1. Mindy Wilmot Reference Librarian
The soloist
Mindy Wilmot
Reference Librarian

2. How to find an article

3. All are under EBSCOhost
How to find an article
All are under EBSCOhost
Academic Search Premier
Newspaper Source Plus
MasterFILE Premier
Newswires

4. How is Laura’s Law enacted in California / Bakersfield?

5. Box one: Laura’s Law Box two: California To be specific to Bakersfield: Box two: Bakersfield

6. What is the relationship between school shootings and mental illness?

7. Box one: school shootings Box two: mental. ill
Box one: school shootings Box two: mental* ill* Box one: Sandy Hook Box two: shooting
Talk about truncation

8. Box one: police brutality
Box one: police shooting
What could I put in Box two to make it more specific?

9. Box one: homeless. Box two: mental. ill. violence victim. caus
Box one: homeless* Box two: mental* ill* violence victim* caus* housing civil rights toilet* or bathroom or restroom
Something in relation to homeless*

10. Box one: mental. ill. Box two: homeless
Box one: mental* ill* Box two: homeless* art therapy music therapy stigma* treatment refus* treatment jail* or incarcerat*
Something in relation to mental* ill*

11. How to search and access
You can search LA Times articles through Gale Academic OneFile or LA Times Archive. You can access LA Times articles through physical copies, digitally, or microfilm – it depends on the date of the article (plus, of course, the Internet)
LA Times is not part of EBSCO

12. Available as Microfilm 1/1/98 – 6/30/17
NOTE: There is a few months’ delay in getting microfilm. But never fear. We have physical copies.

13. Physical Copies
We receive and post the LA Times each day with the Current Periodicals.
Back issues are retained at the Circulation Desk until superseded by microfilm

14. How to find an LA Times article

15. You can search LA Times directly through Gale Academic OneFile

16. LA Times through Gale Academic OneFile
Note date and page number(s)

17. Step 1
Go to “Find an Article”
on the Library’s home webpage.

18. Step 2
Click on “LA Times Index and Archives”

19. Step 3 Enter the search term in the “Search for” box.
Change your “Date Options”
if needed.
Click the “Search” button.

20. Step 4
Read the titles. If something sounds interesting, you can read the summary of the article (Click FREE in front of the article).

21. Step 5
Read the abstract. If you decide you want to see this article, write down the date and page number.

22. Step 6
To find the article, click on “Digital New York Times and L.A. Times”

23. Step 7
Fill out the necessary information. Choose “Los Angeles Times – Library Edition after clicking on “Select.”
NOTE: Using this method, you can access articles from 1/1/08 to 5/31/17 (as of today) . Paper copy is kept at Circulation Desk until microfilm comes in.

24. Step 8 The page you requested will appear in the screen.
The + will make it larger. You can also save and print from here.
The page you requested will appear in the screen.

25. Can also do a Google search