Historical Newspapers
The ProQuest Historical Newspapers Databases gives access to scanned images of entire newspapers as they appeared when originally published. You can read them using page-by-page browsing, just like reading a paper in its original print form, or search them for specific information
- Open the database from the library homepage.
- Type in your search terms and anticipated date range.
- From the list of results you may select to view either
the article alone or the entire page.
Browsing Formats within ProQuest Historical Newspaper Databases
Page Map is a low resolution image navigation format. Use Page Map to browse a page or newspaper issue quickly, scanning for articles that interest you. As the mouse moves over the page, a highlighted text box will pop up displaying the article headline. Clicking on the article will take you to the Article Image format.
Article Image is a high-resolution PDF image of the complete article. From within the Article Image screen you may print or email your article. You can only print ProQuest Historical articles from within Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Page Image is a high-resolution PDF image format designed for the reading of entire pages from Historical Newspapers, and which can be accessed from within the Page Map view. In Page Image, use the Previous and Next buttons to browse the paper page by page. To jump to a specific page, select the page you want from the Go to Page dropdown menu.
