1. English 1213 Dr. Maxson Session 3 Databases, Periodicals List & Newspapers

2. The OED The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources.

3. Boolean, Boolean…and Yes More Boolean….. And Or Not COMBINE FOR Narrows More -Use Synonyms Excludes COMPLEX SEARCHES

4. Examples Iraq and Media Iraq or Mideast and Media Iraq and Media not television Mideast is a synonym for Iraq

5. Searching in Databases Keywords with Boolean and truncation Subject terms from thesaurus Limiters: date, peer reviewed, and full text

6. Article Sources General Article and newspaper databases

7. Article Databases

8. Citations Shriver Jr., Donald W. “Bosnia in Fear and Hope.” World Policy Journal; Summer2001, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p43, 11p Formats: PDF (Portable Document Format) HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)

9. Citations Shriver Jr., Donald W. “Bosnia in Fear and Hope.” World Policy Journal; Summer2001, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p43, 11p PDF / HTML Article Title Periodical Title Length Format

10. Exercise Article worksheet

11. Finding Journals/Magazines/Periodicals In the Library Online

14. Use search box or use advanced search link to focus on specific title

15. Periodicals List Exercise Does the library have access to the article? Yes or No?

16. News Sources Newspapers  Local information (The Oklahoman) Newswires  National or International information (AP)AP Transcripts  Broadcast media---radio and television (NPR or Anderson Cooper 360°) News web pages  Free vs. Pay (Yahoo News vs. Washington Post)Yahoo News Washington Post

17. Newswire

18. Newspaper Databases (before 1975 use a paper index) LexisNexis Academic America’s Newspapers (Newsbank) Newspaper Source (EbscoHost) NEW TERM: RELEVANCY Ranking System Beginning with 100% decreasing to 0%

19. Newspaper databases

20. Exercise Newspaper worksheet

21. Thank You