Distributed by ProQuest into library markets worldwide, Newspapers.com Library Edition is an extensive database that provides online access to 4,000+ historical newspapers. Dating from the early 1700s into the 2000s, Newspapers.com Library Edition contains full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional and state titles to small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.
Invaluable for researchers, historians, genealogists, teachers and students, Newspapers.com Library Edition provides greater opportunities for longitudinal and comparative analysis of historical events and people, and is a great source of information for genealogists. With ongoing updates and new content continually being added, there’s always more to be discovered.
The Newspapers.com Library Edition database has been packaged to meet any library's budgetary and research needs. Libraries can subscribe to the entire database (world collection), multi-state collections, or state-level collections. And, it is a natural complement to the ProQuest Historical Newspapers program.
Learn more about this product and others that directly support researchers, including:
- ProQuest® Historical Newspapers: The definitive digital archive of full-runs of 45 essential regional, national, and international newspapers
- ProQuest® Black Historical Newspapers: The definitive digital archive of nine full-run newspapers published by and for the African American community
- HeritageQuest® Online: An incredible storehouse of American genealogical information from primary sources, local and family histories, and other finding aids
- Ancestry® Library Edition featuring over 200 billion images in more than 8,000 unique databases via a library edition of the popular Ancestry.com website
- ProQuest® African American Heritage: Exclusive resources devoted to African American family history research
- Digital Sanborn® Maps: Detailing over 100 years of urban growth in America with more than 600,000 property and land-use records
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