FYI: Proquest databases update

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LOS ANGELES TIMES & CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Still no movement in the Los Angeles Times. This "California Roll" is going to take me forever. "Granola" and "trail mix," too. The whole nine yards.

The Chicago Tribune is allegedly at January 1960, but there's a gap in 1959. I check for the word "slang."

1. Obituary 2 -- No Title
Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Jan 4, 1960. p. G6 (1 page)

   2. Other 4 -- No Title
Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Jun 30, 1959. p. 5 (1 page)

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PROQUEST "RETROSPECTIVES"

"Retrospectives" is an historical e-newsletter from ProQuest that just arrived in the mail.

SCHOMBURG--This is a "mid-year release." So if I don't solve "hawk/Hawkins" now, it should be solved soon.

BOSTON GLOBE--Due March 2005. Which is...two weeks? Don't bet on that.

PERIODICALS CONTENTS INDEX--Full text has been expanded. I hadn't used it much, but it will be a great help if it's completed.


http://www.il.proquest.com/division/pr/05/20050114E.shtml
ProQuest and New York Public Library Schomburg Center Announce New Black Studies Resource

Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience offers original essays, historical content for scholars and students

ANN ARBOR, Mich., January 14, 2005 -- ProQuest Information and Learning, in association with the New York Public Library and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, announces the upcoming release of Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience. The new electronic database, set for mid-year release, will offer exciting new tools for innovative Black Studies research and teaching for scholars and students in both academic and public libraries


http://www.il.proquest.com/division/pr/04/20040924.shtml
ProQuest Adds Enhanced Searches, OpenURL Support to PCI

PCI Full Text now offers hit highlighting, more searchable full-text, Z39.50 support

ANN ARBOR, Mich., September 24, 2004 -- ProQuest Information and Learning has added new features and functionality to a scholarly favorite, the Periodicals Contents Index (PCI) suite of research databases. PCI and PCI Full Text now offer enhanced searching, OpenURL support, and Z39.50 compatibility. ProQuest Information and Learning, a unit of ProQuest Company, creates and publishes databases for libraries and educational institutions worldwide.

PCI is an electronic index to millions of articles published in 4,547 periodicals in the humanities and social sciences. It offers researchers quick access to every article relevant to their particular field of study.  PCI Full Text provides online access to more than 4 million pages in three collections of 100 humanities and social sciences journals each, an expanding virtual library of retrospective journals from 1800-1991.  Users link seamlessly from the bibliographic data in PCI to the digitized journal pages available in PCI Full Text.


http://www.il.proquest.com/division/pr/05/20050114D.shtml
The Boston Globe Joins ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ Collection

Latest addition to full-run historical newspapers will launch in March

ANN ARBOR, Mich., January 14, 2005 -- ProQuest Information and Learning announced that it will bring the rich resources of The Boston Globe's historical content to the ProQuest Historical Newspapers collection, under an existing agreement with The New York Times Company. The resource will be available to academic institutions and libraries, primary and secondary schools, and government and corporate libraries. ProQuest Information and Learning, a unit of ProQuest Company, creates and publishes databases for libraries and educational institutions worldwide.

In the release, historical news content from The Boston Globe will be available online from its first published edition in 1872 though 1922.   The Globe, winner of 17 Pulitzer Prizes, is considered the mainstay for Boston and New England regional news coverage.  The database will launch in March 2005.