NewsBank, inc' Presents

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NewsBank, inc. Presents

• How to Search
• Americas Newspapers
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You can search a specific newspaper...
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You can search by state...
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Or you can search across hundreds of sources from
the entire United States
This tutorial details several effective search
techniques and display tools available in
Americas Newspapers. It also offers tips to help
you find what you are looking for quickly and
easily.
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You will learn how to

• Select sources by Location, Source Type or the
  Source List
• Use the built-in connectors and Add/Remove rows
  on the search form
• Research a topic or issue
• View Results by Year/Month, Location, Source, and
  Source Type

• Browse a specific newspaper by date
• Search for a specific name
• 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
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Select sources by Location, Source Type or the
Source List

• For perspectives on topics, people, issues and
  events, use the source selection tabs and the map
  to expand or narrow your search
• Narrow your search from the entire U.S to
  specific states and regions
• Click a state on the map to see a list of all
  sources from that state
• Choose specific sources by name from the Source
  List tab
• Use the Source Types tab to choose what kinds of
  sources to include in your search

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• Search all sources across the country or check
  the boxes for the states you want to search.
  Select a whole region with a single click.

• Click the name of a state in the list or its
  image on the map to get a list of all available
  sources from that state.

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• In this example, we clicked on Texas on the map.
  Notice the switch to the Source List tab to
  display the list of all available sources from
  Texas.

• Check the boxes for the specific sources you want
  to search or click on the title to choose a
  single source. Leave the boxes unchecked to
  search all sources.

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• Here, we have clicked on The Dallas Morning News
  to select a single source.

• To expand your search back up to the entire
  country, click on the United States link in the
  breadcrumb trail.

Tip For the greatest possible number of search
results, search the entire U.S. You can easily
narrow your displayed results after you run your
search.
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• You can also use the Source Types tab to choose
  the types of sources that you want to include in
  your search. Check or uncheck the boxes to
  include or exclude a specific Source Type.

• You can also use your Shortcuts for one-click
  access to commonly searched sources. Note The
  Sources and Shortcuts available to you will
  depend on your librarys subscription and account
  setup.

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Use the built-in connectors and Add/Remove rows
on the search form

• With the flexible search form, you can
• Use the drop-down list of basic connectors and,
  or, not to connect your search terms
• Add up to five extra rows of search boxes to
  enter more search terms, field your terms
  separately and include special limiters such as
  date and word count
• Simplify the search form by removing rows of
  search boxes when you no longer need them

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• Your search form will typically have two rows of
  search boxes and one connector drop-down list.

• Choose and, or, not from the connector drop-down
  list to connect your search terms.

• Use the Add Row button to add extra rows to the
  search form for more complex searches.

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Here is a sample search with two extra rows on
the search form to allow for multiple search
terms and specific limiters.
This search will find articles with either
global warming or climate change in the
Headline field, appearing within the past 6
months, and greater than 500 words in length.
When you are ready to simplify the search form
again, use the Remove Row button to remove the
extra rows.
Tip You can sort your results by Newest First,
Best Matches First or Oldest First either before
or after you search.
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Research a topic or issue For example, you can
research

• Terrorism
• Diversity on campus
• Ethnicity
• National healthcare
• The Nobel Prize

• Global warming
• Immigration
• U.S. housing / sub-prime loans
• Social Security
• AIDS

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In this example, search the entire United States.

• Type a search term(s) for an issue, topic or
  event. In this example, we use terrorism.

• Choose a date range from the Date field drop-down
  menu. For example, the past 12 months.

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In another example, well run a search with
fielded terms.

• Type your first search term into the first
  text-edit box and choose the Headline field from
  the drop-down list.

• Choose the Lead/First Paragraph field from the
  second drop-down list, and type your terms into
  the second text-edit box.

Tip Use quotation marks to find an exact phrase,
as in global warming.
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If you want a different perspective, try
searching a content module. For example, search
Access Newswires Transcripts (if your library
subscribes to them).

• Narrow your search to specific sources by
  checking the box(es) to the left of the title(s).
  Or choose a single source by clicking on its
  title.

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View Results by Year/Month, Location, Source and
Source Type

• Perform a basic search, then display your results
  by
• Year/Month
• Location
• Source
• Source Type

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• To perform a broad search, type your search terms
  into the text-edit boxes. For example,
  immigration and border control.

• Click Search to get your results list.

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If there are too many hits, you can quickly and
easily narrow your search results without having
to modify your search.
Use the View Results tools on the left side of
your results list to see the results from a
specific Year, Location, Source and Source Type.

• Lets refine our displayed results to Newspaper
  sources only.

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Your display automatically refreshes to show only
those articles that come from Newspaper sources.

• Lets further refine our display to view the
  results from a specific location. Click on
  Arizona to view the results from that state.

Tip Use the View X More links to see all
available choices for each View Results category.
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Your display changes automatically to reflect all
of your View Results selections so far, in this
case Newspapers and Arizona.

• Lets further narrow the displayed results to a
  specific year 2004.

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Again, your display will refresh to reflect your
new selection, in this case 2004.
With only a few clicks, we have narrowed our
results from close to 7,000 hits to a much more
focused group of Newspaper articles from Arizona
that were published in 2004.
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You can continue to narrow your displayed results
by Month and Source if you wish
or, use the drop-down list and the breadcrumb
trail links to change the set of results that you
are displaying and move back up through your
complete results set.
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Browse a specific newspaper by date

• For example
• You have a citation for an article from your
  local paper about the factors behind the collapse
  of subprime lending
• Your local paper is the Miami Herald
• You know that the article was published on
  February 24, 2008
• Note The sources available to you will depend on
  your NewsBank subscription.

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• First, use the Locations and/or Source List tabs
  to select the newspaper you want to browse, the
  Miami Herald.

• Since the date the article was published appears
  in the Recent Issues list, you can simply click
  on the date that you want.

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• Clicking on the date takes you to that days
  issue, organized alphabetically by section and
  headline.

Tip Browse features are available only if a
single newspaper is selected.
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• Scroll through the headlines and click on the
  article that you want.

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• Use the Previous, Next, and Back to Issue links
  to move from article to article or to go back to
  the complete list of articles for the date you
  are browsing.

Tip Use the Quick Links to browse other articles
from the same page, section or date.
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• At the issue level, you can move to the Previous
  date or the Next date by clicking their links.

• Use the Date list link to get a list of all
  available dates for the month you are currently
  displaying.

• Or type any date that you wish to browse in the
  Enter a Date box and click Go.

Tip Click the United States link in the
breadcrumb trail at the top of your display
window to get back to the U.S. map.
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Search for a specific name

• For example, find articles that mention George
  Ritzer, a professor of sociology at the
  University of Maryland and the author of The
  McDonaldization of Society.
• Change your results display to show
  Keyword-in-Context
• Re-sort your results without re-executing your
  search

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Search all sources in the U.S. for George ADJ2
Ritzer.
Tip Use the ADJ2 proximity connector to allow
for a middle name or middle initial in the
authors name, ensuring retrieval of all
occurrences of your subjects name.
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The search yields a highly focused group of
articles all of which contain the name George
Ritzer.
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Use the Keyword-in-Context article preview at the
bottom of the results page to see how your search
terms appeared within the context of the articles.
You can also change the number of results per
page (10, 25 or 50) and jump to specific pages
within your results set.
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Re-sort your results automatically without
re-running your search. Click on the Oldest First
link at the top of the results page to see the
oldest articles at the top of your results list.
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Get immediate results on important topics in
Special Reports

• Updated regularly, NewsBanks Special Reports are
  collections of up-to-date and retrospective
  information on people, issues and events of
  current interest. With useful, one-click access
  to articles, images, websites and more, Special
  Reports covers topics such as
• People in the news
• School and College Safety and Security Issues
• Black History
• And much more

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• To access Special Reports, hover over the Other
  NewsBank Products link in the upper-right corner
  of your window. Choose Special Reports from the
  drop-down list.

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• Then click on the Special Report(s) of interest
  to you. Note the variety of topics and frequency
  of updates.

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Americas Newspapersthe definitive 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
• Use the View Results and sorting tools after you
  search to narrow and focus your displayed results

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