What is Proquest Historical Newspapers?
ProQuest Historical Newspapers offers full-text and full-image articles for newspapers dating back to the 19th century. For most titles, the collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue — cover to cover — in downloadable PDF files. Current access includes: 1851-2001 for The New York Times; 1889-1987 for The Wall Street Journal; 1877-1988 for The Washington Post; 1908-1991 for The Christian Science Monitor. This database is complemented by ProQuest Newspapers, picking up where the Historical Newspaper product leaves off to include current issues of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the full text of more than 300 U.S. and international news sources. What kinds of questions might Proquest Historical Newspapers answer? • Has the University of Texas re-opened its infamous clock tower? • When did the first Woodward and Bernstein article about Watergate appear? • How did major newspapers report about the suffragettes struggle in the early 20th centu