News Archive Partner Program

The News Archive Partner Program provides a way for Google and publishers and repositories to partner together and make historical newspaper archives discoverable online. As part of Google News, the News archive search function provides an easy way to search and explore historical archives.

For articles already in digital format, we've worked with the hosts of these archives to crawl and index their materials. When materials aren't easily available in digital format, we have partnered with the copyright holder to scan and present the newspaper in a way that is full-text searchable, fast and easy to navigate.

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News Archive Partner Program results are blended with other articles from the web when you search on News archive search. The News Archive Partner Program results can be identified by looking at the details listed beneath search results, which will include the newspaper's name followed by "Google News archive". When you click on a result included via our News Archive Partner Program, you will be taken to Google-hosted page containing the article in its original context and other options described below.

1. Search bar – This is where you can search for other articles included in News archive search.

2. Browsing options – A number of options and tools are available for easily browsing archival materials, including zooming in and out, switching to full-screen mode and jumping to any page of the newspaper you are checking out. Additionally, clicking on the listed 'Newspaper Title – Date' in the toolbar will take you to the first page of that newspaper, fit to the height of your browser window.

3. Headlines – For newspapers that we've digitized and made available online, our system identifies headlines for individual articles within that issue. You can mouse over these to take a look at individual articles, while maintaining the look of the original documents and surrounding context.

4. Link to article – When you come across an article you'd like to share with a friend, you can simply click this link then click the headline of the article. This will allow you to send details on viewing the article in it's original context on News archive search to the recipient of your email.

5. Get this newspaper – Clicking this link will take you to the newspaper's own web page, allowing you to easily sign up for a subscription.

6. Viewing pane – When diving into articles in a newspaper, you can easily move around the page using this pane. In addition, the pane helps to see the context and location in the paper of the specific article you are reading.

7. Related articles – These links display other articles included in archives that may be interesting to you, either from a similar time period or on a similar topic.

1. Back to the article – Click this any time while browsing to be taken back to your original search result article in this paper.

2. Zoom out / Zoom in – Use these icons to zoom in and out while browsing newspapers.

3. Fit to height – Click this to fit the entire newspaper page you are viewing to the height of your browser window.

4. Full screen – Click this to minimize the search bar at the top of the page and sidebar and view newspaper pages in full screen mode.

5. Page navigation – Click the left and right arrows to page through the newspaper, or simply enter the page number and jump directly to that page

In addition to these toolbar options, you can use a number of mouse and keyboard shortcuts to view newspaper pages in News archive search:

• Panning vertically: Use your mouse scroll wheel, or the Page Up/Page Down keys.
• Panning horizontally: Use the 'J' key to move forward a page, and the 'K' key to move backward a page.
• Zooming: Use the '-' and '+' keys to zoom in and out, respectively.
• Centering: Double-click a spot in the viewing pane to center the page.
• Use the 'J' key to move forward a page, and the 'K' key to move backward a page. Or simply pan using the up, down, left and right keyboard arrow keys.

What type of content is included in the News Archive Partner Program?

Our News Archive Partner Program provides a way to make unique and historically valuable newspaper archives available online. To reach this goal, we are partnering with newspaper publishers and aggregators covering a number of time periods, regions and perspectives. Many of the pages in these newspaper archives were unavailable online previously, and are now easily discoverable in Google News results.

How are materials included via the News Archive Partner Program different than other articles included in News archive search?

The only difference between articles we've digitized and those we've crawled on the web is the presentation of the article. We host newspaper content digitized via our News Archive Partner Program, while search results from online articles will direct you to the host of that content's own site. The ranking in search results of articles is the same, regardless of if they were crawled online or digitized and included via our News Archive Partner Program.

How many newspapers and issues are included in the News Archive Partner Program?

News archive search partners currently represent millions of articles, and we are working to continue to grow this collection. We are rapidly expanding and will be including unique newspaper content from all over the world.

How can I search all the issues from a particular newspaper?

You can easily limit search from the advanced archive search. Simply visit this page and include the newspaper in the Source field to look at results only from that paper in News archive search.

What can I do with the articles I find digitized via the News Archive Partner Program?

At this time, we don't offer the ability to download or print articles. However, we do offer the ability to share search results and interesting articles using the Link to article option found on the upper-right of your screen. By clicking this link and choosing a headline, you can easily mail this result to a friend and point them to check out the piece of history you discovered in News archive search.

What types of materials are you working with to bring newspaper content online?

We are working with a number of partners and a variety of types of archival materials, based on the needs of each partner. Generally, this involves scanning microfilm rolls, along with processing PDFs and image files provided by newspaper publishers from their archives.

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Information for Newspaper Publishers

If you're a content provider with a newspaper collection that would be a good fit in News archive search, we'd be interested to hear about it. We're looking for all the world's primary sources, and the older, the better.

For publishers, participating in the News Archive Publisher Program is an easy way to generate traffic for your site and gain exposure for your unique materials. In addition to adding new functionality for your existing visitors to your site, publishers will be able to generate incremental revenue from contextual advertising placed on News archive search pages.

As we get started, we won't be able to accept all the content that comes our way, but we'll do our best to review and follow up on all submissions. To get in touch, please tell us about your content and someone from our team should follow up with you.