Quick and handy flyer with tips for efficient searching and browsing in the National Digital Newspaper Program's website Chronicling America

1. About Chronicling America and the National Digital Newspaper Project
Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities & managed by the Library of Congress.
Preserve historic newspapers
Provide increased access to historic newspapers
- Keyword searchable
- Freely available
Information about newspapers, 1690-present (Newspaper Directory)
Digitized pages from 1836-1922
(http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov)
Using Chronicling America
Basic Searching (Search Pages): The Search Pages tab gives you a quick and simple search
option. You Can:
- Select a state to limit your search
- Choose a range of years to search
- Enter one or more search terms in the search box.
Advanced searching: The Advanced Search tab gives you more options to refine your search
criteria and narrow down the number of search results you will get back. You can limit by:
 State
 Newspaper title
 Year range, or a more specific date range
 Front page or other specified page
 Language
To select more than one state or newspaper title, hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and click the
states or titles you want to select.
Browsing All Digitized Newspapers 1836-1922
If you’d prefer to browse rather than enter specific search terms, use the All Digitized
Newspapers 1836-1922 tab. From here, you can access a list of all newspapers that have
been digitized for Chronicling America. Or you can limit your list by state, ethnicity, and/or
language by selecting from any of the three dropdown menus.
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