ProQuest Historical NewspapersPlease note that the Student Edition is available only to K-12 institutions
Updated February 2006
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
• Delivers definitive digital archive of leading newspapers in North America
• Illuminates history as it happened—from news stories and editorials to graphics and advertising
• Covers historical events, social and consumer history, economics, literature, technology, and more
Available Titles
• New York Times • Wall Street Journal• Washington Post• Christian Science Monitor • Los Angeles Times• Chicago Tribune• Chicago Defender• Atlanta Constitution• Boston Globe• Hartford Courant• Others in production
ProQuest Historical Newspapers for Schools
• Three Editions to Fit Your Needs– ProQuest Historical Newspapers, traditional– ProQuest Historical Newspapers Graphical Edition– ProQuest Historical Newspapers Student Edition
Traditional
Student Edition
Graphical
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers (Traditional)– Powerful search and index capabilities– Full-run of key national newspapers that
encompass more than 70 million digital documents from 150 years of history
– Available via traditional ProQuest interface
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers Graphical EditionSame content and features as traditional
ProQuest interface, plus…• Graphical design helps users quickly locate
and access relevant historical newspaper articles
• Editorial input and features—including Student Edition timeline—aligned to classroom and homework activities
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers Student Edition– Best-of documents aligned by topic and decade
• Topics focused on junior high and high school history curricula
• Covers nearly a thousand key events• More than 5,000 relevant articles drawn from all
Historical Newspapers titles
ProQuest Historical Newspapers Graphical Edition
• Search by keyword or Boolean
• Search by decade• Search all dates, or
those before, between, or after
• Target popular article types such as front page, review, ads, obits, editorial cartoons, and more
Basic & Advanced Search
Special Date Search Features
• Use What Happened On to browse the paper by a specific date to see the headlines on an important occasion—like your birthday
• This Day in History showcases a new high-impact front page every day to immediately engage students
Famous Dead People
• Highlights the published memorials and retrospective articles on 500 of the most-studied and requested persons of the past 150 years
• Browse the list alphabetically
Famous Dead People: Lyndon Johnson
ProQuest Historical Newspapers Student Edition
• Browse by topic or decade in timeline view
• Features the top 25 topics with 320+ sub-topics
• Delivers articles on nearly 1,000 related key events—10,000+ best-of articles!
• Articles are hand-selected by our expert SIRS editorial staff
ProQuest Historical Newspapers Student Edition
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
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