution, created two days prior to printing. In 1791, the prefix Pennsylvania Packet was removed and the newspaper went through a series of name changes until being bought out at the end of 1839: Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (1791-1793), Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (1793-1795), Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (1795-1800), and Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (after the paper was purchased by Zachariah Poulson, 1800-1839). George Washington's Farewell Address was first published in the Septemer 21, 1796 issue.