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NewsLibraryis anonlinenews databaseoperated byNewsbankthat 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".[1]A total of 65 different newspapers are included in the article database.[2]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.[3]The site charges afeefor viewing the content, which is done on a pay-per-article scale, with each article costing $1.95.[4]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.[5]

Originally developed byKnight Ridder,[6]It is described as a successor to the web archiveVU/TEXTthat was owned by Knight Ridder and shut down in 1996.[7]NewsLibrary was purchased by Newsbank in 2001.[8]

NewsLibrary differs from other news databases in 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.[9]

Further reading

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  • "Is it for you?".Database.23.Online Inc.: 34 2000.RetrievedOctober 15,2011.
  • Vincent A. Munch (2001)."NewsLibrary".Reference Reviews.15(3).Emerald Group Publishing Limited:17.ISSN0950-4125.RetrievedOctober 15,2011.

References

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  1. ^Nate Silver (October 7, 2011)."Police Clashes Spur Coverage of Wall Street Protests".New York Times.RetrievedOctober 15,2011.
  2. ^Katz, William A. (2002).Introduction to reference work, Volume 1.McGraw-Hill.p. 204.ISBN9780072441079.RetrievedOctober 15,2011.
  3. ^Basch, Reva; Bates, Mary Ellen (2000).Researching online for dummies.IDG Books Worldwide.p. 234.ISBN9780764505461.RetrievedOctober 15,2011.
  4. ^"NewsLibrary".Personal Computer Magazine.19(6–8). PC Communications Corp: 167. 2000.RetrievedOctober 15,2011.
  5. ^Zimmerman, Jan (2001).Marketing on the Internet: seven steps to building the Internet into your business.Maximum Press.p. 151.ISBN9781885068491.RetrievedOctober 15,2011.
  6. ^Boczkowski, Pablo J. (2005).Digitizing the News: Innovation in Online Newspapers.MIT Press.p.59.RetrievedOctober 15,2011.NewsLibrary.
  7. ^J. Mandelbaum (2000)."Newslibrary: VU/TEXT Reincarnated".EContent.23(3).Information Today, Inc.:31–34.ISSN1525-2531.RetrievedOctober 15,2011.
  8. ^Scardilli, Brandi, ed. (December 22, 2003)."NewsBank Relaunches NewsLibrary".NewsBreaks.Information Today.Archived fromthe originalon 2021-07-02.
  9. ^Islam, Roumeen (2008).Information and public choice: from media markets to policy making.World Bank Publications.p. 75.ISBN9780821375167.RetrievedOctober 15,2011.
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