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A few days ago, I noticed that the [[British Newspaper Archive]] recently reestablished a relationship with [[WP:TWL|The Wikipedia Library]]. I applied, and received access today. Thought I would mention it here; it is the frequent topic of requests, and an extremely valuable source to which others have perhaps long wished (as I have) to have access. Plenty of subscriptions are still available. Now, if only there were a way to clip articles... --[[User:Usernameunique|Usernameunique]] ([[User talk:Usernameunique|talk]]) 20:03, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

== Question regarding ProQuest ==

Whilst not a request per say, I figured this resource oriented page would be the best place to ask. I am wondering if the ProQuest historical newspapers are included as part of the free access through Wikipedia Library. I would specifically like access to the Chicago Defender archives. Is it possible for me to access this resource with my basic level library access? Thanks in advance.

Thanks, [[User:Gandalf the Groovy|Gandalf the Groovy]] ([[User talk:Gandalf the Groovy|talk]]) 17:09, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

:Pinging [[User:Samwalton9 (WMF)|Samwalton9 (WMF)]]... —[[User:Bruce1ee|Bruce1ee]][[User talk:Bruce1ee|^''talk'']] 17:29, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

::{{u|Gandalf the Groovy}} Thank you so much for this. I have been asking for years for access to all of the [[Associated Negro Press]] which is a special collection within Proquest. Nice to have another voice encouraging adding this collection. [[User:SusunW|SusunW]] ([[User talk:SusunW|talk]]) 17:33, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

:::Unfortunately, it seems Proquest has all the Black oriented newspapers while Newspapers.com does not have many. [[User:Gandalf the Groovy|Gandalf the Groovy]] ([[User talk:Gandalf the Groovy|talk]]) 17:40, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

::::That's true, {{u|Gandalf the Groovy}}. My research shows that the The Associated Negro Press/Barnett Collection which is held by the Chicago History Museum Research Center was digitized by Proquest and is a part of their History Vault Module, "Civil Rights and the Black Freedom Struggle". A response from Sam Walton and Jake Orlowitz on 8 October 2018 was that our ProQuest agreement didn't include the collection but that they would work on it. The best I can suggest at this time is to search the ''Pittsburgh Courier'' in Newspapers.com or the Baltimore ''Afro-American'' in Newspaperarchive.com, unless of course you are in Chicago. For me, I'm in Mexico, so it's a wee bit far to go. [[User:SusunW|SusunW]] ([[User talk:SusunW|talk]]) 18:06, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

:::::I've also been pushing for ''All Africa'' as well. [[User:SusunW|SusunW]] ([[User talk:SusunW|talk]]) 18:08, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gandalf the Groovy|Gandalf the Groovy]] We currently have access to ProQuest Central, Literature Online, the HNP Chinese Newspaper Collections, and the Historical New York Times. We've asked about Historical Newspapers in the past but because the request had to go to a different department than the one we're typically dealing with they weren't able to get any traction. They did note we should ask again in a year or two and I last spoke to them about this in late 2021, however, so I'll see about bringing it up again. [[User:Samwalton9 (WMF)|Samwalton9 (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Samwalton9 (WMF)|talk]]) 10:09, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

::{{u|Samwalton9}} I do appreciate the difficulties and that you are continuing to try to get us access to this collection. So frustrating that it is so difficult. Fingers crossed that this time it might work. Thanks! [[User:SusunW|SusunW]] ([[User talk:SusunW|talk]]) 19:05, 20 March 2023 (UTC)