Abstract

This article analyses the features of digital newspaper libraries of the national and international press services which have an internet edition besides the printed version. To carry out this survey, numerous newspapers from all over the world were studied. This has made it possible to highlight those with the best newspaper libraries and to describe different aspects related to them: system provided for accessing retrospective information, types of information available, details regarding the query languages, and options available for viewing search results, as well as the help offered to readers in order to maximize the results obtained. The article concludes with an overview of the current situation of digital newspaper libraries as well as of the main trends observed as they evolve. A variety of data are provided through charts and numerous examples taken from both the international and Spanish press.

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