Digital Newspaper Resources

Digital Newspaper Resources

Digital Newspaper Collections

? Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers () o Free keyword-searchable digital newspaper database containing over 7 million historic American newspaper pages (covering 1836-1922) and over 150,000 newspaper catalog records (covering 1690-Present). More than 300,000 pages from Ohio newspapers are on this site, representing over 50 counties and over 60 titles/title families. o Collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, containing content contributed by state partners.

? Ohio Memory () o Free digital library containing over 400,000 digital images representing every county in the state, and ranging from prehistory to the twenty-first century. More than 100,000 keywordsearchable Ohio newspaper pages (covering 1832-2011) are on this site. The site also has a number of educational resources, including Featured Topics, Interactives and Video Tutorials. o Collaborative project of the Ohio History Connection and the State Library of Ohio, containing content from over 360 submitting institutions.

Video Tutorials (available at ohiohistory and )

? Using Chronicling America Podcast Series o Free videos demonstrating the basics of browsing and searching Chronicling America, and providing advanced search tips helping you to understand historical vocabulary differences and keyword searching. o Created by Ohio History Connection staff with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

? Chronicling America Search Strategy Videos o Free videos highlighting interesting topics and demonstrating specific advanced search strategies. These build on the search skills demonstrated in the Using Chronicling America Podcast Series. o Created by Ohio History Connection staff with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

More Resources

? Topics in Chronicling America () o Search guides providing important dates, search terms/strategies and links to sample articles for topics that were widely reported on by the American press. o Topics range from famous people, places and events to fads and American pastimes.

? Ohio Subject (Topic) Guides () o Modeled after Topics in Chronicling America, these guides contain introductory information, important dates, search terms/strategies and links to sample articles for topics that were widely reported on by the Ohio press and shaped Ohio's history. o Topics include famous people, military history, landmarks, education and more.

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