[Offtopic] Newspaper and magazine archives

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Hi all,

Google is now providing access to actual newspaper
and magazine archives .. some free, some have partial
access and others one pays (eg $4.00 US per view). But
it's only on their US website, so one needs to delete the
au from the URL (which automatically appears) when clicking
Google here, to get their US website. Then, click on News and
Archives. 

The newspaper and magazine Archives surely give an interesting
'current-day' perspective of historical events ... and one can
follow the reported lives of historical figures, as they lived.

Google News back to the future
SEPTEMBER 07, 2006  
 
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20368483%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%
5E,00.html

GOOGLE has launched a free news archive service enabling internet users 
to search for printed articles dating back to the 1700s.

The "news archive search" feature that debuted on the Google News virtual 
front page generated links to articles on publishers' websites. 

Archived articles were either free for download or available for purchase 
from the publishers depending on the outlets and the ages of the stories. 
Google did not charge for the search service. 

"Google News now has archive search to help users quickly and easily 
search for events, people and ideas over different periods of time," the 
company said in a release. 

"History buffs and curious users alike can explore more than 200 years of 
historical information to get a glimpse of the emotions and attitudes of 
the past." 

News archive searches on events, subjects or people generated results in 
order of relevance or on timelines. Users were provided options to narrow 
searches to specific time periods or publications. 

Google said it was working with sources such as Time magazine, The 
Guardian, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington 
Post, Newsweek .. "Google is working with many prominent information 
providers to help users discover relevant historical information," the 
company said. 

Time magazine, it added, will provide free access through Google to its 
archives dating back to its founding in 1923; The New York Times will 
offer searches back to 1981, but by next year it hopes to have digitised 
articles dating back to the 1850s ..
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Cheers all,
Stephen Loosley
Victoria, Australia