Thomson Gale Newspaper Databases

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Thomson GaleNewspaper Databases
Custom Newspapers New York State
Newspapers National Newspaper Index

• Rochester Regional Library Council
• Rochester, New York

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ThreeNewspaper Article Databases

• Custom Newspapers
• New York State Newspapers
• National Newspaper Index

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Custom Newspapers

• Custom Newspapers More than 23 million
  full-text articles from more than 160 newspapers!
• Coverage includes
• Nearly 100 U.S.national,regional and local
  newspapers
• More than 60 major English-language foreign
  newspapers
• Full-text of the Knight-Ridder Tribune News
  Service and Business News Wire services,
  providing an average of 650 articles per day from
  more than 165 sources
• Articles from 1985 to the present.
• From www.gale.com

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Use Custom Newspapers to

• Use section searching to retrieve articles from
  specific newspaper sections
• Compare opposing viewpoints on controversial
  issues
• Get first-hand accounts on historical events
• Conduct genealogy research through proper name
  searching
• Study current events as they are reported
• From www.gale.com

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New York State Newspapers

• Six major newspapers published in New York State
• Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)Herald American
  (Syracuse, NY)New York Observer (New York,
  NY)New York Post (New York, NY)New York
  TimesPost-Standard (Syracuse, NY)

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National Newspaper Index1977 - present

• An index to America's top five newspapers in one
  search

• Christian Science Monitor
• Los Angeles Times
• New York Times
• New York Times Book Review
• New York Times Magazine
• Wall Street Journal
• Wall Street Journal Eastern Edition
• Wall Street Journal Western Edition
• Washington Post

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One Navigation Column for all Three Databases

• The navigation column is on the left of each
  screen.
• As you progress in the search process, you will
  find that the navigation column changes to meet
  new conditions.
• Because new options will appear frequently, be
  certain to look at the navigation column
  frequently to see your changing options.
• Use the navigation buttons in the navigation
  column rather than the browsers Back Button.

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Search Screens

• Search screens are the same for Custom Newspapers
  and NYS Newspapers.
• Search screens are slightly different for the
  National Newspaper Index, i.e. fewer search
  options and a different index menu for advanced
  searches.

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Keyword Search Screen for Custom Newspapers
NYS Newspapers Databases

• Type in search word(s).
• Search for words either in title, citation, or
  abstract or in entire article content. Select
  one button.
• Limit by date. Results are sorted by date most
  current displayed first.
• Limit to specific journals (next slide).
• Limit by section
• Click Search

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Browse Journals --Search Multiple Journals

• Each search screen allows the publications list
  to be browsed.
• You can specify up to 10 publications for a
  search.
• Click browse. From the browse list check the
  box in front of a publication to select it. Click
  again to deselect or use Clear Selections. Do not
  select more than 10 publications only the first
  10 will be used.
• In the left-hand navigation column
• Select any of the letter links to jump to that
  point in the list.
• Select Submit Selection to confirm your choices
  and return to the search page.
• Select Clear Selections to remove all check
  marks.
• Select Journal Details for more information about
  any selected journals.

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Newspaper Section

• It is worth pointing out that the Section option
  on the search screen allows you to select an
  Opinion and Editorial option.
• This option can be of great benefit when looking
  for varying opinions on controversial issues.

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Keyword Search Results

• Search Summary
• Number of articles in each section.
• Citations divided into sections beginning with
  most recent.
• Click on the title or Text to see full article.

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Relevance Search for Custom Newspapers and NYS
Newspapers Databases
Because a relevance search searches for and
counts the number of times the search word(s)
appear, the default is set to search for words
in entire article.
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Relevance Search Results

• Search Summary
• Links to article
• Best matches (highest incidence of search terms)
  head the list. Percentage of occurrence included.

Section
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Advanced Search Screen for Custom Newspapers
and NYS Newspapers

• Use the drop down menu in the first box of each
  line to select the index you want.
• Type in search word(s).
• Select a Boolean operator from the menu in the
  third box of each line (AND, OR, NOT).
• Limit by date, journal, and,
• by section.

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Advanced Search Results

• Text word (tx) gmail
• Journal (jn) Christian Science Monitor

• R2 the second search done in this session.
• Check the Mark box to add this article citation
  to the Mark List for later printing or emailing.

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Mark List

• Check the Mark box to the left of any citation
  to add that article citation to the Mark List for
  later printing or emailing.
• Click View mark list in the left-side
  navigation column to view your list of marked
  citations.
• From this screen (at the bottom) you may choose
  to print or e-mail citations or full text of the
  articles.
• To clear the list use the Clear mark List
  button in the left side navigation column.

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Search Screen for National Newspaper Index

• Type in search word(s)
• Limit by date.
• Limit to specific journals.

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Advanced Search Screen for National Newspaper
Index

• Use the drop down menu in the first box of each
  line to select the index you want.
• Type in search word(s).
• Select a Boolean operator from the menu in the
  third box of each line (AND, OR, NOT).
• Limit by date, journal.

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Advanced Search Results for National Newspaper
Index
List of citations resulting from an advanced
search.
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Search History

• A list of the searches you have made will display
  as History beneath the search options on the
  search screen.
• To see the citations, select View.
• To clear the history list, select Start over in
  the left-hand navigation column.

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Help

• Help is generally context dependant, i.e. if you
  are working in advanced search and select Help,
  you will get help on doing an advanced search.
• Once you are on a Help screen the Help label in
  the left column will read Help Index.
• Use the index to find help on many other things,
  including how to cite online database articles.