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How to Search
America’s Newspapers
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2. You can search a specific newspaper...

3. You can search
by state...

4. You can search
a region...

5. Or you can search hundreds of titles from the entire United States…
This tutorial details several effective search techniques that are frequently used in America’s Newspapers. It also offers tips to help you find what you are looking for.

6. 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
Get immediate results on important topics from Special Reports
Click on a specific topic to go to it directly, or simply click outside the topics to continue the slideshow.

7. Search a specific newspaper or sources across a state, region or the U
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.

8. Search newspapers across the country, or point-and-click on the legend or the map to search sources from a geographic region or a single state.
Tip: For the greatest possible number of search results, search the entire U.S.

9. 2. For instance, search all sources in the Mountain Region…
3. You can also narrow your search to a single state or a specific newspaper.

10. At any time, you can expand your search back to all sources in the U.S.

11. Also, you can select specific content modules, such as those for newswires or transcripts (if your library subscribes to them).

12. Research a topic or issue
For example, you can research:
Terrorism
Virus and vaccination
Gun control
AIDS
Cloning
Hodgkin’s Disease
Global warming
Crime
Soccer
City zoning
School funding
The Nobel Prize

13. In this example, search the entire United States.
Type your search term(s) to describe an issue, event, etc. In this example, use “terrorism.”
2. Choose a timeframe from the drop-down menu. For example, “the past twelve months.”

14. In a second example, compare recent events with past events.
Continue to search on “terrorism.”
However, choose a different timeframe. For example, choose oldest matches first and specify the year “1992.”

15. Tip: If you are unsatisfied with your search results, try searching a content module. For example, search military, government and defense publications.
Narrow your search to specific publications by clicking on their respective boxes.

16. 2. In this example, search a single newspaper.

17. 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

18. 1. To perform a basic search, type your search term
1. To perform a basic search, type your search term. For example, “New Orleans” (in quotation marks) and FEMA.
2. Choose a timeframe. For example, “the past 7 days.”
Tip: To find names, compound terms or exact phrases, use quotation marks. For example, “New Orleans.”

19. If there are too many hits, narrow your search to a specific region.
2. Add one or more related terms and run the search again. For example, try “News Orleans” “Red Cross” FEMA.
3. Click on “Advanced Search” for even more options.
Tip: A search with three or more terms automatically implies a Boolean “AND” between each word.

20. You can narrow the criteria with options from the drop-down box
You can narrow the criteria with options from the drop-down box. For instance, match “News Orleans” “Red Cross” with “Headline” and FEMA with “Lead/First Paragraph.”
2. As in the Basic Search, you can change the timeframe. For example, choose “yesterday or today.”

21. Again, you can select a single newspaper and search for or browse content on a chosen topic.
Tip: You can also browse a single issue of a selected newspaper. Find a specific issue by entering a specific date.

22. 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

23. Use the map or lists of newspapers by state or region or nationwide to find the title that published the article.
Based on what you remember about the article, choose appropriate search terms.
Choose a timeframe. For example, select “the past three months.”

24. For example, select an article in the Kerrville Daily Times from Kerrville, TX.
Tip: Notice the highlighted search terms with the text of the article.

25. You can find the same article by selecting a specific newspaper
You can find the same article by selecting a specific newspaper. For instance, directly select the Kerrville Daily Times from the list.
Tip: If you remember a recent date during which the article was published, you can simply browse that day’s issue and its articles.

26. 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.

27. Select a single newspaper. For example, the Lansing State Journal.
Tip: Through the easily customizable interface, your library, school, college or university can highlight local or
in-state newspapers on the tool bar for direct access.

28. 2. Type the date you wish to browse
2. Type the date you wish to browse. In this example, select “August 31, 2005.” Note that the interface shows two days before and after the date you have selected.
Tip: Browse features are available only if a single newspaper is selected.

29. 3. Click “Browse.”
4. Browse articles by clicking on their headlines or by selecting “Search Within this Issue.”
Tip: Section labels match those in the newspaper’s hardcopy edition.

30. 5. Browse the article. Note the headline, paper title, date, author and number of print pages.
6. Click on “Quick Links” to find other articles from the same author (in all issues) or browse other articles from the same page, section or day.

31. Tip: At the bottom of each article is more information on the page, section and index terms supplied by the newspaper, dateline and copyright.
Tip: OpenURL links at the end of each article enable you to link an to article in an , which can be sent to a friend, colleague, student or professor. Also, each article has a MARC Record Number, so it can be uniquely identified.

32. Locate an obituary For example: In your search, you might specify:
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

33. Search all U.S. newspapers for “Princess Diana.”
1. Type the name of the deceased in the search box.
2. Select “Most recent matches first.”
3. Choose a timeframe. In this case, “1997.” Click “Search.”

34. 5. View results from newspapers across the country.

35. 1. Choose Advanced Search. Search all U. S
1. Choose Advanced Search. Search all U.S. newspapers by typing “Smith” and “Naval Academy” (both in quotation marks) and choosing the Headline option.
2. In the second search box, type “obituary” and choose the “in All Text” option.
3. Select “all years,” since you cannot remember when he died. Click “Search.”
4. View results.

36. The results provide an obituary from The Sun in Baltimore for Emerson Perry Smith.
Tip: Since many people live in several places during their lives, obituaries may be listed in newspapers from two or more cities.
Tip: Ask your librarian about America’s Obituaries & Death Notices. It enables you to search by name and serves several research and genealogy purposes.

37. Locate a recipe For example, find recipes for: Gumbo
New England clam chowder

38. Choose Basic Search and select all papers in Louisiana
Choose Basic Search and select all papers in Louisiana. This makes sense, of course, because you are likely to find many gumbo recipes here!
2. Type “gumbo recipe” in the search box.
3. Select “Best matches first.”

39. View a wonderful selection of gumbo recipes!

40. Choose Basic Search, and select all papers in the New England region
Choose Basic Search, and select all papers in the New England region. Again, this is a logical place to search for this recipe.
2. Type “New England Clam Chowder” (in quotation marks), so the results return white rather than red clam chowder. Also, type “recipe” in the search box.
3. Select “Best matches first.”

41. Again, the search results return a wonderful selection of recipes!

42. Locate a book review
For example, find reviews on books by the following authors:
John Grisham
Ian McEwan

43. Search a single title for reviews of works by John Grisham
Search a single title for reviews of works by John Grisham. In this instance, The New York Times Book Review.
2. Use the Advanced Search.

44. Type “John Grisham” in the first search box and “book review” in the second search box.
Tip: Do not specify “in Author,” because that will restrict the search to the authors of newspaper articles. Rather, type a name or some words from the title into the search box.

45. Here are some reviews for John Grisham’s novel, The Broker.

46. Using Advanced Search, broaden the number of sources by including all U.S. newspapers. Search for “Ian McEwan.”
2. Enter a word that is likely to appear in the review, such as part of the title. For instance, the title of one of McEwan’s books has the word “atonement” in the title.
3. Type “book review” in the second search box.

47. You’ll find several reviews for McEwan’s book Atonement.

48. 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

49. Click on Special Reports in the left margin to browse information on topics of special interest.

50. 2. Then, click on the Special Report(s) of interest to you
2. Then, click on the Special Report(s) of interest to you. Note the variety of topics.

51. 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