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Vendor: 
ProQuest [1]
Description: 

Canadian Newsstream provides users with unmatched access to current Canadian news content with archives as far back as the 1970s, from over 400 news sources. Newspapers, including The Globe and Mail and Toronto Star, along with newswires, websites, and broadcast transcripts are included in full-text format. Extensive backfiles are available for most news sources, providing full access to the articles, columns, editorials, and features published in each.

The core of the database is ProQuest’s Canadian Major Dailies, which includes national and leading regional newspapers such as The Globe and Mail, National Post, Montreal Gazette, The Halifax Chronicle Herald, Ottawa Citizen, Toronto Star, Regina Leader-Post, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun, and the Times Colonist (Victoria), some of which are exclusively available through ProQuest.

Canadian Newsstream content is updated daily so researchers always have timely access to new information. Many newspapers are available by 8:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time on the day they are published. There are no paywalls.

ELN Sites may choose to subscribe to one or more of the following collections within the Canadian Newsstand database:

  • Major Dailies: includes major daily papers from across Canada
  • Canadian Newsstream: Complete: includes all titles from the Major Dailies collection as well as the now defunct Pacific Collection

Canadian Newsstream includes the following databases:

  • Canadian Newsstream - Over 190 Canadian newspapers from Canada's leading publishers
  • Canadian Major Dailies - This is the core of the Canadian Collection

Canadian Major Dailies provides access to current content and significant backfiles from more than 20 of Canada’s top national and regional newspapers in full-text format, including The Globe and Mail and Toronto Star. Many titles are exclusively available from ProQuest. With same day access to many publications, Canadian Major Dailies provides users with thorough and timely coverage of national and regional events. All titles are cross searchable on the ProQuest platform.

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Last updated: June 2022

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Content Producer: 
Various
Usage Statistics: 

ELN sites currently use the ProQuest interface to Canadian Newsstream. Historical statistics can be found using the instructions for the SLRI interface.

ProQuest usage statistics:
Electronic usage reports are part of the ProQuest Local Administrator Application. To access this feature, you must have a Local Administrator ID and password. Please contact ProQuest Customer Service to have a Local Administrator account set up (phone 800-889-3358 or email tsupport@proquest.com [3]). To login to the ProQuest Local Administrator, point your browser to http://proquest.umi.com/lad [4]

  1. Click "Usage Report."
  2. Select the report type. Several options are available.
  3. Select the time period you want covered by the report ("Usage Period")
  4. Select the delivery method: email or display to screen. If you have any questions, please contact ProQuest customer service (phone and email given above.)
Subscriber Details: 
  • BCIT - MAJOR DAILIES
  • Camosun College - MAJOR DAILIES
  • Capilano University - MAJOR DAILIES
  • College of New Caledonia - MAJOR DAILIES
  • Columbia College - MAJOR DAILIES
  • Douglas College - COMPLETE
  • Justice Institute of British Columbia - COMPLETE
  • Kwantlen Polytechnic University - COMPLETE
  • Langara College - MAJOR DAILIES
  • North Island College - MAJOR DAILIES
  • Okanagan College - MAJOR DAILIES
  • Simon Fraser University - COMPLETE
  • Trinity Western University - MAJOR DAILIES
  • University of British Columbia - COMPLETE
  • University of Northern British Columbia - COMPLETE
  • University of the Fraser Valley - MAJOR DAILIES
  • University of Victoria - COMPLETE
  • Vancouver Island University - COMPLETE
  • Yukon University - COMPLETE
Content Types: 
Fulltext [5]

Source URL (modified on 2023/01/08 - 4:24pm):https://mail.bceln.ca/resources/canadian-newsstream

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