NewsBank

NewsBank
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NewsBank, Inc. is a major publisher of news, historical information, and documents to consumers, libraries, educational institutions, and research institutes around the world.

NewsBank started in 1972 by producing a database of clippings from 100 newspapers with an associated print index. In 1984, NewsBank acquired the Readex Microprint Corporation and expanded into government and historical documents.In 1986 NewsBank created the first CD-ROM that went into libraries and schools.

By the mid-1990s, full cover-to-cover versions of newspapers were being distributed over the Internet. In 2001 NewsBank acquired Knight Ridder's Mediastream product.[1] In 2002, NewsBank acquired the Evans Digital Collection of Early American Imprints, a collection of publications from America between 1639 and 1800.

NewsBank currently has 350 newspapers online with 150 million articles.

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Access World News

NewsBank's product Access World News is a Web-based search engine that covers the vast majority of U.S. newspapers by circulation, along with local and regional titles and over a thousand international news sources.

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References

  1. ^ Hane, Paula J. (March 1, 2001). "NewsBank Acquires MediaStream Businesses from Knight Ridder". Information Today. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-71017797.html. Retrieved 24 April 2010. 

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