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More historical American newspapers now accessible via 19th Century Masterfile

Accessible Archives,, a publisher of full-text searchable historical databases, will make finding aids to its collections of 18th and 19th century American newspapers, periodicals and county histories available on Paratext's 19th Century Masterfile.

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19th Century Masterfile Awarded 5 Stars for both Content and Pricing

19th Century Masterfile (NCM) was awarded 5 stars (out of 5) for both Content and Pricing in The Charleston Advisor. .-- "The most comprehensive research tool for nineteenth century studies" and "a best buy" for libraries.

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Reference Universe reaches 15 million citations, and received high marks from The Charleston Advisor scholarly review journal.

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Paratext integrating Index Data technology to expand access to Paratext resources

Paratext, the developer and distributor of Reference Universe, 19th Century Masterfile, Public Documents Masterfile and other online reference databases, is employing the services of Index Data to implement a standards-based information retrieval gateway. 

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Nineteenth Century Masterfile to add Catalogue of Scientific Papers

The 750,000 citations from the Catalogue of Scientific Papers cover 1,555 periodicals in various languages are a part of 19th Century Masterfile. This monumental index is of singular importance to scientific and academic libraries alike.

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