NewsLibrary

NewsLibrary is an online news database developed by Knight Ridder^[1] that houses a conglomeration of news from over "4,000 outlets in the United States", most of which are "traditional" sources of news coverage, such as "newspapers and television stations".^[2] A total of 65 different newspapers are included in the article database.^[3] The database itself allows a user to input a search term and then narrow the listed search by date, region and newspaper, with the earliest possible articles to find being from the early 1980s.^[4] The site charges a fee for viewing the content, which is done on a pay-per-article scale, with each article costing $1.95.^[5] The cost of viewing articles is charged to the user accounts on a monthly basis, though there is the option to purchase 100 articles directly for $77.^[6]

It is described as a successor to the web archive VU/TEXT that was owned by Knight Ridder and shut down in 1996.^[7]

NewsLibrary differs from other news databases is that the site allows the user to input a date, region, and newspaper, but nothing in the search bar; this brings up all of the articles published within the narrowed selection string, rather than searching for the use of a term or phrase within an article.^[8]

Further reading

• "Is it for you?". Database (Online Inc.) 23: 34. 2000. http://books.google.com/books?id=zlwPAQAAMAAJ&q=%22NewsLibrary%22&dq=%22NewsLibrary%22&hl=en&ei=AcGZTvehCcWFsgLn2fC1BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg. Retrieved October 15, 2011. 
• Vincent A. Munch (2001). "NewsLibrary". Reference Reviews (Emerald Group Publishing Limited) 15 (3): 17. ISSN 0950-4125. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1496135&show=abstract. Retrieved October 15, 2011. 

References

1. ^ Boczkowski, Pablo J. (2005). Digitizing the News: Innovation in Online Newspapers. MIT Press. p. 59. http://books.google.com/books?id=2YPw9Ooxx70C&pg=PA59&dq=%22NewsLibrary%22&hl=en&ei=XsaZTsbwMsnCsQKT9_nnBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=%22NewsLibrary%22&f=false. Retrieved October 15, 2011. 
2. ^ Nate Silver (October 7, 2011). "Police Clashes Spur Coverage of Wall Street Protests". New York Times. http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/police-clashes-spur-coverage-of-wall-street-protests/. Retrieved October 15, 2011. 
3. ^ Katz, William A. (2002). Introduction to reference work, Volume 1. McGraw-Hill. p. 204. http://books.google.com/books?id=v1UPAQAAMAAJ&q=%22NewsLibrary%22&dq=%22NewsLibrary%22&hl=en&ei=9gqaTon6PO6ksQKQk6HfBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAjgU. Retrieved October 15, 2011. 
4. ^ Basch, Reva; Bates, Mary Ellen (2000). Researching online for dummies. IDG Books Worldwide. p. 234. http://books.google.com/books?id=oPI_dMFjkhwC&q=%22NewsLibrary%22&dq=%22NewsLibrary%22&hl=en&ei=AcGZTvehCcWFsgLn2fC1BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFMQ6AEwCA. Retrieved October 15, 2011. 
5. ^ "NewsLibrary". Personal Computer Magazine (PC Communications Corp) 19 (6-8): 167. 2000. http://books.google.com/books?id=McPyAAAAMAAJ&q=%22NewsLibrary%22&dq=%22NewsLibrary%22&hl=en&ei=AcGZTvehCcWFsgLn2fC1BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CFAQ6AEwBw. Retrieved October 15, 2011. 
6. ^ Zimmerman, Jan (2001). Marketing on the Internet: seven steps to building the Internet into your business. Maximum Press. p. 151. http://books.google.com/books?ei=XsaZTsbwMsnCsQKT9_nnBA&ct=result&id=DoqpqK0DAHkC&dq=%22NewsLibrary%22&q=%22bills+the+account%22#search_anchor. Retrieved October 15, 2011. 
7. ^ J. Mandelbaum (2000). "Newslibrary: VU/TEXT Reincarnated". EContent (Information Today, Inc.) 23 (3): 31–34. ISSN 1525-2531. http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=1512420. Retrieved October 15, 2011. 
8. ^ Islam, Roumeen (2008). Information and public choice: from media markets to policy making. World Bank Publications. p. 75. http://books.google.com/books?id=ukOYOIZtZ7oC&pg=PA75&dq=%22NewsLibrary%22&hl=en&ei=XsaZTsbwMsnCsQKT9_nnBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=%22NewsLibrary%22&f=false. Retrieved October 15, 2011. 

External links

• Official website