US Hispanic Newsstream

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Overview

US Hispanic Newsstream (Formerly knonw as ProQuest U.S. Hispanic Newsstand) provides access to 57 Hispanic newspapers from across the U.S., covering local, regional, national, and international news with an Hispanic perspective.

Provider:

ProQuest

Posted:

Feb 27, 2013 12:12pm

Updated:

Sep 20, 2017 9:09am

Source

CRL reviews are based on independent research. Information is researched by CRL staff and other specialists at CRL libraries. See CRL Review for additional source notes.

Details

Collection Content

Subject Areas:

Social Sciences

Resource Types:

News databases

Newspapers

Major Languages:

Spanish

Portuguese

English

- Denotes data sourced directly from publisher

Content Details:


Geographic coverage	United States and international
Chronological coverage	1991 to present (for some titles); majority from 2006
Content types	newspapers
Source formats	electronic facsimile files (from the publisher; not "born digital" although usually available on the publishers' websites)
Total titles	52
Total pages	NA
Digital collection launch date	2006
Update frequency	daily
Collection ongoing	Y
Completion date	NA
Available supplements	NA

Specifications

Metadata:


MARC records available	N
Creator of MARC records	NA
Structural metadata exposed anywhere?	NA
Subject authorities used	NA
Name authorities used	NA

Technical Platform:


Browser compatibility	Netscape 4.7x or higher; Microsoft IE 5 or higher; Firefox 3.5 or higher; Chrome
Authentication options	IP recognition; password barcode; referring URL; embedded URL
Archiving solution – master files	Archived by ProQuest
Archiving solution – derivative files	Archived by ProQuest
Availability in web discovery tools	Y (Summon)
Open URL target	Y
Federated searching, z39.50	Y
Local host option	Y (with Perpetual Access License)
Usage statistics	Y

Interface Tools:


Full text displayed	Y
Page images	N
Color images	N
Search full text	Y
Advanced search	Y
Search within results	Y
Limit results by dates and/or document types	Y
Display highlighted search terms	Y
Display snippet -- search term in context	N
Relevance sorting	N
Save searches	Y
Download PDF	N
Download HTML	Y
Print page	Y
Print full document	Y
Export citations	Y
Annotation tools	N
Cross-product searching	Y
ILL	Y (provided the loan is not done in a manner or magnitude that would replace the recipient library's own subscription)
Restrictions on use	Y

Terms and Provider Details

Terms:


	Options
Subscription option	Y
Purchase option	N
Multiple year payments option	NA
Hosting charges
List of purchasers available
Sample license available
MARC records purchase fee	NA
Price tier basis

Provider:

ProQuest

Website:

http://www.proquest.com/

Main Address:

789 E. Eisenhower Parkway

Ann Arbor, MI 48108

United States

CRL Review

Collection Content:

This database includes content from 52 Hispanic newspapers from across the U.S., covering local, regional, national, and international news from an Hispanic perspective. Titles include El Diario/LA PRENSA (New York City), La Opinión (Los Angeles), Conexión (San Antonio), and Extra (Chicago).

A CRL analysis of the extent of title holdings indicates that while some holdings date from as early as the 1990s, database coverage of most titles begins in 2006; current title holdings peaked in 2008. See Appendix: U.S. Hispanic Newsstand: CRL title holdings analysis for more detailed analysis. Also, as of March 2013, CRL noted an overlap with the larger database ProQuest Newsstand: 19 titles represented in this database are also found in ProQuest Newsstand.

Delivery:

This is a text database only: articles from the newspapers are included in ASCII format. Abstracts and citations are also provided. Translation tools are available to translate articles from Spanish to English and English to Spanish.

The platform offers all features of ProQuest’s newest platform, including faceted options for massaging results and a word occurrence graph. It offers natural language searching and narrowing of searches by date, document types, and several other fields.

ProQuest does not offer MARC records for the titles.

Reviewers:

Center for Research Libraries

Virginia Kerr – Digital Program Manager

Sources

Sources for this review include information publicly posted or obtained directly from the publisher; data collected by CRL staff and specialists at CRL libraries; and examination of the digital collection when possible. Other sources are noted where cited. CRL continues to gather additional information on this resource and to solicit critical assessment.

CRL Offers & Status

Status	Current	Description
CRL Flagged	no	Potential interest to CRL community
Offer Pending	no	Currently a candidate for CRL offer
Active Offer	no	Currently offered for purchase or new subscription
Trial Access	no	Available for trial
Renewal Offer	no	Currently offered for renewal
Expired Offer	yes	Past offers
Inactive / Declined	no	No longer under consideration by CRL
Reviewed by CRL	yes	Evaluation available by CRL and community
Special Access	no	Member-only access available for a limited time

The complete offer and activity details for this resource are only available to CRL members.

Appendix

Attachments:

U.S. Hispanic Newsstand: CRL title holdings analysis

Hispanic Newsstream Title List Updated 2017.xls

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