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Go-To Resources for Your Community
Public libraries are the heart of their community. Let ProQuest be your partner in providing access to the content most requested by patrons, fostering lifelong learning and inspiring economic and social development.
Solutions That Bring Patrons to the Library
Help patrons with their family tree
ProQuest is uniquely positioned to help libraries become genealogy centers with brands patrons trust. With resources such as Ancestry Library Edition, Fold3 Library Edition, HeritageQuest Online and the world’s largest selection of archival newspapers – patrons can journey into their family history.
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Support student success
ProQuest student resources cover core curricula with age-appropriate content that builds information literacy while kids complete homework. Award-winning databases span an extraordinary range of topics and disciplines, so libraries have fewer resources to manage. Plus, ProQuest focuses on interactive content, keeping kids’ attention.
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Help patrons navigate technology
O’Reilly for Public Libraries (OPL) offers a learning ecosystem that provides essential business and technology information to users anytime, anywhere. Users can deep dive into technical topics, get quick answers and glean insights from thought leaders. OPL’s “97 Things” series serves the needs of beginners and advanced patrons alike.
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Provide digital and remote access to up-to-date news
The U.S. Major Dailies collection offers exclusive access to the five most respected U.S. newspaper titles. From the first issue to current, it provides the U.S. paper of record since 1851 and award-winning investigative and public service reporting.
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Offer a complete collection of multi-disciplinary ebooks
Public Library Complete content comes with unlimited access, powerful research tools and DRM-free chapter downloads. The collection now has over 43,000 titles.
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Explore Black Freedom with openly available primary sources
Encourage patrons to explore the triumphs and resilience of African Americans by opening documents from key moments in American history. The Black Freedom Struggle in the U.S. website curates 2,000 primary sources from six crucial eras —from slavery to contemporary times.
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How ProQuest enables better learning, better research, better insights
Content
Comprehensive, authoritative and vetted content that spans centuries, formats, perspectives, voices, geography to serve virtually any information need or research passion.
Context
Precision indexing and discovery serve up 360-degree views of topics, providing patrons with rich, relevant search results.
Workflow
Intuitive, made-for-purpose interfaces focus users – whether librarians or patrons – on their highest value tasks so they use time efficiently.