ProQuest Digital Microfilm

Did you know that ProQuest Digital Microfilm provides instant, online access to digitized images of actual microfilm from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and New York Times? It is available through the Research link on the library homepage and the News, Sports and Weather subject guide or the Databases A-Z link 24/7. ProQuest Digital Microfilm provides cover-to-cover page images from both newspapers including all graphics, advertisements and other features of the print edition, but does not provide searching capability. You must select a newspaper (click on select at the top left of the page), then choose a year, month and day. When these are selected, the viewer automatically opens to page 1 of the issue selected. It is perfect to look up a story when you can recall the specific date. It’s like looking at the actual newspaper! It can also be used in conjunction with ProQuest Newsstand which indexes both the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and New York Times to obtain the citation information needed to view specific page images. Pages can be viewed, image readability adjusted, downloaded in PDF or printed. You can view images from the newspapers from 2008 to present, with an approximate three to four month delay.

If you have any questions about ProQuest Digital Microfilm or any of the St. Louis County Library electronic resources, please contact the Reference Department at extension 2050.

--Maria D., Reference