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DATABASES DATABANKS AND SEARCH SERVICE PROVIDERS: PROQUEST DIRECT :
DATABASES: NEWSPAPERS :
DATABASES: PUBLICATION: ARCHIVES: New York Times Archive
How Easy Is It to Search the Complete Archives of the New York Times
Online?
How Easy Is It to Search the Complete Archives of the New York Times
Online?
By Thomas Padilla
Mr. Padilla is an HNN intern
2-19-07
George Mason University
History News Network
<http://hnn.us/articles/34785.html>
In case you missed it, the New York Times announced in 2006 that its full
catalog of articles would become available to the general public in an
online archive. Being that the publication first came off the presses in
1851 that provides quite a cache of useful historical sources; a
comprehensive set spanning more than 155 years, more than 13 million
articles. Whether you profess to be an academic or just an average Joe
with a penchant for the past, the New York Times Archive can serve you
well.
Access
For this review two different points of access to the contents of the New
York Times Archive have been examined: The first, and the one that the
majority of people will most likely use, is the archive hosted by the
Proquest Archiver system available through a pay-based membership at
nytimes.com. Launched in September 2005, TimesSelect is a premium service
intended to offer a number of benefits not included in free content on the
website such as certain Op-Ed pieces, early Sunday Times, and for our
particular interest, articles stored in its archive. TimesSelect is
available both as a monthly and yearly subscription-based service. For
$7.95 a month access is provided to 100 articles per month; for $49.95 to
1200 articles per year. If you choose not to upgrade your initial free
membership to TimesSelect, articles can set you back $4.95 apiece. If you
plan to use the archive fairly frequently, it makes the most sense to
upgrade to TimesSelect. The great thing about this system is that it
allows virtually everyone to view the contents of the archive for a
relatively low price; the downside is that it does cost you money while
there are other versions of the Archive hosted by Proquest that do not
cost a penny.
Many universities subscribe to the Proquest database (ProQuest Historical
Newspapers: The New York Times, 1851 - 2003). Access to this database is
free at local and college libraries across the country, though of course
some libraries do not subscribe to the service. In research for this
article I found that some small city libraries subscribe to the service
and some large city libraries (like Oakland's) do not.
<snip>
The Proquest Database available at libraries is more academic. That is to
say that it is the most detailed collection of sources that you will find
on the New York Times online. It supports truncation, search based on
Boolean logic and operative connectors, and phrase searching. However, it
goes further in expanding this field by offering the option of narrowing a
search by way of 17 different types of information using search field
syntax. Search field syntax includes but is not limited to Abstract,
Author, Citation and Abstract, Citation and Document Text, Date (Alpha),
Date (Numeric) and is to be used in specific indexes among the eleven
available in advanced mode from a pull down menu.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
Sample search in ProQuest's New York Times Archive
TITLE((baseball or basketball or hockey or football) and (professional
or pro or pros) and (champion or championship or championships or playoffs
or world or cup or cups or super bowl or superbowl ))
The above search can be performed in one search dialog box or spread into
three search steps connected by the drop down menu boolean operator "AND"
and limited by the search field delimiter title in the drop down menus on
the right hand side.
(baseball or basketball or hockey or football) DOCUMENT TITLE
AND (professional or pro or pros) DOCUMENT TITLE
AND (champion or championship or championships or playoffs or world or cup
or cups or super bowl or superbowl) DOCUMENT TITLE
457 documents found
Citations to Selected Results
BASE-BALL; The Professional Match in Brooklyn--Singular Defeat of
the Atlantics by the Chicago Nine. An Exciting Amateur Contest--Star, of
Brooklyn ,vs. Pastime, of Baltimore, for the Amateur Championship.
Athletics vs. Haymakers.
New York Times (1857-Current. Sep 25, 1870. p. 8 (1 page)
BASE-BALL.; The United States Championship--Proposed Rules for
the New Gold Ball--The Convention This Week in New-York and Brooklyn--The
Delegates to the Convention of Professionals. THE UNITED STATES
CHAMPIONSHIP. THE PROPOSED RULES FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP RULES FOR THE GOLDEN
EMBLEM. RULES FOR THE UMPIRING. RULES IN GENERAL. THE DELEGATES TO THE
CONVENTION.
New York Times (1857. Mar 13, 1871. p. 12 (1 page)
BASE-BALL; A MEETING OF THE MANAGERS OF THE PROFESSIONAL
NINES--THE PHILADELPHIA CLUB EXCLUDED FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIP CONTESTS--NEW
RULES.
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Feb 7, 1876. p. 2 (1
page)
SYRACUSE PLAYERS WIN; Carry Off the Indoor Professional Football
Championship. Score 36 to 0 Against the Orange Athletic Club -- Bemus
Pierce's Nose Is Broken.
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jan 3, 1903. p. 7
M'GRAW TO BUILD HIS INFIELD ANEW; Zimmerman Plans to Play Semi-Pro
Ball--Other Gossip by Mathewson. Fletcher Will Stick. Football World's
Series.
By CHRIST MATHEWSON.. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.:
Nov 13, 1919. p. 15 (1 page)
But can somebody explain to me why sports not named in the search are
found in the overall search results limited to title in the search request
and no mention in the these resulting titles shown of any of the sports
searched in those titles? Are ProQuest searches accurate?
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Using the New York Times Archive Search for this search "Times Select"
"baseball history" and "world series"
produces this result:
602 Results
<http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?frow=0&n=10&srcht=s&query=
%22baseball+history%22+and+%22world+series%22&srchst=nyt&hdlquery=&
bylquery=&daterange=full&mon1=01&day1=01&year1=1981&mon2=02&day2=19&
year2=2007&submit.x=26&submit.y=14>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/3d6p5k>
Producing article citations like these.
Bing Devine, Builder of World Series Winners, Dies at 90
... St. Louis Cardinals and the Mets into World Series ... Devine shaped
their World Series champion teams of 1964 and ... and '67, and the '68
National League winners ...View free preview
January 31, 2007 - By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN (NYT) - Sports - Biography - 686
words
ON BASEBALL; Blue Jays Try to Stay With the Big Boys
... since winning successive World Series in 1992 and '93. ... League
Central champions and won the World Series. ... Sox won 82 and didn't make
the playoffs. ...View free preview
January 21, 2007 - By MURRAY CHASS (NYT) - Sports - News - 1425 words
BASEBALL; For Arizona, Johnson's Cost May Be Too High
... championship in 2001 and ultimately fell into financial ruin ... in
the 2001 World Series. The free-spending days of ... pay-as-you-go
philosophy, and they are loath to increase ...View free preview
December 28, 2006 - By JOHN DOUGHERTY (NYT) - Sports - News - 797 words
BASEBALL; La Russa Has Joined Cardinals' Pantheon
... Busch Stadium -- and 11 years on the job ... job qualifies -- and you
will meet your share ... Cardinals won the World Series in Game 5 with a
...View free preview
October 29, 2006 - By TYLER KEPNER (NYT) - Sports - News - 973 words
Cardinals Capture World Series Title
BASEBALL; Only Cardinals Believed, and That Was Enough
... continuously shouting fans and deliriously happy fans on a ... reign
as the World Series champions, but the cacophony ... Tony La Russa and his
players repeatedly said after ...View free preview
October 29, 2006 - By JACK CURRY (NYT) - Sports - News - 844 words
SPORTS OF THE TIMES; Flood Missed a Fly, but Made A Stand That Changed
Baseball
... these 10 years and clubs are building new palaces ... Flood in the
World Series of 1968 between these same ... these same Cardinals and
Tigers. That was the ...View free preview
October 26, 2006 - By GEORGE VECSEY (NYT) - Sports - News - 878 words
BASEBALL; From Nightmare of 2003 to a World Series Dream
... of empty seats and here for all the jokes ... then. The World Series
was but a dream. ... playing in the World Series is not a dream anymore
...View free preview
October 23, 2006 - By JACK CURRY (NYT) - Sports - News - 836 words
BASEBALL ROUNDUP; Series Opener Will Feature Matchup of Rookie Starters
... 1 of the World Series has even been thrown, ... been thrown, baseball
history has already been made. ... the Detroit Tigers and Anthony Reyes of
the St. ...View free preview
October 21, 2006 - By JACK CURRY; Murray Chass contributed reporting.
(NYT) - Sports - News - 502 words
SPORTS OF THE TIMES; 'Other Pitchers' Are the Only Ones Who Are Left
... get to the World Series with Seaver and Koosman, ... , or Gooden and
Darling, or Leiter and ... get to the World Series with two somewhat
unknown and ...View free preview
October 19, 2006 - By DAVE ANDERSON (NYT) - Sports - News - 853 words
Birds of Pray
... regular-season collapse in baseball history. Sure, the epic ... poor
roster decisions and an odd tendency to allow ... the first round and have
terrified the mighty Mets ...View free preview
Thinking about this collection above, we have the date and title and
author of each article cited. I did not join this Times Select database
fee based service to find these citations. Despite the fact that articles
in this database may come from a different daily edition of the New York
Times on microfilm in libraries, the same articles may very well be in
this microfilm edition on the same day, the day previous or the day
following depending on when the news story broke and which edition is used
for the two services. Hence these articles and articles found in the
Times Select database may very well be available on microfilm in the
collections of many public and academic libraries, so the more adventurous
members of the public who can brave the trials and tribulations of making
a trip to the library and figure out with or without library staff help
how to view the microfilm, may be able to view the articles found with no
further cost except the cost of the trip to and from the library from
their point of departure.
Which libraries?
Go to Worldcat advanced search:
<http://www.worldcat.org/advancedsearch>
Search the title New York Times
Limit the search drop down menu for "format" to 'Serial Publication'
Sample of 521 results found
1. The New York times index.
Language: English Type: Serial Publication : Semimonthly (twice a month)
Publisher: New York, New York Times Co.
2. The New York times book review.
Language: English Type: Serial Publication : Periodical : Weekly
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : New York Times Co.,
3. The New York times.
Language: English Type: Serial Publication : Newspaper : Daily Internet
Resource
Publisher: New-York [N.Y. : H.J. Raymond & Co.], 1857-
4. The New York times magazine.
Language: English Type: Serial Publication : Periodical : Weekly
Publisher: [New York, N.Y. : The New York Times,
5. The New York times upfront.
Language: English Type: Serial Publication : Periodical : Biweekly
(every 2 weeks)
Publisher: New York, NY : Scholastic, Inc., 1999-
6. The New York times ... almanac.
Language: English Type: Serial Publication : Annual
Publisher: New York : Penguin Group, 1997-
7. The New York times index.
by New York Times Company.
Language: English Type: Serial Publication
Publisher: New York, Bowker, 1967-
8. The New York times film reviews.
Language: English Type: Serial Publication : Periodical : Biennial
(every 2 years)
Publisher: New York, Times Books, etc., -2002.
Select item 3 in this set excerpt as it is an exact match to the search.
The New York times.
Language: English Type: Serial Publication : Newspaper : Daily Internet
Resource
Publisher: New-York [N.Y. : H.J. Raymond & Co.], 1857-
ISSN: 0362-4331 1553-8095OCLC: 1645522 Cite this Item
Subjects: New York (N.Y.) -- Newspapers. | New York County (N.Y.) --
Newspapers.
ti:New York Times
The New York times.
Language: English Type: Serial Publication : Newspaper : Daily Internet
Resource
Publisher: New-York [N.Y. : H.J. Raymond & Co.], 1857-
ISSN: 0362-4331 1553-8095OCLC: 1645522 Cite this Item
Subjects: New York (N.Y.) -- Newspapers. | New York County (N.Y.) --
Newspapers.
One may search further in the results found to see if there is a seperate
catalog record for the microfilm collection, but calling libraries with
the New York Times at all should also be done as libraries may not catalog
the microfilm collection seperately.
One will need to select their zip code in the United States and select the
Libraries tab to get this result of New York Times holdings, but check
with the libraries found to make sure this is not just a newspaper current
issues holding, but rather includes the New York Times on microfilm and
the years for which the library contacted has the New York Times on
microfilm or access to the database of the New York Times from ProQuest.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
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