English 1213 Prof. Capps

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English 1213Prof. Capps

• Session 3
• Finding News Resources Digital Collections

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Part 1

• Specialized
• Article Databases

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Specialized Article Databases

• History Resource Center US
• JSTOR
• Project Muse
• Oklahoma Periodical Index
• Bibliography of Native North Americans

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Part 2

• Finding
• News Resources

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21st Century Skills

• Knowing more about the world
• Thinking outside the box
• Becoming smarter about new sources of information
• Developing good people skills
• How well informed are you? Take the Quiz

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News Sources

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

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Newspaper Databases

• LexisNexis Academic
• New York Times 1851-2004
• Americas Newspapers (Newsbank)
• Newspaper Source (EbscoHost)

NEW TERM RELEVANCY Ranking System Beginning with
100 decreasing to 0
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Part 3

• Digital
• Collections

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Digital Local Collections

• American Memory
• Denver Public Library-Digital Images
• Oklahoma Historical Society
• National Cowboy Western Heritage Museum
  Research Center
• Gateway to Oklahoma Online

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End of Session 3

• Thank You
• for listening

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Newswire