ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 21, 2006 - ProQuest Information and Learning has expanded its acclaimed newspaper digitization program with content and the addition of new titles. ProQuest Newsstand™ now features additional regional and local current newspapers, and ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ now include additional years of coverage. Continuous enhancement of these programs offers libraries a total news solution, with diverse content, ability to do comprehensive research, user-friendly databases, and flexibility in selection of packages.

"ProQuest continues to expand its newspaper offerings to serve the needs of researchers and genealogists at their public libraries," says Rod Gauvin, senior vice president of ProQuest Information and Learning. "The ProQuest newspaper strategy is not only focused on large national titles, but also recognizes the importance of smaller local titles in connecting people to the world around them."

The new regional and local titles added to ProQuest Newsstand™ include:

• Evening Sun (PA)
• SalinaJournal (KS)
• Savannah Morning News (GA)
• Northwest Florida Daily News (FL)

 

ProQuest Newsstand consists of more than 500 current newspapers; 350 papers are available in full-text. Libraries can customize newspaper packages with content that is most relevant to their patrons.   Patrons not only can find out what is going on in the world, they also can read news important to their communities.

ProQuest continues to make progress on newspaper digitization by adding years of coverage to ProQuest Historical Newspapers. An additional year of coverage is now included for The New York Times (1851-2003), The Wall Street Journal (1889-1989), Washington Post (1877-1990), Christian Science Monitor (1908-1993), and Boston Globe (1872-1923).  Four years of coverage have been added to the Atlanta Constitution (1868-1929).  Earlier this month, ProQuest announced the addition of The Hartford Courant archive, dating back to 1764.

ProQuest's acclaimed Historical Newspapers is the world's largest digital newspaper archive, encompassing the full runs of America's most notable newspapers. Historical Newspapers is also part of ProQuest Genealogy Center resources, providing amateur and professional genealogists with useful information found in classified ads, society columns, and marriage, birth, and anniversary announcements.

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More than a content provider or aggregator, ProQuest is an information partner, creating indispensable research solutions that connect people and information. Through innovative, user-centered discovery technology, ProQuest offers billions of pages of global content that includes historical newspapers, dissertations, and uniquely relevant resources for researchers of any age and sophistication—including content not likely to be digitized by others. Inspired by its customers and their end users, ProQuest is working toward a future that blends information accessibility with community to further enhance learning and encourage lifelong enrichment.

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