ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Guardian and The Observer
will be the first British titles to join the acclaimed ProQuest Historical
Newspapers(TM). More than 212 years of continuous, independent reporting
that covers the best in arts, politics, business, and sports will be
searchable for the first time. Digitised by Olive Software, Inc. and
converted to ProQuest Historical Newspaper's specifications, the digital
archive will include the Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003).
The ability to cross-search the archives of two major British
newspapers with ProQuest's existing American historical newspapers provides
researchers with contrasting perspectives on key international events, such
as World Wars I and II, the Middle East peace process, and the terrorist
attacks in the United States September 11, 2001. Researchers will be able
to compare news, political cartoons, and editorials about the same events
in both American and British newspapers.
"The vivid and fearless reporting by both newspapers has set
journalistic standards not only in the UK, but also worldwide," said Rod
Gauvin, Senior Vice President of Publishing for ProQuest. "Indeed, globally
many rely on the Guardian and The Observer for unbiased, thoughtful
reporting on events in their own country. The addition of these two major
British newspapers will propel ProQuest Historical Newspapers into a truly
international news publication program, giving researchers comprehensive
information that can be found easily from a single starting point."
Gerard Baines, Head of Syndication & Rights, Guardian News and Media
said, "the launch of the archive will revolutionise the way in which users
are able to access our historic content, whether for academic research or
personal interest. Olive Software has proven to be a fantastic technology
partner fulfilling the huge task of digitising the entire archive in less
than 12 months. We are also thrilled to be working with ProQuest, the
world's largest distributor of digitised newspaper archives."
The Guardian's and The Observer's archive will be cross-searchable with
ProQuest Historical Newspapers, the world's largest digital newspaper
archive, encompassing more than 17 million pages dating from 1764. A core
research holding in major libraries around the world, it includes such
formidable newspapers as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The
Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The New York
Tribune, The Washington Post, Atlanta Constitution, Boston Globe, Hartford
Courant, The Chicago Defender, New York Amsterdam News, Pittsburgh Courier,
Los Angeles Sentinel, and Atlanta Daily World. ProQuest's Historical
Newspapers is the definitive digital newspaper archive with keyword
searching, article-level search results, full page views, and the ability
to browse through an issue page by page.
About ProQuest
ProQuest provides seamless access to and navigation of more than 125
billion digital pages of the world's scholarship, delivering it to the
desktop and into the workflow of serious researchers in multiple fields,
from arts, literature, and social science to science, technology, and
medicine. ProQuest is part of Cambridge Information Group
(http://www.cambridgeinformationgroup.com).
ProQuest's vast content pools are available to researchers through
libraries of all types and include the world's largest digital newspaper
archive, periodical databases comprising the output of more than 9,000
titles and spanning more than 500 years, the pre-eminent dissertation
collection, and various other scholarly collections. Users access the
information through the ProQuest(R) and CSA Illumina(TM) online information
systems, Chadwyck-Healey(TM) electronic and microform resources, UMI(R)
microform and print reference products, eLibrary(R) and SIRS(R) educational
resources, Ulrich's(R) Serials Analysis System, COS Scholar Universe, and
Serials Solutions(R) resource management tools. Through the expertise of
business units Serials Solutions and COS, ProQuest provides technological
tools that allow researchers and libraries to better manage and use their
information resources. For more information, visit http://www.proquest.com,
http://www.proquest.co.uk, and http://www.csa.com
SOURCE ProQuest
 back to top
Related links:
http://www.proquest.com
http://www.proquest.co.uk http://www.csa.com
http://www.cambridgeinformationgroup.com
CONTACT:
North America, Tina Orozco, Publicist,
ProQuest, +1-734-761-4700 x2540, Tina.Orozco@il.proquest.com; or
Outside of North America, Sharlene Tilley, Director of
International Marketing, ProQuest, +44 (0) 1223 271 437,
sharlene.tilley@proquest.co.uk
|
