“This additional backfile changes the scope of the research that can be accomplished with ProQuest Newsstand,” said Rod Gauvin, ProQuest vice-president of publishing and marketing. “The New York Times is considered by many to be America’s newspaper of record because of the breadth and quality of its reporting and analysis of national and global news events.  It also publishes the complete text of important documents, speeches, and presidential press conferences.” 

ProQuest’s coverage of current newspapers is widely respected by libraries and publishers.  The company recently signed an exclusive agreement with the Los Angeles Times, one of the highest circulating papers in the country.  The Wall Street Journal, considered the preeminent publication for business news and information on financial markets worldwide, is available through ProQuest’s Newsstand product and Factiva, the only sources for this paper’s full-text in the education market.  ProQuest is also publisher of the Los Angeles Times’ and The Wall Street Journal’s digital historical archives.

ProQuest Newsstand consists of a large number of titles from all over the U.S. reflecting geographic diversity.  Such regional titles as the Columbus Dispatch (Ohio), Orlando Sentinel (Florida) and Oakland Tribune (California) provide in-depth coverage of local and regional news. 

ProQuest’s news publications program is aimed at building a core of products that will allow comprehensive research to be done easily from a single starting point.  Other enhancements to its current news program include the launch of Latin American Newsstand, which provides library patrons with comprehensive coverage of Latin America's most prestigious newspapers in their native Spanish and Portuguese.   ProQuest's current collection now includes more than 350 full-text newspapers from around the world, creating a flexible, comprehensive news resource.  ProQuest is also distributor of NewspaperDirect, a unique delivery system through which libraries get direct, immediate access to over 300 international and domestic dailies in full-page format, allowing them to provide same-day international newspaper service to their patrons. 

For more information about ProQuest news products visit the company on the Web at www.il.proquest.com.