Database Guides: Chronicling America

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Chronicling America provides access to historic newspaper pages digitized under the NEH/LC National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). More information on the scope and content of the program available here.

Search Chronicling America to find

• information on persons, places, or events
• specific topics or news of the day
• concepts or ideas
• unique passages of text, such as the source of a frequently-quoted phrase

There are two search forms on Chronicling America, a Basic Search and an Advanced Search. This guide will cover each of these forms and provide Search Hints for additional help.