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U.S. Newsstream from Proquest-- Premium U.S. national, regional and local news content

by Pat Dover on 2024-08-14T09:43:00-05:00 | 0 Comments

 

U.S. Newsstream, from Proquest, enables users to search current U.S. news content, as well as archives that stretch back into the 1980s. This contemporary news collection delivers current, full-text news sources including newspapers, newswires, news journals, television and radio transcripts, blogs, podcasts, and digital-only websites. It includes the content of major titles such as The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CNN Newswires, and the Huffington Post. It also offers exclusive access to over 80 Gannett regional newspapers and includes hundreds of other local, regional, and national titles from throughout the U.S. In addition, U.S. Newsstream content includes newswires, news journals, television and radio transcripts, blogs, podcasts, and digital-only websites. All content can be searched together or separately for maximum researcher efficiency.

Key U.S. newspaper titles include:

  • The New York Times (backfile from 1980 forward)

  • The Wall Street Journal (from 1984 forward)

  • The Washington Post (from 1987 forward)

  • Los Angeles Times (from 1985 forward)*

  • Chicago Tribune (from 1985 forward)*

  • The Boston Globe (from 1980 forward)*

U.S. Newsstream is fully cross searchable with the ProQuest Historical Newspapers, providing easy access to different time periods. Sewanee has subscriptions to the following historical titles:

  • The Atlanta Constitution‎ (1868 - 1984)

  • The Christian Science Monitor‎ (1908 - 2011)

  • The New York Times‎ (1851 - 2020)

  • The Wall Street Journal‎ (1889 - 2012)

  • The Washington Post‎ (1877 - 2008)

U.S. Newsstream pairs robust searching features with detailed indexing to help researchers quickly find the news information they need as well as track news events over time or at location of origin. The indexing covers complete bibliographic information including subjects, companies, people, products, and geographic areas so that users have access to not only top news stories but also detailed information on the arts, sports, business, and popular culture. And, workflow tools such as RSS/alerts, text-to-speech capability, cite, share, print, and export help make the research process flexible, thorough, and efficient. Many citation formats are available, and articles can be translated into 13 languages.

The following U.S. regional collections are included in U.S. Newsstream:

  • U.S. Midwest Newsstream

  • U.S. Southeast Newsstream

  • U.S. North Central Newsstream

  • U.S. Northeast News stream

  • U.S. South Central Newsstream

  • U.S. West Newsstream

Also included is the CBS News 60 MINUTES database, which offers unprecedented access to transcripts and nearly 500 hours of video from 1997–2014.


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