[LM_NET] Proquest Historical vs. Newbank?

[Jeri Hurd <JHurd@KLHT.ORG>]

I'll probably be inundated by emails from ProQuest for this (grin), but
has anyone used both NewsBank Historical  newspapers and Proquest's?  We
currently have the latter, but would save a small fortune by switching to
the former.  Initially it doesn't look as extensive, judging by the
timeline, but on running a couple searches, I found key articles, even
though the subject wasn't in the timeline.  It also pulls from some lesser
newspapers, as well as more prominent, but I don't see that as a bad thing
necessarily.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?  If you use Newsbank, are your
students able to find what they need?

Thanks!

Jeri Hurd
Library Media and Technology Specialist
King 
1450 Newfield Avenue
Stamford, CT  06905
203-322-3496 ext. 332
jhurd@klht.org

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