NewsLibrary

NewsLibrary is an online news database operated by Newsbank that 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 a fee for 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 by Knight Ridder,^[6] It is described as a successor to the web archive VU/TEXT that 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

• "Is it for you?". Database. 23. Online Inc.: 34 2000. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
• Vincent A. Munch (2001). "NewsLibrary". Reference Reviews. 15 (3). Emerald Group Publishing Limited: 17. doi:10.1108/rr.2001.15.3.17.145. ISSN 0950-4125. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
• Biswas, Anamika. "Factors Affecting Quality Information Management in Newspaper Libraries: A Study in National Daily Newspapers in Bangladesh." Golden Research Thoughts, vol. 4, no. 4, Oct. 2014.