DESCRIPTION

The National Newspapers database provides coverage of 27 newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. It also contains other important U.S., international and minority interest newspapers, including the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, the Denver Post, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Dates of coverage vary. The database is updated daily.

Records in the National Newspapers database are broken up into fields. 

• Some of these fields are labeled: Subtitle, Edition, Start Page, ISSN, Abstract, and Fulltext.
• Others are NOT labeled: Author, Article Title, Newspaper Title, Publication Date and Place. 

1. To enter a search term, be sure to click in the text box.
2. Type the key word or phrase that best describes your topic.
3. Click on the blue Search button
4. If your topic encompasses more than one concept, break it into keywords. 
To focus a search:
• Enter the terms connecting them with the word AND
Example: trade bill and china
 
To broaden a search:
• Connect similar concepts or words with the word OR
Example: (death penalty or capital punishment) and (race or racism)

• Guided searching allows you to build a search using pull-down menus. 

1. Move your mouse over the Search Methods graphic at the top of the screen, and click on Guided.
2. Type a word or phrase in the first text box. 
3. Click on the pull down the menu to the right and select one of the search fields in which to search for that term. 

   For example, to search for an article written by a particular person, you would want to enter the person's name in the text box, then select Author from the pull-down menu. 
   
   

4. To combine concepts, enter your search terms in the text boxes, then select an operator from the pull down menu on the left of the second text box, or accept the default AND. 
5. Continue the process outlined above as needed. 
6. To find articles published in a certain time frame, use the pull down menus below the text boxes to specify a date range. 
7. To find only full-text articles, or only peer reviewed articles, click in the appropriate box below the text boxes. 
8. Click on the gold Search button to submit your search. 
9. Try not to over-limit your searches.  If the search fails, consider letting go of some of your limitations.
   

• Publication searching allows you to search and then browse through issues of a particular publication. Enter the title of the publication you would like to browse, click the gold Search button, then click to enter a particular issue. 

 

• Advanced searching allows you to use specific commands and tools when entering your search terms. Links to explanations of these commands and tools are located in the shaded areas below the text box; scroll down and click on the appropriate link for a complete explanation. 

VIEWING

• After running a search, the default display shows you a list of brief citations. 
• To the left of each citation are icons indicating which formats are available on the computer (citation/abstract only, full-text or page image)
•  You can also click on the title of each item, then select from the Article Format pull-down menu to change your viewing options.
• The system displays ten records at a time. Scroll down and click the Next button to see the next 10 citations. To go back, click the Previous button.

1. Mark a record by clicking in the box to the left of the Record Number.
2. To see just your marked records, move your mouse over the Results & Marked List graphic near the top of the screen, then click on Marked list & durable links. 
3. To clear your marked records, you must first view the marked records. 
4. Click in the box to uncheck each item you want to remove from the list, then click the Remove button.

1. When viewing an item you want to print, click the gold Print Article button located at the top of the article. 
2. Read the screen and click on the appropriate link to display the text. 
3. Use your browsers Print button to print the document. 

• When viewing an item you wish to save to a disk, click on the Print Article button, then scroll down and follow the instructions under "To Save Your Article to Disk." 

EMAILING

1. When viewing an item you want to email, click the gold Email Article button at the top of the article.
2. Complete the form on the next screen, being sure to include your complete email address - for example, jdoe@domain.com.
3. Click the Send Email button.
   NOTE: If the full-text of the item you want is NOT available for viewing, it is also NOT available for emailing. You will only receive what is available when viewing the item online from the database. 

Begin searching National Newspapers.

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Created by Pace University Library
Last Revised 9/7/04
Sarah Burns Feyl
sburnsfeyl@pace.edu