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ProQuest Historical Newspapers
ProQuest Historical Newspapers offers full-text and full-image articles for significant newspapers dating back to the 18th Century. As part of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers program, every issue of each title includes the complete paper-cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format.
Digitizing The New York Times, from the first issue in 1851, involved scanning, digitizing, zoning and editing over 3.4 million pages from microfilm into digital files. The full collection of ProQuest Historical Newspapers contains over 25 million digitized pages.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers provides easy access to the past. Researchers can search 21 different article types to find exactly what they are looking for, including:
- News
- Editorials
- Letters to the Editor
- Obituaries
- Birth and Marriage Announcements
- Stock Photos
- Advertisements
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Date
September 13, 2010
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- ProQuest Historical Newspapers product tour (PDF | 106KB)
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers printing tips (PDF | 617KB)
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers sample searches (PDF | 88KB)
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers search guide (PDF | 133KB)
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