newsbank, inc. presents how to search newsbank news resources note: your library may or may not have...

NewsBank, inc. Presents

How to Search NewsBank News Resources

Note: Your library may or may not have all the sources referenced in this tutorial. The same process for searching applies to all

resources.

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Or you can search thousands of sources around the world…

This tutorial details several effective search techniques and display tools available in NewsBank products. It also offers tips to help you find what you are looking for quickly and easily.Click here to skip in

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You will learn how to: Select sources by Location, Source Typ

e, and from the Source List

Research a topic or issue

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

Browse a specific newspaper by date

Locate an obituary

Locate a recipe

Locate a book review

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 the slideshow.

Select sources by Location, Source Type, and from 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 an entire country or to U.S specific states and regions.

• Click an area on the map to see a list of all sources from that area.

• 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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1. 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.

2. 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.


3. 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.

4. Check the boxes for the specific sources you want to search or click on the title to search a single source.


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.

5. Here, we have clicked on The Dallas Morning News to search a single source.

6. To expand your search back up to the entire U.S., click on the “United States” link in the breadcrumb trail.


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7. 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.

8. Or use your Shortcuts for one-click access to commonly searched sources. Note: The Sources and Shortcuts that you have available will depend on your library’s subscription and account setup.


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Research a topic or issueFor example, you can research:

• Terrorism

• Virus and vaccination

• Gun control

• AIDS

• Cloning

• Hodgkin’s Disease

• Global warming

• Crime

• Soccer

• City zoning

• School funding

• The Nobel Prize


In this example, search the entire United States.

1. Type your search term(s) to describe an issue, event, etc. In this example, use terrorism.

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


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In another example, we’ll run a search with fielded terms.

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

2. Type your second set of terms into the second text-edit box and choose the Lead/First Paragraph field from the drop-down list.

Tip: Use the OR connector when searching for synonymous terms, as in flu or influenza.Click here to return t

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If you want a different perspective, try searching a content module. For example, search Access Newswires.

1. 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 and then display your results according to:

• Year/Month• Location• Source• Source Type


1. To perform a basic search, type your search terms into the text-edit boxes. For example, California and wildfire.

2. 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.

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2. Let’s further narrow the displayed results to October of 2007.

Your display changes automatically to reflect your “View Results” selection, in this case 2009.


3. Now choose a Location. Click “View more” then “California” under “by Location” in the left navigation bar.


Again, your display will refresh to reflect your new selection, in this case October of 2009.

4. We can continue to narrow our displayed results. Let’s choose Newswires from the Source Types.

The new display reflects all of our selections so far – 2009, October, California, wildfire.


5. At any time, you can 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.

With only a few clicks, we have narrowed our results from more than 130,000 hits to a tightly focused group of Newswire articles from October 2009 from California.


Browse a specific newspaper by date

For example:• You remember seeing an article from your local paper about

teachers being taught how to deal with bullies.

• Your local paper is Chicago Sun-Times.

• You recall that the article appeared on April 26, 2011.

• Note: The sources available to you will depend on your NewsBank subscription.


1. First, use the Locations and/or Source List tabs to select the newspaper you want to browse, Chicago Sun-Times.

2. Since you remember the date the article was published, use the Recent Issues list to select the April 26, 2011 issue.


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3. Browse through the headlines and click on the article that you want.

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4. 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.

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5. At the issue level, you can move to the Previous date or the Next date by clicking their links.

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

7. 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.Click here to return t

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Locate an obituaryFor example:

• Princess Diana, from August 1997

• Smith, a former professor at the Naval Academy, who passed away in the 1990s

In your search, you might specify:• The region or paper where the obituary would have been published

• The name of the deceased

• The month and year of death


1. Type “Princess Diana” into the first text-edit box.

2. Type 1997 into the second text-edit box for the Date field.

For an obituary of a famous person, search the entire United States to get a wide range of results.

3. Choose Best Matches first from the Sort by drop-down list.


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4. View results from sources all across the country.


Tip: To see your search terms as they appeared in the context of the articles, switch to the Keyword-in-Context Article Preview at the bottom of the results page.


Notice the search terms in the Keyword-in-Context display on the results list.

At the bottom of each page of results, you can change the number of results per page, and move from page to page within your results set.


3. Type a date range 1990 – 1999 into the text-edit box for the Date field, since you know approximately when he died.

4. Type the phrase “Naval Academy” into the third text-edit box. Since Smith is such a common name, additional terms will help focus your results.

Now let’s search for Mr. Smith’s obituary. 1. Using the checkboxes, select the South Atlantic states, since you know he taught at the Naval Academy.

Tip: You can add and remove rows of boxes from the search form as needed with the Add Row and Remove Row buttons.


2. Type Smith and obituary into the first text-edit box.

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The search yields two obituaries for Emerson Smith – one from The Sun in Baltimore, MD and one from the Orlando Sentinel.

Tip: Ask your librarian about NewsBank’s America’s Obituaries & Death Notices. It is an incomparable genealogical research tool.Click here to return t

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Tip: Since many people live in several places during their lives, obituaries may be listed in newspapers from two or more cities.

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Locate a recipe

For example, find a recipe for gumbo:

• Consider the best location to search• What are the critical search terms• Sort order


1. Select all sources from Louisiana. This makes sense, of course, because Louisiana is a great place to look for gumbo recipes!

2. Type gumbo and recipe in the first text-edit box.


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Your search returns a large number of hits, displaying the newest articles first.

Click on Best Matches First to re-sort your results immediately – without re-running your search.Click here to return t

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Your results display will refresh automatically – with the best articles at the top of the list.


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Locate a book review

For example, find reviews on books by popular and prolific author Jodi Picoult:

• Look at recent reviews to learn about her current books

• Look at older reviews to get a perspective on her early career


1. Search all sources in the U.S. for Jodi ADJ2 Picoult and “book review.”

Tip: Using the ADJ2 proximity connector for a middle initial in the author’s name and the phrase “book review” make it likely that you will find exactly what you are looking for.


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The search yields a highly focused group of articles. The Keyword-in-Context display on the results list gives you a glimpse into the reviews of Picoult’s recent books.

Now let’s look at the beginning of Picoult’s career and her early books. Click on the Oldest First link to re-sort your results in chronological order.


Your results display automatically refreshes with the oldest articles at the top of the list, providing you with reviews for Picoult’s early novels.

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Get immediate results on important topics in Special Reports

Choose from various Special Reports created and collected by NewsBank. Several current topics include:

• Presidential Campaign

• People in the News

• World Environment


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


NewsBank providesthe ultimate 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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