Free Perks with Access Newspaper Archive

One of Houston Public Library's newspaper databases, Access Newspaper Archive, has free features that both customers and staff should find useful. By creating a free account on the website, users can save articles and view past searches.

Access Newspaper Archive through Newspapers Resources or Genealogy Resources on the Houston Public Library website.

After creating an account, go to the "My Account" tab and view the drop down menu.

"My Treasure Box" is where you will store articles. You have two opportunities to save articles: on your search results list and also when you have your article opened. Organize all your saved articles by creating folders within your Treasure Box. Note that when you save from your search results list you can not save to a specific folder, unlike when you save the article as it's opened.

From your search results list you can save directly to your Treasure Box.

You can also save an article to your Treasure Box when you are viewing it, and save it to a specific folder.

Another handy feature that comes with creating a free account is the ability to view past search criteria you've used. It's like a research log keeping track of all the searches you've performed.

Although the "My Archive" tab looks like it's available to you, from what I can tell, you can't really share or send your archive page to other users, unless perhaps they have a paid subscription. I tried to share my archive with someone, but it only sent a generic, ad-type email to that person. Worst yet, it has sent them more ad emails since!

JO