The Growing Need for News
The need for news is growing. News is cited by every type of researcher, on every subject, in every type of journal—and
in some cases, it’s the best or only source of information on a topic. All libraries need a collection of digital news, and
giving users access to a broad set of resources is essential.
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Eric T. Meyer, currently the Dean of the
School of Information at University
of Texas, Austin, and formerly a
Professor of Social Informatics and
Director of Graduate Studies at Oxford
Internet Institute, conducted the data
collection and analysis.
Four newspaper titles were selected
for evaluation and analysis in this
report:
• The New York Times
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Washington Post
• The Guardian
Scopus was used as the source for
the data examined.
Newspapers are on the rise in scholarly research
A 2018 Oxford Internet Institute/ProQuest study found that the use of
newspapers in scholarly research is steadily increasing, and reached an
all-time high in 2013. For each newspaper analyzed, uses were much
higher across disciplines than anticipated—including the social sciences,
health and medicine, business and the hard sciences.
Books (print)
E-books
Dissertations or theses
Newspapers
Working papers
Videos (any)
Market/Industry Reports
Company Reports
Blogs
Newswires
0%
Recommend to their students Use in their research
Which of the following types of information do you use in your research?
Which do you recommend to your students?
100%80%60%40%20%
Faculty use a rich
mix of content in
their work and they
encourage their
students to stretch
beyond journals.
72% of researchers use news today
A ProQuest study shows that newspapers are a vital tool in research —
they’re used by 72% of researchers and recommended by 88% of researchers
who teach.
From a 2018 survey of more than1,300
faculty and students on the use of varied
content in research, teaching, and learning,
faculty indicate why they assign primary
sources in teaching.
Faculty state that
developing critical thinking
skills in students is
extremely important.
98%
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
Give Your Researchers
Perspective and Context
Research a topic from every angle, across time and geography. With ProQuest
Historical Newspapers, ProQuest Recent Newspapers and ProQuest Global
Newsstream—all cross-searchable on the ProQuest platform—researchers
access unprecedented coverage of people, places and events from the earliest
newspaper publications to current-day reports.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers—
historical archives, from the late 1700s
to the early 2000s, explore spans of
time across geographies. The top news
sources in the world are the gold standard
in historical news databases. With nearly
200 historical titles, including local titles
and packages to help users go deep into
the events and people in their town and
state, and specialty, international and
topical collections for viewpoints that help
fully develop research.
ProQuest Global
Newsstream
—updated
daily, these news sources
present trends in life, culture,
business, and milestones of all
types. Current, full-text news
sources including newspapers,
newswires, online newspapers,
television and radio transcripts,
blogs, podcasts and digital-
only websites.
ProQuest Recent
Newspapers
—a digital archive
to complement Historical
Newspapers, providing access
to recent news across the world,
beginning in the late 2000s and
goes through the most recent
issue, with a content currency
delay of a week or less.
Black, B. (1973, Mar 24). Hint Slaying Victim
Was ‘Hit’ Target: Foul Play Claim By Relatives.
Michigan Chronicle (1939-Current)
August 26, 2014 (Page A2). (2014, Aug 26). Boston Globe
(2008-Recent)
Across the U.S., protesters use silence to memorialize George
Floyd. (2020, Jun 04).[Video/DVD] Washington, D.C.: WP
Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post.
News Uncovers
Insights Other
Sources Can’t
Doctoral candidate Zack Turpin
uncovered a series of 19th-century men’s
tness articles under the title “Manly
Health” by Mose Velsor – the pseudonym
of American poet Walt Whitman. A fan of
ProQuest Historical Newspapers, Turpin
searched “Mose Velsor,” and his ndings
proved illuminating in understanding a
critical period in Whitman’s career.
Read More: https://about.proquest.com/
blog/pqblog/2018/The-On-Going-Quest-
to-Uncover-Walt-Whitman.html
Rebecca Erbelding, a historian, archivist
and curator at the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum, specializes in the
study of American reactions to the
Holocaust and examines how local U.S.
newspapers covered the Holocaust.
Read More: https://about.proquest.com/
en/blog/2019/historians-seek-out-local-
us-coverage-of-the-holocaust/
University of Arizona history professor
Matt Delmont launched a 12-month
project, Black Quotidian, to highlight
everyday moments and lives in African-
American history. His site features
historical articles from black newspapers
such as the Atlanta Daily World, Baltimore
Afro-American, Chicago Defender and
Philadelphia Tribune. “These newspapers
[digitized as part of the ProQuest Black
Historical Newspaper collection] are
among the most important sources for
understanding black history and culture in
the twentieth century,” he said.
Read More: https://about.proquest.com/
blog/eosblog/2017/Researching-Black-
History-Month--and-Everyday-Black-
History.html
THE COMPLETE NEWS COLLECTION FOR LIBRARIES – 3
Category Title City State
Historical (HNP)
Years of Coverage
Historical (HNP) PAL
Years of Ownership
Recent (RNP)
Years of Coverage
US STAND-ALONE
The Arizona Republic Phoenix AZ 1890-2007 1890-2007 N/A**
Atlanta Journal Constitution Atlanta GA 1868-1984 1868-1939+ 2010-Recent
The Baltimore Sun Baltimore MD 1837-1998* 1837-1937+ 2008-Recent
The Boston Globe Boston MA 1872-2007* 1872-2007+ 2008-Recent
Chicago Tribune Chicago IL 1849-2014* 1849-1954+ 2008-Recent
The Christian Science Monitor Boston MA 1908-2011* 1908-2001+ N/A
The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati OH 1841-2009 1841-2009 N/A**
The Courier-Journal Louisville KY 1830-2000 1830-2000 N/A**
Detroit Free Press Detroit MI 1831-1999 1831-1999 N/A**
Hartford Courant Hartford CT 1764-1998* 1764-1940+ 2008-Recent
The Indianapolis Star Indianapolis IN 1903-2004 1903-2004 N/A**
Los Angeles Times Los Angeles CA 1881-2014* 1881-1954+ 2008-Recent
Minneapolis Star Tribune Minneapolis MN 1867-2001 1867-2001 N/A**
The Nashville Tennessean Nashville TN 1812-2002 1812-2002 N/A**
The New York Times New York NY 1851-2020* 1851-1942+ 2008-Recent
New York Tribune/Herald Tribune New York NY 1841-1962 1841-1962 N/A
Newsday (Nassua Edition) New York NY 1940-1995* 1940-1995+ 2010-Recent
Newsday (Suffolk Edition) Melville NY 1954-2000 1954-2000 N/A**
The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia PA 1860-2001 1860-2001 N/A**
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh PA 1786-2003 1786-2003 N/A**
San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco CA 1865-1922 1865-1922 N/A
St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis MO 1874-2003 1874-2003 N/A**
St. Petersburg Times/Tampa Bay Times Tampa FL 1901-2009 1901-2009 N/A**
USA Today Washington DC N/A N/A 2009-Recent
The Wall Street Journal New York NY 1889-2012* 1889-1941+ 2008-Recent
The Washington Post Washington DC 1877-2007* 1877-1985+ 2008-Recent
CANADIAN STAND-ALONE
Calgary Herald Calgary AB 1883-2010 1883-2010 2011-Recent
Edmonton Journal Edmonton AB 1903-2010 1903-2010 2011-Recent
The Globe and Mail Toronto ON 1844-2020* 1844-1970+ N/A
The Hamilton Spectator Hamilton ON 1846-2010 1846-2010 N/A
Montreal Gazette Montreal QC 1785-2010 1785-2010 2011-Recent
National Post Toronto ON N/A N/A 2011-Recent
Ottawa Citizen Ottawa ON 1845-2010 1845-2010 2011-Recent
The Province Vancouver BC 1894-2010 1894-2010 2011-Recent
Regina Leader-Post Regina SK 1883-2010 1883-2010 2011-Recent
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix Saskatoon SK 1902-2009 1902-2009 2011-Recent
Times–Colonist Victoria BC 1884-2010 1884-2010 2011-Recent
Toronto Star Toronto ON 1894-2021* 1894-1969+ 2010-Recent
Vancouver Sun Vancouver BC 1912-2010 1912-2010 2011-Recent
Waterloo Region Record Kitchener ON 1893-2010 1893-2010 N/A
Windsor Star Windsor ON 1893-2010 1893-2010 2011-Recent
INTERNATIONAL
ABC Spain ES 1903-2010 1903-2010 N/A
The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
Melbourne,
Sydney
AUS
1854-2000,
1831-2000
N/A N/A
Chinese Newspaper Collection Various 1832-1953 1832-1953 N/A
The Guardian (and The Observer for HNP) London UK
1821-2003,
1791-2003
1821-1917+,
1791-1917+
2010-Recent
Hindustan Times New Delhi IP 1924-2010 1924-2010 N/A
The Irish Times and Weekly Irish Times Dublin IRL 1859-2022* 1859-1938+ N/A
The Jerusalem Post Jerusalem IS 1932-2008 1932-1984+ N/A
The Korea Times London UK 1950-2016 1950-2016 N/A
Le Monde Paris FR 1944-2000 1944-2000 N/A
London Evening Standard London UK 1827-Recent 1827-2010 N/A
The Observer Magazine London UK 1964-2003 1964-2003 N/A
The Scotsman Edinburgh UK 1817-1950 1817-1937+ N/A
South China Morning Post
Hong Kong CN 1903-2001 1903-2001 N/A
The Times of India Mumbai IP 1838-2011* 1838-2010 N/A
Newspaper Coverage Through the Centuries
*Additional year of content added annually. †Additional year of PAL ownership added annually. **Recent News content is only available in the U.S. Collection and State Collection for this title.
Note: Titles and years of coverage change as new titles are added or content is added to existing titles.
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THE COMPLETE NEWS COLLECTION FOR LIBRARIES – 5
*Additional year of content added annually. †Additional year of PAL ownership added annually. Note: Titles and years of coverage change as new titles are added or content is added to existing titles.
Category Title City State
Historical (HNP)
Years of Coverage
Historical (HNP) PAL
Years of Ownership
Recent (RNP)
Years of Coverage
BLACK
Atlanta Daily World Atlanta GA 1931-2010 1931-2010 N/A
The Baltimore Afro-American
Baltimore MD 1893-2010 1893-2010 N/A
Chicago Defender Chicago IL 1910-2010 1910-2010 N/A
Cleveland Call & Post Cleveland OH 1934-2010 1934-2010 N/A
Kansas City Call Kansas MO 1922-2010 1919-2010 N/A
Los Angeles Sentinel Los Angeles CA 1934-2010 1934-2010 N/A
Louisville Defender Louisville KY 1951-2010 1951-2010 N/A
Michigan Chronicle Detroit MI 1939-2010 1939-2010 N/A
New York Amsterdam News
New York NY 1922-2010 1922-2010 N/A
Norfolk Journal & Guide Norfolk VA 1916-2010 1916-2010 N/A
The Philadelphia Tribune Philadelphia PA 1912-2010 1912-2010 N/A
Pittsburgh Courier Pittsburgh PA 1911-2010 1911-2010 N/A
St. Louis American St. Louis MO 1949-2010 1949-2010 N/A
JEWISH
The American Hebrew & The Jewish Messenger New York NY 1857 -1922 1857-1922 N/A
The American Israelite Cincinnati OH 1854-2000 1854-1933+ N/A
The Jewish Advocate Boston MA 1905-1990 1905-1990 N/A
Jewish Exponent Philadelphia PA 1887 -1990 1887 -1990 N/A
SPECIALTY
American Banker New York NY N/A N/A 2008-Recent
Barron’s New York NY 1921-2007 1971-2007 2008-Recent
Civil War Era Newspapers Various US 1840-1865 1840-1865 N/A
Communist Newspapers New York NY 1919-2013 1919-2013 N/A
Leftist Newspapers and Periodicals Various 1845-2015 1845-2015 N/A
Newspaper Coverage Through the Centuries
*Additional year of content added annually. †Additional year of PAL ownership added annually. **Recent News content is only available in the U.S. Collection and State Collection for this title.
Note: Titles and years of coverage change as new titles are added or content is added to existing titles.
Hands-On Research Makes History
Incredibly Interesting for Students
Professor Brandy Thomas Wells uses historical newspapers to promote
hands-on learning and critical thinking at Oklahoma State University
History As Interpretation
Oklahoma State University’s history department’s philosophy
is that history is “more than just a collection of facts about the
past. History is community, debate, identity. History is our map
to the present.” Dr. Wells embodies that philosophy in how she
introduces historical research to her students.
Dr. Wells teaches that history is less about nite facts that are
printed in a book and more about continuous interpretation and
conversation. For this reason, many of her courses include a
primary sources assignment as an opportunity for hands-on
learning to start the conversation. She encourages her students
to use the library’s resources and think like historians and dig into
resources such as microlm and online newspaper databases
such as ProQuest Historical Newspapers and then return to class
ready to discuss their ndings.
Newspapers are useful for research at all levels but are
accessible and less intimidating to 101 students as an entryway
for investigation. Through historical newspapers students can
witness history as it happened and develop critical thinking skills
as they interpret what they nd. History is not done – it is moving,
living, breathing. Through their research, students enter the story
where they see the conversation in the public sphere, witness the
sensationalism and gain clues and terms to further their research.
Sparking a Love for Investigation
Instead of prescribing topics,
Professor Wells gives students
a time period to research and
encourages them to dig into
newspapers with their own
interests in mind. Often students
discover something new about a
topic and even about themselves.
For example, one zoology major
chose to study the history of zoos
in Oklahoma and how they were
reported in newspapers. She loved
the process so much she ended up
asking Dr. Wells to be her mentor.
Another student who was planning
to be a high school teacher, would get engrossed in her research
for hours. She fell in love with the investigative part of history and
now she is pursuing a Ph.D. in history.
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STUDENTS WHO ELECT to take Professor Wells’ survey course of American History are from a variety of majors
needing to fulll a core requirement. They often expect a survey course where they are presented with facts
with the expectation of rote memorization through quizzes and papers. But what they encounter instead is an
experience that challenges their assumptions and sparks their imaginations.
“Students come to class thinking history
is boring with rote memorization, but newspaper
assignments remove that notion and show them
how history is so incredibly interesting.”
– Dr. Brandy Thomas Wells
Special to, T. C. (1949, Jun 25).
The Pittsburgh Courier
(1911-1950), p. 1
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Research is a Multistep Process that Takes Practice
Why Prof. Jill Jensen assigns ProQuest Historical Newspapers
to business students at the University of Redlands
WHILE IT MIGHT initially seem unusual for a historian to be
teaching in a business administration program, the University of
Redlands generally takes an interdisciplinary approach to teaching,
research and learning. Among the courses on business and labor
history that Professor Jill Jensen teaches at the private liberal arts
institution, her most popular is a History of Capitalism class for
sophomores. According to Jensen, one of the key challenges is
“conveying to students that the world hasn’t always been the same
as it is today.”
Each student in Jensen’s course spends the semester researching
a business from the 1920s. To help them immerse themselves
in this era, one of the central assignments for the project is
annotating 50 articles from ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
We recently spoke to Jensen about her passion for historical
newspapers and why they are such a valuable resource for
her students.
Contextualizing the past
Newspapers are one of Jensen’s favorite sources for investigating
a research topic. And in many ways, she pointed out, the
information not covered in newspapers is as informative as what
is in them.
For example, she recalled one student looking into an oil company
and talked about the industry in terms of fossil fuels and
environmental damage.
“I wanted them to understand
people weren’t talking about
those things then, and that’s
one of the problems that’s led
to where we are now,” Jensen
explained. “There was a complete
disregard for any kind of concern
for the environment – and the
way students come to that
realization is in noting how it’s a
topic seldom if ever mentioned in
newspapers in relation to any of
these companies.”
In addition to environmental concerns, students can infer insights
about the role of women in society, racial relationships, and
class distinctions with newspapers. “In historical mainstream
newspapers, we don’t often hear the voices of working classes,
women, African Americans…I encourage students to ll in gaps of
what’s not mentioned. Ask, ‘who’s voices are missing?’ Listen to
things not being said.”
At the same time, looking at newspapers also provides a
comprehensive overview of “what mainstream people were
thinking about, the main tenor of what’s going on in the world at a
given time,” Jensen said. “Newspapers show us what was being
broadcasted across society, and insight into how communities are
formed and informed.”
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Compiled by Farhana Hoque, ProQuest Senior Product Manager and
Samantha Lubrano, ProQuest Associate Product Manager, Historical and Social Science Collections
Plagues, Epidemics, Peculiar Beliefs and Practices
through Time, 1500–2020: A Resource Guide
Using Historical Newspapers
Hands-On Research Makes History
Incredibly Interesting for Students
Read how Professor Brandy Thomas
Wells uses historical newspapers to
promote hands-on learning and critical
thinking at Oklahoma State University.
Read More
Research is a Multistep Process
that Takes Practice
Read how Professor Jill Jensen assigns
ProQuest Historical Newspapers to
business students at the University of
Redlands.
Read More
Plagues, Epidemics, Peculiar Beliefs
and Practices through Time, 1500–
2020: A Resource Guide
Read how primary sources and historical
newspapers are key to understanding
pandemics, as well as how societies
responded to them to keep populations
safe. This resource guide explores
examples of primary sources and
historical newspapers from three major
pandemics: the Plague, the Spanish Flu,
and HIV/AIDs.
Read More
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ProQuest Historical
Newspapers
TM
Travel digitally back through time
Historical newspaper content is among the most sought-after
primary source material in research. With more than 60 premier
stand-alone historical titles dating back to the 1700s, ProQuest
Historical Newspapers is the denitive newspaper archive
empowering researchers to travel back through centuries and
become eyewitnesses to history.
Every issue of each title includes full-page and article images in
easily downloadable PDFs. Researchers can study the progression
of issues over time through these historical newspaper pages,
including articles, photos, advertisements, classied ads, obituaries,
editorial cartoons and more. The ProQuest Historical Newspapers
archive contains more than 55 million digitized pages.
Historical Newspapers
Highlights
• U.S. Newspapers: U.S. local and national titles
are available with coverage beginning as early
as 1764 to one week ago
• Canadian Newspapers: Important Historical
Newspapers found across Canada with
coverage beginning as early as 1785 through
as late as 2021
• International: Top Historical International
Newspapers with coverage beginning as early
as 1791 through as late as 2022
• Black Newspapers: Broad selection of Historical
Black Newspapers with coverage beginning as
early as 1893 through as late as 2010
• American Jewish Newspapers: Important
American Jewish Historical Newspapers with
coverage beginning as early as 1854 through
as late as 2000
• Specialty Historical Newspapers including
Barron’s (1921-2007), Civil War Era (1840–1865),
Communist Historical Newspapers (1919–2013),
Leftist Newspapers and Periodicals (1845–2015)
Key U.S. Titles
The New York Times (1851–2020)*
with Index (1851–1993)
The Wall Street Journal (1889–2012)*
The Washington Post (1877–2007)*
Key Canadian Titles
The Globe and Mail (1844–2020)*
Montreal Gazette (1785–2010)
Toronto Star (1894–2021)*
Key International Titles
The Guardian (1821–2003) and
The Observer (1791–2003)
Hindustan Times (1924–2010)
The Korea Times (1950–2016)
Le Monde (1944–2000)
South China Morning Post (1903–2001)
The Times of India (1838–2011)*
More than Just the Article
With ProQuest Historical Newspapers, researchers
have access to full-runs and full-images that
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photographs, and many other article types to not
only understand the news of yesteryear, but more
importantly, the context in which it was made.
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U.S. Collection
Historical Newspapers: U.S. Collection explores America’s events
and stories—past and present—through a collection of over 130
exclusive local newspaper titles across 34 states and growing.
Titles span the rst historical issue to current, with the ability to
experience each issue as it was originally printed, page by page, in
crisp detail for an immersive research experience.
34 U.S. States and growing...
Alabama | Arizona | California | Colorado | Delaware | Florida | Georgia
Hawaii | Indiana | Iowa | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maryland | Michigan
Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nevada | New Jersey
New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Ohio | Oregon | Pennsylvania
South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont
Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin
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Recent Newspapers
Highlights
• Over 35 recent edition digitized
newspapers
• High-resolution color and grayscale
PDF images
• Fully searchable at the page-level and
cross-searchable with other products
on the ProQuest platform
Key U.S. Titles
The Boston Globe (2008–Recent)
Chicago Tribune (2008–Recent)
Los Angeles Times (2008–Recent)
The New York Times (2008–Recent)
The Wall Street Journal (2008–Recent)
The Washington Post (2008–Recent)
Key Canadian Titles
Edmonton Journal (2011–Recent)
Montreal Gazette (2011–Recent)
Ottawa Citizen (2011–Recent)
Toronto Star (2010–Recent)
Key International Titles
The Guardian (2010–Recent)
Key Specialty Titles
American Banker (2008-Recent)
Barron’s (2008-Recent)
ProQuest Recent Newspapers
Full-image, fully searchable essential
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This sought-after archive includes digitized recent editions of more than 35
essential and most-requested newspaper titles. Coverage begins in the late
2000s and goes through the most recent issue, with a content currency delay
of a week or less.
Users can search PDF images of every part of every page, including full-text
news articles, photos, advertisements, classied ads, obituaries, cartoons, and
more, with keyword highlighting.
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ProQuest Global Newsstream
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Global Newsstream
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Key U.S. Titles
60 Minutes
The Boston Globe*
Chicago Tribune*
CNN Newswires
Los Angeles Times*
Newsday*
The New York Times*
Politico
ProPublica
The Wall Street Journal*
The Washington Post*
Key International Titles
ABC Madrid
The Age
El Mundo
Financial Times
The Globe and Mail
The Guardian
Le Monde
The Straits Times
The Times of India
Toronto Star
*Includes print and online editions
U.S. Newsstream
Canadian Newsstream
International Newsstream
U.S. Major Dailies
Canadian Major Dailies
U.S. Hispanic Newsstream
Asian Newsstream
Australia & New Zealand Newsstream
Or choose Global Newsstream, our most comprehensive contemporary news
collection, which provides superior access to current, full-text newspapers.
Learn more about ProQuest News Resources
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Politics. Natural disasters. Economics.
Popular culture. Foreign affairs.
Terrorism. To keep up on timely topics,
researchers need instant, barrier-free,
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ProQuest Global Newsstream includes
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including the most-requested and inuential top newspapers,
online news sources, news wires, broadcast transcripts, and blogs –
all available in full text. Most content loads the same day. Newsstream
collections include:
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