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Canadian Newsstream

Canadian Newsstream offers access to the London Free Press from 2007 to the present, as well as The Londoner, Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, The Globe and Mail, and over 360 other Canadian newspapers. These sources, available in full-text format from as early as the 1970s, provide valuable regional and national insights. Canadian Newsstream is an excellent resource for local historians, genealogists, students, and general researchers.

By using this service, you accept this service’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

Good To Know

 

  • Canadian Newsstream updates its information daily to ensure researchers have access to the most credible current data
  • User-friendly and precise searching experience
  • Ability to filter searches by date, multiple fields, and document types
  • Spell check
  • Abstracts for every newspaper article
  • On demand article translation in 13 languages
  • Multi-lingual interface (18 languages available)
  • Text-to-speech capability

 

 

Getting Started

 

To get started, you will need to have the following:

  • Your library ard number and PIN.
  • An account using your email address and a password if you wish to save to My Research.
     

Canadian Newsstream is available through an internet browser such as Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari.  It is optimized to fit the device you are using.

 

 

Using the Database

 

After you have logged on, you can search the database using the general search box from the home page.  If you are looking to search a specific publication or time period, click on Advanced Search.  You can also look up publications from this screen.

 

From the search results, you can download, print, and email articles or save your results to My Research.

 

After finding your content and supporting materials in ProQuest, you can save, manage, and organize them in My Research. You can also include documents, searches, search alerts, RSS feeds, and more in My Research.

 

 

Need Help?

 

For more help, please visit the Proquest help pages.

 

 

Privacy and Terms of Use

 

Canadian Newsstream is a product of Proquest which is a commercial service whose policies concerning privacy and user information differ from that of the London Public Library. For more information, please read Proquest’s Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions of Use.