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Proquest Historical Newspapers, Times of India option
The Times of India—1838-2001 is one of the optional newspapers available online. It is only available if your library has selected this option. Some libraries, such as the National Library of Australia, are known to have declined to subscribe, due to concerns about quality.
The only library currently known to have this option available is the State Library This review of N.S.W, and the SLNSW’s description Times of the Proquest India database does not mention is by the Times Of IndiaCenter for Research Libraries [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ABrFlI9Yrv0J:www.crl.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/pages/TimesofIndia.pdf+http://www.crl.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/pages/TimesofIndia.pdf&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au&source=www.google.com. Note howeverau html version], you must select the option "Proquest News and Newspapers" ('''not''' the option "Proquest Historical Newspapers")[http://www.crl.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/pages/TimesofIndia. It is not until you are inside the SLNSW’s data base for the "Proquest News and Newspapers" that it becomes apparent pdf that the Times of India is available online.original pdf]
One library currently known to have this option available is the State Library of N.S.W, and the SLNSW’s description of the Proquest database does not mention the Times Of India. Note however, you must select the option "Proquest News and Newspapers" (not the option "Proquest Historical Newspapers"). It is not until you are inside the SLNSW’s data base for the "Proquest News and Newspapers" that it becomes apparent that the Times of India is available online
 
The other libraries know to have this option are University Libraries, which generally allow visitors to access online sevices at the Library, and include:
*Australia: [http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/databases/3024375.html Monash University], Victoria. Visitors may [http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/services/visitors.html access services] at the Library.
*Canada: [http://www.library.ualberta.ca/databases/browse_by_type/index.cfm?type=Newspapers&description=Newspapers University of Alberta], [http://resource.library.utoronto.ca/eir/digitalrights.cfm?catkey=7352797 University of Toronto]
*United States of America: [http://libguides.ucsd.edu/content.php?pid=63836&sid=585487 UC San Diego], [http://erms.library.cornell.edu/record=b1056624~S4 Cornell University], [http://www.library.illinois.edu/hpnl/newspapers/historical.php University of Illinois], [http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/eresources/indexes.asp#t University of Iowa], [http://www.lib.umich.edu/serials-and-microforms-services/how-do-ifind-historical-newspaper-articles University of Michigan], [http://libguides.princeton.edu/newspapers Princeton University], [http://libguides.stanford.edu/southasia Stanford University], [https://www.usc.edu/libraries/databases/category.php?cat=37274 University of Southern California], [http://researchguides.library.wisc.edu/content.php?pid=48126&sid=354447 University of Wisconsin- Madison]
*England: Cambridge University had a [http://php.lib.cam.ac.uk/newspublishing/detail.php?news=238 trial] in January/February 2011 but currently ( 22 March 2011) a decision has not yet been made whether to subscribe to the Times of India database.
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