Whether yours is an academic library, a public library, or a special collections library, we’re ready to help you promote the use of your historical newspapers—and your library as a whole—beyond the traditional group of users who already benefit from these resources!

For Librarians

• About This Toolkit—from ProQuest’s Senior Vice President of Marketing & Customer Care (PDF).
• White Paper—Past to Present: Using Online Historical Resources to Promote Today’s Libraries (PDF). Read this white paper for ideas on how to use your online historical resources to promote your library.
• Conversing with Your Community: Social Media Strategies (PDF). This document provides tips for using blogs, Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter to promote your online historical newspapers and your library.
• Modifiable ProQuest Historical Newspapers Poster (PDF). Type in your library’s name, and then print it out as an 8 ½”x11” or 11”x17” poster to advertise your collection.
• “Plain Language” Descriptions of ProQuest Historical Databases (Word). Customize and use these ProQuest historical database descriptions on your Web site to help your users understand what is available to help them research historical topics.
• Bookmarks (PDF). Just print, trim, and let them promote your ProQuest Historical Newspapers collection for you!

For Researchers

• Searching ProQuest Historical Newspapers: A Guided Tour (PDF). Whether you’re helping a novice researcher or just someone who is new to the ProQuest platform, use this guide to save you both time.
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers Article Types (PDF). This document describes the types of content within the ProQuest Historical Newspapers database and provides examples of types of research that are possible within each.
• Sample Searches: Explore and Discover (PDF). Whether training a new colleague or helping a student researcher, use these sample searches to demonstrate the research potential of your ProQuest Historical Newspapers collection.
• Five Fascinating Things to Do with Historical Newspapers (PDF). Engage the imaginations of your casual readers and serious researchers with this flier. Print copies, and keep them at the circulation desk or by your computer stations.
• Retroview “Free Subscription” Flier (PDF). Retroview is an entertaining quarterly e-newsletter that lets librarians and their visitors explore history as captured in the pages of historical newspapers. This flier explains how to subscribe.