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From: "Bunce, Jeffrey H." <>
Subject: RE: [NYSUF] NY Times Archives
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 08:32:47 -0500


Unfortunately, this 'offer' has been shut down due to overwhelming activity!

NOTICE:
Due to the extraordinary amount of usage for a "free trial," ProQuest was forced to pull their Hertiage Quest and the Historical New York Times free trials from our web page. What was intended to be a free sampling for our local library patrons in a small section of southeast Missouri suddenly became a world-wide phenomenon. We apologize for any inconvenience the premature stopping of access to these databases may have caused. We appreciate the hundreds of emails and phone calls that have come in telling us how much you liked Heritage Quest and the NYT databases. We hope to be able to subscribe to Heritage Quest sometime in the future, but that decision will be based mainly on budgetary restraints. Please check back in a few months. Our thanks also to ProQuest for supplying free access to two of their wonderful...and VERY POPULAR...databases.
--Nancy Howland, Library Director



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Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:31 PM
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Hello everyone,

I found this at the bottom of my mail pile and checked the website which was
listed in this message. (See bottom of this message.) It sounded like a very
good "offer".  I thought many of you might be interested in knowing that the
offer is apparently no longer valid. Apparently the site that was listing it did
not realize it would be so popular and when it was too popular, pulled it
from the site. I checked the Proquest site, after doing a search for "Proquest"
and apparently they are not running the free offer on that site. If anyone has
additional info about accessing this information, I would like to hear about
it. :-)

Thanks,
Joyce in CA
http://www.geocities.com/jarmscoop

Researching Edwards, Vail, Mulford, Conklin/g/ck etc., many more in Long
Island NY area.



In a message dated 11/8/2003 7:12:59 AM Pacific Standard Time,
writes:

Got this on another list, but for all with the
Internet, it might be very good, as ProQuest appears
from this post, to have scanned in all the old New
York Times newspapers, and made the resulting archives
a pay service, but are offering it free for the next
about a month or so.  If you have NYC or adjacent NJ
research, look here.  Also some nearby counties as
well most likely.

Sorry about all the as, this has passed through
several hands before it got to me.



>>>| Here is a valuable resource for some things in New Jersey (and New York
City).  "The New York Times" is online free
until 15 Dec 2003, and then it will be  gone. This isn't just the index, but
every page, with most very readable!  You might be able to find NJ
information, obituaries, etc. It has the complete New York Times, (including the
classified) from 1851-2001


  It works like this:

First, go to http://riversideregionallibrary.org/



Second, click on "ProQuest Historical New York
Times"


Third, use the guest password here, which is:
welcome


Fourth, click on "ProQuest Historical New York
Times" again.


Fifth, you are now on the search screen -- try


Enjoy!



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