Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that it will distribute NewspaperARCHIVE.com to libraries and other institutions worldwide. The 130 million page database is said to capture coverage from valuable local newspapers throughout North America, the UK and select countries from 1607 to the present. The distributorship is seen to expand ProQuest's selection of historical news content.
ProQuest will offer libraries the option to purchase a perpetual archive rather than just subscriptions. Further, there will be academic and public library versions that break the website's massive content into state level products and individual titles.
According to Erik Swierk, General Manager, NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the website focuses on small, local newspapers, providing an important complement to ProQuest Historical Newspapers' selection of major world dailies. Like the ProQuest news databases, NewspaperARCHIVE.com is designed for researchers of all levels and includes intuitive tools for fast searching and browsing. Its pages are fully searchable by keyword and date, making it easy to quickly explore historical content.
