Using the FPRDNP for Online Newspaper Research

Melissa Espino Project Coordinator UF George A. Smathers Libraries

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/l/IR00008856/ Florida & Puerto Rico Digital Newspaper Project

• FPRDNP is part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) • Digitizing historical newspapers • published in FL & PR • 1836-1922 • Content • 40 FL titles, 1 PR title • ~103,000 total pages Content Includes

• Florida • Puerto Rico • State Politics and Elections • Governance • Creation of University • News from Spain System • International News • Travel Reports • Epidemics • Entertainment • Sale of Land and • Agricultural Reports Slaves • Railways and Steamboats • Natural Disasters

From The Ocala evening star (Ocala, FL) June 17, 1916. Article retrieved from Chronicling America.

From La Democracia (Ponce, PR) -Forthcoming Chronicling America

ChronAm is a database of historic newspapers published in the United States and its territories -date range expanded from 1836-1922 to 1690-1963

Currently houses over 11 million pages of newspapers contributed from 39 states and one territory

chroniclingamerica.loc.gov ChronAm continued Usefulness: • Primary source • Historical perspective • First hand accounts- news as it happened! • User friendly ChronAm functions

Search options: • General • Advanced • All newspapers

chroniclingamerica.loc.gov Advanced Search

chroniclingamerica.loc.gov Additional Functions Use these options Use these options Full screen view! Save pdf to change page to change issue

Zoom in/out by Zoom in and clicking these clip something buttons. Can of interest. also use mouse scroll About the papers Optical Character Recognition • Chronicling America is fully searchable • Not perfect technology • Extraneous marks on page • Unusual Fonts • Misreading text or combining words • Be patient with searches and think outside of the box From the Pensacola Journal (Pensacola, Fla.) May • Context 3,1913. Image Retrieved from Chronicling America. • Time period

From the Monroe City Democrat (Monroe City, MO) August 22, 1907. Image Retrieved from Chronicling America. Search Tips

When searching think about… • Vocabulary • Historic spelling • Change in terms • Typos • Search parameters • Change scope to get more useful results • Diversify name searches • Affiliated organizations, businesses, and governing bodies

From the From the Enterprise Pensacola Recorder Journal (Madison, (Pensacola, Fla) July 14, Fla.) August 1910 Image 26,1914. Retrieved Image from Retrieved Chronicling from America. Chronicling America. Examples Examples More Examples

Resources

• ChronAm topics pages loc.gov/rr/news/topics • Edsitement lesson plans edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plans • Project webpage ufdc.ufl.edu/ufndnp • Lib guide guides.uflib.ufl.edu/ufndnp • Social media accounts Keep in Touch! Links: facebook.com/ufndnp twitter.com/ufndnp ufndnp.wordpress.com pinterest.com/ufndnp

ufdc.ufl.edu/ufndnp guides.uflib.ufl.edu/ufndnp

Project Team: [email protected]

Melissa Espino, Project Coordinator: [email protected] Try a sample search! chroniclingamerica.loc.gov