Primary Sources: New additions to ProQuest Historical Newspapers

Our access to ProQuest Historical Newspapers now includes these titles:

Pittsburgh Courier, 1911-2002
Atlanta Daily World, 1931-2003
Norfolk Journal and Guide, 1916-2003

These are cross-searchable with the other historic Black newspapers we have acquired from ProQuest:

The Baltimore Afro-American, 1893-1988
Chicago Defender, 1909-1975
Los Angeles Sentinel, 1934-2005
New York Amsterdam News, 1922-1993

Our link to ProQuest Historical Newspapers provides access to 17 newspaper databases. To limit your search to specific titles, click on Databases in the menu bar, then uncheck the titles you don’t want to include in your search.

menu bar of search screen

 

 

 

You can also use the basic or advanced search to search all the newspaper databases, and then limit your search to specific titles using the Publication title facet that appears to the left of the results.

list of facets: Limit to full text, Publication date, Document type, Publication Title

If you have questions about how to use this resource, contact Jennifer Dorner at dorner@berkeley.edu.