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History and Current Events, Accessible in the World’s Most Complete News Source

ProQuest empowers government researchers to explore historical and contemporary events, trends, and people with the world’s most comprehensive collection of news content. Widely considered to be the definitive source to track multiple perspectives across centuries, ProQuest has built a 25 million-page archive of international, national, regional, and specialty papers dating from 1764. The archive’s growing specialty content–such as historic black newspapers and American Jewish newspapers–provide unique insights and often more granular journalistic focus.

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ProQuest Recent Newspapers

A new digital archive with full-page images of recent editions of essential and most-requested newspaper titles. ProQuest Recent Newspapers titles are available individually or in regional collections. Coverage begins in the late 2000s and goes through the most recent issue with a 3-month embargo. ProQuest Recent Newspapers content is hosted on the ProQuest platform, fully searchable at the page level and cross-searchable with all other ProQuest products.

Global Breaking Newswires

Global Breaking Newswires is a library news database which provides timely full-text access to the best newswire content available globally as well as growing archive of news that may not be captured in any of the traditional print sources.

US Major Dailies

US Major Dailies provides access to the country’s five most respected national and regional newspapers in full-text format and offers users thorough and timely coverage of local, national, and global events. This database also includes exclusive online content.

Government Complete™

Government Complete is ebrary’s robust subscription database, trusted by organizations around the world. For over a decade, government employees have relied on Government Complete’s unlimited access, multidisciplinary coverage, and powerful research tools.

Newspapers.com Library Edition

Newspapers.com Library Edition is an extensive online database of 4,000+ historical newspapers from the early 1700s into the 2000s. Distributed by ProQuest into libraries, it contains a diverse blend of well-known regional and local newspapers in the U.S. and other countries.

PressReader

PressReader provides interactive, digital access to nearly 7,000 of the world's best newspapers and magazines. With the ability to perform keyword searches across all titles, and save both stories and full publications, researchers are sure to find the stories they’re looking for.

Twentieth-Century Parliamentary Papers

The House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 1901-2005 is the most detailed primary source for twentieth-century Britain, its colonies, and the wider world.

Eighteenth-Century Parliamentary Papers

Offered under the ProQuest's Chadwyck-Healey™ brand, this new collection contains documents illuminating many aspects of eighteenth-century history, from the widespread use of automated workflow during the Industrial Revolution to the shaping of a new democratic system during the American Revolution.

Global Newsstream

Global Newsstream provides today's global news content – with archives that stretch back into the 1980s – from over 2,800 news sources including newspapers, newswires, transcripts, video, and digital-first content in full-text format.

Alt-Press Watch

Alt-Press Watch provides an alternative to mainstream media with diverse views and distinct voices.

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