English 1213Dr. Maxson

Session 3

Databases, Periodicals List & Newspapers

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.

Boolean, Boolean…and Yes More Boolean…..

And

Or

Not

COMBINE FOR

Narrows

More -Use Synonyms

Excludes

COMPLEX SEARCHES

Examples

Iraq and Media Iraq or Mideast and Media Iraq and Media not television

Mideast is a synonym for Iraq

Searching in Databases

Keywords with Boolean and truncation Subject terms from thesaurus Limiters: date, peer reviewed, and full text

Article Sources

General Article and newspaper databases

Article Databases

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)

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

Exercise

Article worksheet

Finding Journals/Magazines/Periodicals In the Library Online

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

Periodicals List Exercise

Does the library have access to the article?

Yes or No?

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 pagesFree vs. Pay (Yahoo News vs.

Washington Post)

Newswire

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%

Newspaper databases

Exercise

Newspaper worksheet

Thank You