The following announcement was written by ProQuest:
Through an agreement with renowned news publisher Gannett, 85 full-text local and regional newspapers along with 7 military newspaper titles are now available through ProQuest.
Add all Gannett titles to your collection, or customize your selection with newspapers just from your region. Because they will be offered in full-text format on the award-winning ProQuest platform, these newspapers will be cross-searchable with all other titles in ProQuest Newsstand, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Combined, they’ll deliver national news along with local reactions to events at home and around the world.
To learn more or for a free trial, contact your ProQuest Account Representative, pqsales@proquest.com, (800) 521-0600 x3344.
Additional comment by Dick Eastman: ProQuest subscriptions are available to libraries, not to individuals. To access these newspapers, normally at no charge to you, contact your local library. If your nearest library does not have a ProQuest subscription, ask the librarian if another nearby library does subscribe. Most reference librarians are familiar with the offerings of other libraries near them.
If I can find such a list, I'll publish it here. To date, I haven't seen one.
- Dick Eastman
Posted by: Dick Eastman | July 01, 2009 at 04:45 PM
Wow, this really sucks, especially for someone trying to get into the field of journalism…not to mention the 1,000 people or more that are losing their jobs. :(
Posted by: Chrystal K. | July 01, 2009 at 06:06 PM
Yo no comprendo. Don't journalists also need access to the best research tools available? The availability of digital archives of yesterday's news is not any part of the problem facing those trying to break into the field of journalism.
Posted by: Rod Nelson | July 02, 2009 at 07:27 AM
The list is available at the following site:
http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/newsstand.shtml
Posted by: Jarrod W. Van Kirk | July 02, 2009 at 08:20 AM
Note that Proquest has two services. This one is Proquest Newsstand, which includes only current and recent newspapers. Their other service, Proquest Historical Newspapers, is of more interest to genealogists, but includes far fewer newspapers.
When determining if a local library has a subscription, remember to specify which Proquest service you are inquiring about.
Posted by: Stephen Harris | July 04, 2009 at 12:55 PM