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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