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ProQuest Historical NewspapersProQuest Historical Newspapers™

delivers the complete run of The NewYork Times—offering an unparalleledonline resource for the study of historicalevents, social and consumer history, economics, and more.

Picturing the past

Long known for providing “All the NewsThat’s Fit to Print,” The New York Timeshas set the standard for quality journalismsince 1851. Now, ProQuest HistoricalNewspapers makes the entire backfile ofThe New York Times available in full-pageimages. ProQuest digitally reproducesevery issue cover-to-cover—from newsstories and editorials to graphics andadvertisements.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers offersschools a unique, affordable resource forhistorical documents. The New York Timespublishes the full text of important speeches and documents, excerpts fromU.S. Supreme Court decisions, transcriptsof most Presidential press conferences,and other events that have shaped theworld. Explore the U.S. Civil War, the firstelectric light bulb, women’s suffrage, thestock market crash of 1929, the discoveryof a polio vaccine, and twentieth century literature and the arts.

The ProQuest search interface accommodates users at any level of expertise. Students can search using keyword, Boolean, or natural languagequeries, and can further target relevantresults by date, author, article type, andmore. Users can also browse by publication date and issue.

Each article result provides a full citationand abstract, plus the full-page image ofthe complete article, including article continuations. The full-page image reproduces not only the text, but also thecharts, images, graphs, and diagrams thatappeared in the original article. Studentscan view, print, or email any article.

Definitive coverage of historical events

Search across nearly 150 years of historical news coverage, editorials,and reviews

Retrieve full-page images that reproduce not just news articles, but also graphics and advertisements

Use historical newspaper coverageto engage studentswith primary source documents—illustrating history asit happened

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With ProQuestHistoricalNewspapers, yourstudents can:

Explore the past from 1851forward with the full run of The New York Times

Search across more than 3.5million pages of full-imagedocuments in a single query

Access decades of archivalresources in an easy-to-useonline format

Use compelling primary sourcematerials for research

Read first-hand accounts ofnews events

Track trends, events, andinnovations across more thana century of information

Obtain different perspectiveson the same subject or event

Locate relevant articles easily—even with littleresearch experience

Find results that support classroom coursework

Review essential charts, illustrations, photos, advertisements, maps,graphs, and diagrams from the original articles

ProQuest Historical Newspapers isavailable to K-12 schools frombigchalk through an exclusiveagreement with ProQuestInformation and Learning. The fullrelease of The New York Timesback to 1851 will be complete inearly 2002, with the databasebeing built in 10-year incrementsthroughout 2001.

The New York Times entire backfile is one of the first offeringsin the ProQuest HistoricalNewspapers initiative, which callsfor the digitization of the vastnewspaper archives in the UMImicrofilm vault. Future titles include The Wall Street Journal,The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, and other selected U.S. and internationalnewspapers.

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The ArtsUnderstand how characteristics of the arts varywithin a particular historical period or style andhow those relate to ideas, issues, or themes inother disciplines. For example, students can analyzehistorical reviews of Stravinsky’s “Rites of Spring” orthe Armory Exhibit to understand how these eventschallenged existing artistic styles and social issues.

Communications and MediaUnderstand techniques used in visual media toinfluence or appeal to a particular audience. For example, students can examine how advertising to women changed in response to the feminist movement.

GeographyUnderstand the ways in which physical andhuman features have influenced the evolution ofsignificant historic events and movements. Forexample, students can analyze articles about thechanges in the landscape due to farming that led tothe Dust Bowl.

HistoryKnow different types of primary and secondarysources and the motives, interests, and biasexpressed in them. For example, students canreview historical editorials of civil rights issues to determine author motives, interests, or bias.

Language ArtsUnderstand relationships between literature andits historical period, culture, and society. Forexample, students could compare and contrast a historical Civil War battle report with the battle fromThe Red Badge of Courage.

Science and TechnologyKnow ways in which technology has influencedthe course of history. For example, students cantrack the development of computers from the 1940suntil the 1980s through articles and advertisements.

Mid-continent Research for Education and LearningMcREL Standards Database. [Web] 06.01.2001.[http://www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks/].

ProQuest HistoricalNewspaperssupports K-12 curriculum standards