ProQuest NewsStand
Encyclopedia
ProQuest NewsStand is a digital, online database
Online database
An online database is a database accessible from a network, including from the Internet.It differs from a local database, held in an individual computer or its attached storage, such as a CD....

 of newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...

 articles produced by the ProQuest
ProQuest
ProQuest LLC is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based electronic publisher and microfilm publisher.It provides archives of sources such as newspapers, periodicals, dissertations, and aggregated databases of many types. Its content is estimated at 125 billion digital pages...

 company. The database contains indexed
Index (database)
A database index is a data structure that improves the speed of data retrieval operations on a database table at the cost of slower writes and increased storage space...

 and fully searchable electronic copies of articles from around 560 United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 state, regional, national, and international English newspapers. Articles from approximately 300 newspapers are fully reproduced. The texts include, in addition to news articles, editorials, editorial cartoons, obituaries, and selected letters to the editor. The database is updated multiple times a day and is marketed primarily towards libraries and academic institutions.

See also

  • Bibliographic database
    Bibliographic database
    A bibliographic database is a database of bibliographic records, an organized digital collection of references to published literature, including journal and newspaper articles, conference proceedings, reports, government and legal publications, patents, books, etc...

  • Search engine
    Search engine
    A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits. Search engines help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information...

  • List of digital library projects
  • List of online databases
  • List of online encyclopedias

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