{"id":1499,"date":"2017-02-15T15:57:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T15:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2023-09-27T08:51:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T08:51:25","slug":"black-newspapers-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/2017\/02\/15\/black-newspapers-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"ProQuest&#8217;s &#8216;Black Newspapers&#8217; on trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>*The Library has now purchased the New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), one of the titles in the Black Newspaper Collection. See <a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2018\/07\/04\/new-to-the-library-new-york-amsterdam-news\/\">New to the Library: New York Amsterdam News<\/a>* The Library also currently has access to all other Black Newspaper titles through the ProQuest Access 350 subscription until 31st July 2024. Access via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-a-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Databases A-Z list<\/a>.*<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For a limited time only the Library has access to\u00a0<strong>Black Newspapers<\/strong>\u00a0from <em>ProQuest Historical Newspapers<\/em>. This fantastic resource contains the archives of 9 individual newspaper titles that provide cultural perspective and insight to the events that shaped the United States in the 20th Century.<\/p>\n<p>You can access the database via the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/e-resources-trials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>E-resources trials<\/strong><\/a> page. Access is available both on and off-campus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trial access ends 15th March 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2017\/02\/ProQuest_Black_Newspapers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1502 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2017\/02\/ProQuest_Black_Newspapers-1024x307.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2017\/02\/ProQuest_Black_Newspapers-1024x307.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2017\/02\/ProQuest_Black_Newspapers-300x90.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2017\/02\/ProQuest_Black_Newspapers-768x230.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2017\/02\/ProQuest_Black_Newspapers-500x150.jpg 500w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2017\/02\/ProQuest_Black_Newspapers.jpg 1249w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Black Newspapers<\/strong> offers primary source material key to the study of American history and African-American culture, history, politics, and the arts. The 9 titles included in this resource are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Atlanta Daily World<\/em> (1931-2003)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Baltimore Afro-American<\/em> (1893-1988)<\/li>\n<li><em>Chicago Defender <\/em>(1910-1975)<\/li>\n<li><em>Cleveland Call and Post<\/em> (1934-1991)<\/li>\n<li><em>Los Angeles Sentinel <\/em>(1934-2005)<\/li>\n<li><em>New York Amsterdam News<\/em> (1922-1993)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Norfolk Journal and Guide<\/em> (1921-2003)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Philadelphia Tribune<\/em> (1912-2001)<\/li>\n<li><em>Pittsburgh Courier <\/em>(1911-2002)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each of the nine newspaper archives provides you with unprecedented access to perspectives and information that was excluded or marginalised in mainstream sources.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2017\/02\/proquest-historical-newspapers-black-newspapers-featured.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1505\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2017\/02\/proquest-historical-newspapers-black-newspapers-featured-300x175.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2017\/02\/proquest-historical-newspapers-black-newspapers-featured-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2017\/02\/proquest-historical-newspapers-black-newspapers-featured-500x292.png 500w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2017\/02\/proquest-historical-newspapers-black-newspapers-featured.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This resource allows you to examine major movements from the Harlem Renaissance to Civil Rights; examine the diversity of stances during the civil rights movement, including: endorsements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. or Malcolm X, and the debate about integration and the Negro Baseball Leagues; follow the crusade against racially restrictive housing covenants; find obituaries and coverage of community events; access thorough coverage of international events, such as apartheid in South Africa and Stephen Biko&#8217;s Nobel Peace prize nomination, often overlooked by other newspapers and generally explore everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>The database can be accessed for the duration of the trial period via<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/e-resources-trials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">e-resources trials<\/a><\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>Access available until 15th March 2017.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/e-resources-trial-feedback-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feedback welcome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Library already subscribes to a large number of digital newspaper archives. These can be accessed on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-subject-a-z\/database-newspapers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Newspapers databases<\/strong><\/a> page, along with databases that give access to current newspapers.<\/p>\n<p>Access is only available to current students and staff at University of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p><em>Caroline Stirling &#8211;<\/em>\u00a0<em>Academic Support Librarian for School of Social and Political Science<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*The Library has now purchased the New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), one of the titles in the Black Newspaper Collection. See New to the Library: New York Amsterdam News* The Library also currently has access to all other Black Newspaper &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/2017\/02\/15\/black-newspapers-trial\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"ProQuest's 'Black Newspapers' on trial","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[15,24,66],"tags":[45,9,105,47,31,6,46,32],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4juGL-ob","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1499"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2371,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499\/revisions\/2371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}