Inquisitive?

ProQuest will be sharing interesting starting points for research and teaching for a major world anniversary taking place every month in 2012.

Search ProQuest if you are fascinated by the sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago; want to understand the impact of "Black Monday" 25 years ago; or have ever wondered about the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, which opened 75 years ago.

Find interesting, topical, material from all subjects on these 12 key world events — from contemporary newspaper reports, to dissertations, scholarly journal articles or scientific research papers.

Use your findings to illuminate your research or teaching and to provide inspiring new insights and analysis into the people and events which helped shape our world.

Share with your friends, colleagues, scholarly community and the inquisitive like you. Be part of our passion for research in 2012. Learn about it here on the ProQuest website, find out more via our newsletters, promote it in your library, teach it in your classroom. Everything you need is ready for you to Start Here.

JANUARY
100 YEARS – The Republic of China is officially established
ProQuest Social Science Databases

FEBRUARY
200 YEARS – The birth of Charles Dickens
ProQuest Literature Collections

MARCH
30 YEARS – The discovery of the first land mammal fossils in Antarctica
ProQuest Natural Science Collection

APRIL
100 YEARS – RMS Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage after hitting an iceberg
Periodicals Archive Online

MAY
75 YEARS – since the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge — one of the most famous and iconic bridges in the world — opened
ProQuest Engineering Collection