Comprehensive digital coverage back to 1980 is available for this internationally renowned U.S. newspaper through ProQuest.  The complete text of recent articles is provided in the ASCII format.  The New York Times Book Review and Sunday Magazine are provided in PDF format.  Through a complementary subscription database, ProQuest Historical Newspapers, you can access complete page images of The New York Times from the first issue through 2005.

The New York Times is considered the official U.S. newspaper of record because it publishes the complete text of important documents, speeches, and presidential press conferences.  The paper's reporters have won scores of Pulitzer Prizes throughout the publication's 150-year history.

Each issue of every newspaper is indexed thoroughly, so your patrons have access to not only top news stories, but also detailed information on the arts, sports, business, and popular culture.  Even such items as editorials, editorial cartoons, obituaries, and letters to the editor from well-known people are indexed.

For each article cited in the database, an abstract of up to 75 words helps the researcher know if the complete text will meet his or her needs.

Accessing The New York Times

This database is available on the Web through ProQuest®, a premier information access and retrieval system.  With basic and advanced searching, it is suitable for everyone, from novice researchers to experienced information professionals.  Natural language searching, SmartSearch and the Topic Guide are just a few of the features that help users find the exact information they need, quickly and easily.

The ProQuest interface offers additional features for a user-friendly and precise searching experience:

• Narrow searches by date, multiple fields and document types
• Spell check
• Abstracts for every newspaper article
• The interface is available in 17 different languages
• Translate articles on demand
• Open URL Compliant

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