NYT/Reuters: Google News Adds Newspaper Archives

[DeepModem Mom]

Google News Adds Newspaper Archives
By REUTERS
Published: September 6, 2006

....Google Inc. has added the ability to search through more than 200 years of historical newspaper archives alongside the latest contemporary information now available on Google News, the market-leading Web search firm said on Tuesday....

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Archive Search instantly generates a timeline of stories on a particular subject over the years, allowing Web surfers to target particular dates, or to observe how coverage of an issue has evolved over time....

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Starting immediately, users of Google News will find a News Archive Search link as an alternative to searching the wider Web or zeroing in on breaking news....Users who are purely interested in historical comparisons can go straight into the archival search feature at http://news.google.com/archivesearch/. When Google users search for certain terms on general Google search, historical links may also appear as part of Google's standard search results.

Archival news links are clustered around themes and according to date in chronological order as far back as digital news sources exist -- decades or even several centuries. Users may choose to search the archives of specific publications....

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Sources range from free news articles on ad-supported sites such as Time Warner Inc.'s Time.com and The Guardian or snippets of articles available for a fee or via subscription, from newspapers like The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post....

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-media-google-history.html

[Quetzal]

1. Holy crap

this is so cool - this, along with GoogleEarth, will now be my two favorite things to do in my spare time.

This so helps me out with my projects.

Just look at what happens when I search for gay rights prior to 1990.

[DeepModem Mom]

3. COOL, Quetzal! nt

[tuvor]

2. More subscription/pay-based links than I'm used to seeing, but still.

Great stuff if you need it!

[w4rma]

4. . . drool . . (nt)

[DeepModem Mom]

5. a.m. kick -- FYI