Historical Newspapers ONLINE

ProQuest Historical Newspapers delivers the complete run of several newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and Los Angeles Times. It offers an unparalleled online resource for the study of historical events, social and consumer history, economics, literature, technology, and more. Every issue is reproduced cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images from news stories and editorials to graphics and advertisements. Title coverage spans from 1851 to 2001. Students can search using keyword, Boolean, or natural language queries and can limit searches by date, author, article type, and more.

Justification:
This is a recent find that has great potential in providing relevant primary resources for students engaged in historical research. The indexing interface is very effective in guiding one to relevant documents for review. The citation/abstract feature is very important as it makes it user-friendly for students to cite readings they may use in a report/presentation. There are many other useful features beyond explanation here. Just start off with your or your student's birth date and report back what is found. Great discussions can take place. Check it out.

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