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Overview

RetroNews, the Press Archive of Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) provides free access to over 400 newspapers, journals, magazines and reviews published between 1631-1950. 

RetroNews also provides subscriptions to exclusive editorial content and advanced features and search tools used to search through the archival content.

Provider: 
Bibliothèque nationale de France [1]
Posted: 
Jan 11, 2019 1:43pm
Updated: 
Sep 1, 2020 12:05am
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Information provided here is drawn from a number of sources, and may not yet have been fully verified by CRL.
Details

Collection Content

Subject Areas: 
Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences
Resource Types: 
Newspapers
Major Languages: 
French
Content Details: 
Topics covered15 topics such as Politics, economics, the arts, sciences, sport
Geographic coveragePublished in France and former coloniesworldwide topics (international politics, sciences , arts)
Chronological coverage1631-1950
Source format(s)Paper and Microfilm
Total titles700
Total pages10,00,000 pagesup to 18,000,000 at the end of 2020
Major language (s)Frenchclose to 0 % in English language
Digital collection launch date2016
Completion date1950Our target is an even better continuity between 1631 and 1950 as well as a selection which is representative of the 3 centuries publications.
Collection ongoing Y
Update frequencymonthly completion
Available supplements None single subscription for all archives and current content

Specifications

Metadata: 
MARC records available Nexisting in the BnF, on going process to have them in Retronews.
Creator of MARC recordsN
Source for obtaining MARC recordsN
Fee for MARC recordsN
Subject authorities usedN
Name authorities usedN
Technical Platform: 
Browser compatibilityrecent and up dated browsers
Authentication optionsInstitution authentication for the advanced search functions such as the term frequencyindividual account to create to save search results, archive pages bookmarks and all works on it (notes, data extractions, page crops).
Archiving solution (master files)N
Archiving solution (derivative files) N
Available in web discovery tools Y
Open url target Nthe advanced search functions will remain for subscribers only, whereas the redaction contents and the access to an archive are open for reading only.
Federated searching, z39.50 Yes : Federated searching no z39.50 . We provide the list of the titles.
Local host option Ninternet only
Usage stats based on Counter codeNplanned in 2020
Interface Tools: 
Full text displayed Ymost of the time 99%
Page images Y
Color images YApprox. % color is not available so far for the hundreds of titles in RetroNews.
Search full text Yon current articles and on the archive
Advanced search Yif subscription
Search within results Yin results lists and data extractions
Limit results by dates and/or document types Y
Display highlighted search terms Ynamed entities and searched words
Display snippet (search term in context)Yin the archive's page
Relevance sorting Y"pertinence"
Save searches Y"sauvegarder la recherche"
Download PDF Yon archive
Download HTML N
Print page Y
Print full document Y
Export citations Yzotero compliant for archive
Annotation tools Y
Cross-product searching Y
ILL permittedNno ILL (intern library loan)
Text/data mining permittedYextraction of datas
Restrictions on useYcommercial uses

Terms and Provider Details

Terms: 
Subscription option Y
Purchase option N
Multiple year payments option Nif 2 to 3 years subscription, yearly payment possible
Maintenance feesN
Hosting charges N
ArchivingN
Provider notesThe company BnF Partenariats is the publisher and the distributor of RetroNews
Provider: 
Bibliothèque nationale de France [1]
CRL Offers & Status
StatusCurrentDescription
CRL FlaggedyesPotential interest to CRL community
Offer PendingyesCurrently a candidate for CRL offer
Active OffernoCurrently offered for purchase or new subscription
Trial AccessnoAvailable for trial
Renewal OffernoCurrently offered for renewal
Expired OffernoPast offers
Inactive / DeclinednoNo longer under consideration by CRL
Reviewed by CRLnoEvaluation available by CRL and community
Special AccessnoMember-only access available for a limited time
The complete offer and activity details for this resource are only available to CRL members.

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