NewsBank, inc. Presents
How to Search
America’s Newspapers
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entire
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This
This tutorial
tutorial details
details
several
several effective
effective
search
search techniques
techniques
that
that are
are frequently
frequently
used
used in
in America’s
America’s
Newspapers.
Newspapers. It
It
also
also offers
offers tips
tips to
to
help
help you
you find
find what
what
you
you are
are looking
looking for.
for.
You will learn how to:
;
Search a specific newspaper or
sources across a state, region
or the U.S.
;
Research a topic or issue
;
Research a person, place or
organization
;
Locate an article you remember
reading
;
Browse a specific newspaper
by date
;
Locate an obituary
;
Locate a recipe
;
Locate a book review
;
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important topics from Special
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Search a specific newspaper or sources
across a state, region or the U.S.
For perspectives on topics, people, issues
and events, use the map to expand or
narrow your search.
• For example, narrow your search from the
entire U.S.…
• To the Mountain Region…
• To the state of Arizona…
• To a single newspaper, The Arizona Republic.
1.
1. Search
Search newspapers
newspapers
across
across the
the country,
country, or
or
point-and-click
on
the
point-and-click on the
legend
legend or
or the
the map
map to
to
search
search sources
sources from
from aa
geographic
geographic region
region or
or aa
single
single state.
state.
Tip:
Tip: For
For the
the
greatest
greatest possible
possible
number
of
number of search
search
results,
results, search
search
the
the entire
entire U.S.
U.S.
2.
2. For
For instance,
instance,
search
search all
all
sources
sources in
in the
the
Mountain
Mountain
Region…
Region…
3.
3. You
You can
can also
also
narrow
narrow your
your
search
to
search to aa
single
single state
state or
or
aa specific
specific
newspaper.
newspaper.
4.
4. At
At any
any time,
time, you
you
can
can expand
expand your
your
search
search back
back to
to all
all
sources
sources in
in the
the U.S.
U.S.
5.
5. Also,
Also, you
you can
can select
select
specific
content
specific content modules,
modules,
such
as
those
for
such as those for
newswires
newswires or
or transcripts
transcripts (if
(if
your
your library
library subscribes
subscribes to
to
them).
them).
Research a topic or issue
For example, you can research:
• Terrorism
• Global warming
• Virus and vaccination
• Crime
• Gun control
• Soccer
• AIDS
• City zoning
• Cloning
• School funding
• Hodgkin’s Disease
• The Nobel Prize
In
In this
this example,
example, search
search
the
the entire
entire United
United States.
States.
1.
1. Type
Type your
your search
search
term(s)
term(s) to
to describe
describe an
an
issue,
issue, event,
event, etc.
etc. In
In
this
this example,
example, use
use
“terrorism.”
“terrorism.”
2.
2. Choose
Choose aa timeframe
timeframe
from
from the
the drop-down
drop-down
menu.
menu. For
For example,
example,
“the
“the past
past twelve
twelve
months.”
months.”
In
In aa second
second example,
example,
compare
compare recent
recent events
events
with
with past
past events.
events.
1.
1. Continue
Continue to
to search
search on
on
“terrorism.”
“terrorism.”
2.
2. However,
However, choose
choose aa
different
different timeframe.
timeframe.
For
For example,
example, choose
choose
oldest
oldest matches
matches first
first
and
and specify
specify the
the year
year
“1992.”
“1992.”
Tip:
Tip: If
If you
you are
are
unsatisfied
unsatisfied with
with your
your
search
search results,
results, try
try
searching
searching aa content
content
module.
module. For
For example,
example,
search
search military,
military,
government
government and
and
defense
defense publications.
publications.
1.
1. Narrow
Narrow your
your search
search
to
to specific
specific
publications
publications by
by
clicking
clicking on
on their
their
respective
respective boxes.
boxes.
2.
2. In
In this
this example,
example,
search
search aa single
single
newspaper.
newspaper.
Research a person, place
or organization
For example, you can research:
• George Bush
• Iraq
• New Orleans
• FEMA
• Red Cross
• Microsoft
• U.S. Supreme Court
• Local school board candidates
1.
1. To
To perform
perform aa
basic
basic search,
search, type
type
your
your search
search term.
term.
For
For example,
example,
“New
“New Orleans”
Orleans” (in
(in
quotation
quotation marks)
marks)
and
and FEMA.
FEMA.
2.
2. Choose
Choose aa
timeframe.
timeframe. For
For
example,
example, “the
“the
past
past 77 days.”
days.”
Tip:
Tip: To
To find
find names,
names,
compound
compound terms
terms or
or
exact
exact phrases,
phrases, use
use
quotation
quotation marks.
marks.
For
For example,
example, “New
“New
Orleans.”
Orleans.”
1.
1. If
If there
there are
are too
too
many
many hits,
hits, narrow
narrow
your
your search
search to
to aa
specific
specific region.
region.
2.
2. Add
Add one
one or
or more
more
related
related terms
terms and
and
run
run the
the search
search
again.
again. For
For example,
example,
try
try “News
“News Orleans”
Orleans”
“Red
“Red Cross”
Cross” FEMA.
FEMA.
3.
3. Click
Click on
on “Advanced
“Advanced
Search”
Search” for
for even
even
more
more options.
options.
Tip:
Tip: A
A search
search with
with
three
three or
or more
more terms
terms
automatically
automatically implies
implies aa
Boolean
Boolean “AND”
“AND”
between
between each
each word.
word.
1.
1. You
You can
can narrow
narrow the
the
criteria
criteria with
with
options
options from
from the
the
drop-down
drop-down box.
box. For
For
instance,
instance, match
match
“News
“News Orleans”
Orleans”
“Red
“Red Cross”
Cross” with
with
“Headline”
“Headline” and
and
FEMA
FEMA with
with
“Lead/First
“Lead/First
Paragraph.”
Paragraph.”
2.
2. As
As in
in the
the Basic
Basic
Search,
Search, you
you can
can
change
change the
the
timeframe.
timeframe. For
For
example,
example, choose
choose
“yesterday
“yesterday or
or
today.”
today.”
Again,
Again, you
you can
can select
select
aa single
single newspaper
newspaper
and
and search
search for
for or
or
browse
browse content
content on
on aa
chosen
chosen topic.
topic.
Tip:
Tip: You
You can
can also
also
browse
browse aa single
single issue
issue
of
of aa selected
selected
newspaper.
newspaper. Find
Find aa
specific
specific issue
issue by
by
entering
entering aa specific
specific
date.
date.
Locate an article you
remember reading
For example, search for an article…
• With the words “virus” and “vaccination”
• From the past three months
• In a specific newspaper or a title from a certain
region
• Note: The sources available to you will depend on
your NewsBank subscription
1.
1. Use
Use the
the map
map or
or lists
lists
of
of newspapers
newspapers by
by
state
state or
or region
region or
or
nationwide
nationwide to
to find
find the
the
title
title that
that published
published
the
the article.
article.
2.
2. Based
Based on
on what
what you
you
remember
remember about
about the
the
article,
article, choose
choose
appropriate
appropriate search
search
terms.
terms.
3.
3. Choose
Choose aa timeframe.
timeframe.
For
For example,
example, select
select
“the
“the past
past three
three
months.”
months.”
For
For example,
example, select
select
an
an article
article in
in the
the
Kerrville
Kerrville Daily
Daily Times
Times
from
from Kerrville,
Kerrville, TX.
TX.
Tip:
Tip: Notice
Notice the
the
highlighted
highlighted search
search
terms
terms with
with the
the text
text
of
of the
the article.
article.
1.
1. You
You can
can find
find the
the
same
same article
article by
by
selecting
selecting aa specific
specific
newspaper.
newspaper. For
For
instance,
instance, directly
directly
select
select the
the Kerrville
Kerrville
Daily
Daily Times
Times from
from the
the
list.
list.
Tip:
Tip: If
If you
you remember
remember aa
recent
recent date
date during
during
which
which the
the article
article was
was
published,
published, you
you can
can
simply
simply browse
browse that
that
day’s
day’s issue
issue and
and its
its
articles.
articles.
Browse a specific newspaper
by date
For example:
• You remember seeing an article in your local paper about
how candidates for the mayor of Lansing, Michigan want
to keep the local Lugnuts baseball team.
• Your local paper is the Lansing State Journal.
• You think the article may have been published during the
week preceding Labor Day Weekend in 2005.
• Note: The sources available to you will depend on your
NewsBank subscription.
1.
1. Select
Select aa single
single
newspaper.
newspaper. For
For
example,
example, the
the Lansing
Lansing
State
State Journal.
Journal.
Tip:
Tip: Through
Through the
the easily
easily
customizable
customizable interface,
interface,
your
your library,
library, school,
school,
college
college or
or university
university can
can
highlight
highlight local
local or
or
in-state
in-state newspapers
newspapers on
on
the
the tool
tool bar
bar for
for direct
direct
access.
access.
2.
2. Type
Type the
the date
date you
you
wish
wish to
to browse.
browse.
In
In this
this example,
example,
select
select “August
“August
31,
31, 2005.”
2005.” Note
Note
that
that the
the interface
interface
shows
shows two
two days
days
before
before and
and after
after
the
the date
date you
you have
have
selected.
selected.
Tip:
Tip: Browse
Browse features
features
are
are available
available only
only ifif
aa single
single newspaper
newspaper
is
is selected.
selected.
3.
3. Click
Click “Browse.”
“Browse.”
4.
4. Browse
Browse articles
articles
by
by clicking
clicking on
on
their
their headlines
headlines
or
or by
by selecting
selecting
“Search
“Search Within
Within
this
this Issue.”
Issue.”
Tip:
Tip: Section
Section labels
labels
match
match those
those in
in the
the
newspaper’s
newspaper’s
hardcopy
hardcopy edition.
edition.
5.
5. Browse
Browse the
the article.
article. Note
Note
the
the headline,
headline, paper
paper title,
title,
date,
date, author
author and
and number
number
of
of print
print pages.
pages.
6.
6. Click
Click on
on “Quick
“Quick Links”
Links” to
to
find
find other
other articles
articles from
from the
the
same
same author
author (in
(in all
all issues)
issues)
or
or browse
browse other
other articles
articles
from
from the
the same
same page,
page,
section
section or
or day.
day.
Tip:
Tip: At
At the
the bottom
bottom of
of
each
each article
article is
is more
more
information
information on
on the
the
page,
page, section
section and
and index
index
terms
terms supplied
supplied by
by the
the
newspaper,
newspaper, dateline
dateline
and
and copyright.
copyright.
Tip:
Tip: OpenURL
OpenURL links
links at
at
the
the end
end of
of each
each article
article
enable
enable you
you to
to link
link an
an to
to
article
article in
in an
an e-mail,
e-mail,
which
which can
can be
be sent
sent to
to aa
friend,
friend, colleague,
colleague,
student
student or
or professor.
professor.
Also,
Also, each
each article
article has
has aa
MARC
MARC Record
Record Number,
Number,
so
so it
it can
can be
be uniquely
uniquely
identified.
identified.
Locate an obituary
For example:
• Princess Diana, from August 1997
• Smith, a former professor at the Naval Academy,
who is recently deceased
In your search, you might specify:
• The region or paper where an obituary would have
been published
• The name of the deceased
• The month and year of death
Search
Search all
all U.S.
U.S.
newspapers
newspapers for
for
“Princess
“Princess Diana.”
Diana.”
1.
1. Type
Type the
the name
name of
of the
the
deceased
deceased in
in the
the
search
search box.
box.
2.
2. Select
Select “Most
“Most recent
recent
matches
matches first.”
first.”
3.
3. Choose
Choose aa timeframe.
timeframe.
In
In this
this case,
case, “1997.”
“1997.”
Click
Click “Search.”
“Search.”
5.
5. View
View results
results from
from
newspapers
newspapers across
across
the
the country.
country.
1.
1. Choose
Choose Advanced
Advanced Search.
Search. Search
Search
all
all U.S.
U.S. newspapers
newspapers by
by typing
typing
“Smith”
“Smith” and
and “Naval
“Naval Academy”
Academy”
(both
(both in
in quotation
quotation marks)
marks) and
and
choosing
choosing the
the Headline
Headline option.
option.
2.
2. In
In the
the second
second
search
search box,
box, type
type
“obituary”
“obituary” and
and
choose
choose the
the “in
“in All
All
Text”
Text” option.
option.
3.
3. Select
Select “all
“all years,”
years,”
since
since you
you cannot
cannot
remember
remember when
when
he
he died.
died. Click
Click
“Search.”
“Search.”
4.
4. View
View results.
results.
The
The results
results provide
provide an
an
obituary
obituary from
from The
The Sun
Sun in
in
Baltimore
Baltimore for
for Emerson
Emerson
Perry
Perry Smith.
Smith.
Tip:
Tip: Since
Since many
many people
people
live
live in
in several
several places
places
during
during their
their lives,
lives,
obituaries
obituaries may
may be
be listed
listed
in
in newspapers
newspapers from
from two
two
or
or more
more cities.
cities.
Tip:
Tip: Ask
Ask your
your librarian
librarian
about
about America’s
America’s
Obituaries
Obituaries &
& Death
Death
Notices.
Notices. It
It enables
enables you
you to
to
search
search by
by name
name and
and
serves
serves several
several research
research
and
and genealogy
genealogy purposes.
purposes.
Locate a recipe
For example, find recipes for:
•
Gumbo
•
New England clam chowder
1.
1. Choose
Choose Basic
Basic Search
Search
and
and select
select all
all papers
papers in
in
Louisiana.
Louisiana. This
This makes
makes
sense,
sense, of
of course,
course,
because
because you
you are
are likely
likely
to
to find
find many
many gumbo
gumbo
recipes
recipes here!
here!
2.
2. Type
Type “gumbo
“gumbo recipe”
recipe” in
in
the
the search
search box.
box.
3.
3. Select
Select “Best
“Best matches
matches
first.”
first.”
View
View aa wonderful
wonderful
selection
selection of
of
gumbo
gumbo recipes!
recipes!
1.
1. Choose
Choose Basic
Basic Search,
Search,
and
and select
select all
all papers
papers in
in
the
the New
New England
England region.
region.
Again,
Again, this
this is
is aa logical
logical
place
place to
to search
search for
for this
this
recipe.
recipe.
2.
2. Type
Type “New
“New England
England Clam
Clam
Chowder”
Chowder” (in
(in quotation
quotation
marks),
marks), so
so the
the results
results
return
return white
white rather
rather than
than
red
red clam
clam chowder.
chowder. Also,
Also,
type
type “recipe”
“recipe” in
in the
the
search
search box.
box.
3.
3. Select
Select “Best
“Best matches
matches
first.”
first.”
Again,
Again, the
the search
search
results
results return
return aa
wonderful
wonderful
selection
selection of
of
recipes!
recipes!
Locate a book review
For example, find reviews on books by
the following authors:
• John Grisham
• Ian McEwan
1.
1. Search
Search aa single
single
title
title for
for
reviews
reviews of
of
works
works by
by John
John
Grisham.
Grisham. In
In
this
this instance,
instance,
The
The New
New York
York
Times
Times Book
Book
Review.
Review.
2.
2. Use
Use the
the
Advanced
Advanced
Search.
Search.
1.
1. Type
Type “John
“John
Grisham”
Grisham” in
in the
the
first
first search
search box
box
and
and “book
“book review”
review”
in
in the
the second
second
search
search box.
box.
Tip:
Tip: Do
Do not
not specify
specify
“in
“in Author,”
Author,” because
because
that
that will
will restrict
restrict the
the
search
search to
to the
the authors
authors
of
of newspaper
newspaper
articles.
articles. Rather,
Rather, type
type
aa name
name or
or some
some
words
words from
from the
the title
title
into
into the
the search
search box.
box.
Here
Here are
are some
some
reviews
reviews for
for John
John
Grisham’s
Grisham’s novel,
novel, The
The
Broker.
Broker.
1.
1. Using
Using Advanced
Advanced
Search,
Search, broaden
broaden the
the
number
number of
of sources
sources by
by
including
including all
all U.S.
U.S.
newspapers.
newspapers. Search
Search
for
for “Ian
“Ian McEwan.”
McEwan.”
2.
2. Enter
Enter aa word
word that
that is
is
likely
likely to
to appear
appear in
in
the
the review,
review, such
such as
as
part
part of
of the
the title.
title. For
For
instance,
instance, the
the title
title of
of
one
one of
of McEwan’s
McEwan’s
books
books has
has the
the word
word
“atonement”
“atonement” in
in the
the
title.
title.
3.
3. Type
Type “book
“book review”
review”
in
in the
the second
second search
search
box.
box.
You’ll
You’ll find
find several
several
reviews
reviews for
for
McEwan’s
McEwan’s book
book
Atonement.
Atonement.
Get immediate results on
important topics in
Special Reports
Choose from various Special Reports in the
left margin. Several current topics include:
•
World Terrorism
•
Our Planet Earth
•
Black History
•
Poetry Around the World
1.
1. Click
Click on
on Special
Special
Reports
Reports in
in the
the left
left
margin
margin to
to browse
browse
information
information on
on
topics
topics of
of special
special
interest.
interest.
2.
2. Then,
Then, click
click on
on the
the
Special
Special Report(s)
Report(s) of
of
interest
interest to
to you.
you.
Note
Note the
the variety
variety of
of
topics.
topics.
America’s Newspapers
is the ultimate newspaper archive
We hope this tutorial has helped you
understand some of the techniques and
strategies for successful research.
Remember to:
• Select appropriate sources to search
• Define your search terms
• Specify a timeframe when relevant