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Newspapers live only in the present tense and, as a consequence, give the time traveller an unparalleled sense of what the world was like - the prejudices, the habits, manners and preoccupations seen through a fixed prism.
—Richard Eyre, Saturday Guardian, March 11, 2007

ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ Booklist's 2007 "Top of the List" reference source is the definitive digital archive, offering more than three centuries (1764-2007) and over 20 million digitized pages of U.S. and international news. Experience first-hand accounts and opinions that bring history to life.

With access to front pages, articles, editorials, photos, advertisements, wedding and engagement announcements, cartoons, birth and death announcements, reviews, and more, readers can peek into the daily lives of ordinary people, as well as witness major events.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers features the following titles:

International ProQuest Historical Newspaper titles:

• The Guardian & The Observer—1791-2003
• Irish Times & Weekly Irish Times—1859-2008
• The Scotsman—1817-1950

• The New York Times (1851-2006) with Index (1851-1993)
• The Wall Street Journal—1889-1992
• Washington Post—1877-1993
• The Christian Science Monitor—1908-1996
• Los Angeles Times—1881-1986
• Chicago Tribune—1849-1986
• Hartford Courant—1764-1984
• Indianapolis Star—1903-1922
• Boston Globe—1872-1926
• The Atlanta Constitution—1868-1945
• New York Tribune—1841-1922
• San Francisco Chronicle—1865-1922
• The Baltimore Sun—1837-1985
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch—1874-1922

 The newest additions to the ProQuest Historical Newspapers program are the Black Newspapers collection and ProQuest Civil War Era, both of which are cross-searchable with all titles in the ProQuest Historical Newspapers program. The Black Newspapers collection provides access to:

• Atlanta Daily World—1931-2003
• Chicago Defender—1910-1975
• Los Angeles Sentinel—1934-2005
• New York Amsterdam News—1922-1993
• Pittsburgh Courier—1911-2002
• Baltimore Afro American—1893-1988
• Cleveland Call & Post—1934-1991
• Norfolk Journal & Guide—1921-2003
• Philadelphia Tribune—1912-2001

ProQuest Civil War Era (1840-1865), a collection of eight newspapers and nearly 2,000 pamphlets, provides comprehensive, day-to-day coverage of one of the most significant periods in American history. ProQuest Civil War Era provides access to:

• Richmond Dispatch, Virginia
• Charleston Mercury, South Carolina
• New Orleans Times Picayune
• Boston Herald
• New York Herald
• Ohio State Journal
• Kentucky Daily Journal
• Memphis Daily Appeal
• Slavery and Anti-Slavery Pamphlets from the Libraries of Salmon P. Chase & John P. Hale
• Civil War Pamphlets 1861-1865

Peek inside the pages of ProQuest Historical Newspapers

• Sign up for the ProQuest Historical Newspapers eNewsletter Retroview: Connecting the Past and the Present with ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
• In 1819 the Strathnaver Clearances of the Scottish Highlands began on the Sutherland estates forcing families from their ancestral homes, prompting migration to the U.S., Canada and other parts of the UK.  Read the initial reaction from The Scotsman on June 19, 1819.
• A fairy tale on TV? Clive James writes about media coverage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding in 1981.
• The U.S. has persevered through many economic downturns and crisis. Take a look back to the 1930s and one of President Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats which helped provide comfort to the millions that suffered during the Great Depression.

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