Contents:

Lexis/Nexis Academic
America's Newspapers
Factiva
New York Times Historical
CQ Researcher
Access Science
Discovery Guides
National Academies Press
Academic Index
Research Library
ABI Inform Global

SELECTED RESOURCES FOR LOCATING NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:

Lexis/Nexis ACADEMIC  - World Wide  Access to Full Text Newspapers, Magazines, Wire Services and Broadcast transcripts.

USE THE GUIDED SEARCH FORM - NOT THE QUICK SEARCH

Recommended Searching Areas:

• NEWS: General News Topics, U.S. News, World News

• BUSINESS: Industry & Market News : Environment and Natural Resources News

SEARCH HINTS
For Full Text searching or to search within a specific publication use the "GUIDED SEARCH"  rather than the " QUICK  SEARCH."

Click on the "Tips"  link  in the Lexis Service to learn more about  special connectors, wildcard features and limiting by date.
A description of the Lexis Nexis Academic "Connectors" can be found on the web.

Wildcards - Lexis automatically searches the plural form of most words.  You can also use the following truncation features:

• Asterisk ( * )   Use the * to replace a letter or letters in a word. You can use more than one * in a word, and you can use it anywhere in a word except for the first letter.  example:  wom*n  (for  women or  woman )

• Exclamation Mark ( ! )  Use the ! to replace an unlimited number of letters following a word root. You can use only one ! in a word and it must be at the end of the word root.  example:  environment!    (for environment, environmentalist, environmental)

Other important operators for narrowing your search are the Atleast and the Length operators.

Atleast allows you to specify the minimum number of times a word or phrase must occur in an article

atl# (word or phrase)          example:    atl5 (coffee plantation)

Length allows you to specify the minimum or maxium length of the article you seek.

length >#                             example:    length >1000
length <#

It is crucial to make sure you are searching the full text field when using these operators.

AMERICA'S NEWSPAPERS database

America's Newspapers contains the full text content of over 650 U.S. newspapers. 140 of these titles are exclusively available from this service. Can be searched individually or as multiple titles. Interface is capable of searching the full-text, or limiting to headline, date, author, topic or section of the article record. The papers are updated daily, however the archive depth varies by newspaper.

FACTIVA

• Covers over 8000 publications  including newspapers back to early 1980's 
• Most useful feature is the ability to limit your search to newpapers originating in a particular country or world region
• There is  a heavy emphasis on business and trade.
• Includes full text of articles.
• Lehigh=s account allows 6 concurrent users.
• This product is a source for the full text of the Wall Street Journal.

SEARCH HINTS

Start in the Search Builder Area.  Utilize the Factiva Intelligent Indexing feature to narrow your searches if needed.

For a complete list of connectors and operators and a guide to their use, click the EXAMPLES link on the Search screen.

Factiva  also has the capability of limiting searches to specific types of  publications  or to those from specific world regions or countries. -

To limit to Newspapers from a particular Region of the World follow these steps.

• in the middle of the search screen click on SOURCE
• Select Source Category - "publication by TYPE
• Click on the plus sign + next to NEWSPAPERS
• Click on the plus sign next to the region on the world that interests you to see the publications from that region
• You can select all pubs from a region by clicking on the label eg: Newspapers - Africa. This will enter your selection in the Source field

To limit to materials published in a specific Country

• in the middle of the search screen click on SOURCE
• Select Source Category - "Publication by Region"
• Click on the plus sign + for the area of the world and then burrow down to the specific country
• Select the publications from that country by clicking on the country name, or burrow down further to a specific publication and click on the title to add it to the Source field.

Historical New York Times database coverage from 1851 - 2000

The New York Times is a full-image archive that includes the entire historical run of The New York Times, the "definitive voice of American journalism since 1851." The database delivers every page of every issue from cover to cover, with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF. Each record is associated with a "page map" so that the item's context on the page can be seen. Using the "MORE SEARCH OPTIONS" one can limit retrieval to birth notices, letters, display or classifed ads, editorial cartoons, etc. 

• When using historical full-text databases it is important to conduct searches using the language and words that were in common use at the time the articles were written, for instance:
  • perhaps use "extinction or extinct" as opposed to "endangered species"
  • "conservationist" rather than "ecologist or evironmentalist"

Background Information resources

CQ Researcher
Each CQ Researcher report explores a single hot issue in the news in depth each week.Many of them concern environmental topics. The reports provide understandable background information, chronologies, contact information for organizations and individuals who concern themselves with the particular topic. A good source of basic statistics, tables, charts and maps.

Access Science
A continually updated online versions of the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Access Science provides a full-text, web-based combination encyclopedia and dictionary for science and engineering. Articles originally compiled in 2000, with many "research updates," links to related web sites, and weekly science news items. Simple or complex keyword searching, links within articles to related material, and study guides.

Discovery Guides
Cambridge Scientific's Discovery Guides provide an overview, key citations with abstracts, web sites, and a glossary about "hot topics" such as global warming, invasive species, renewable energy and much more. Take a look at the complete list.

National Academies Press
"The National Academies Press (NAP) was created by the National Academies to publish the reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, all operating under a charter granted by the Congress of the United States. The NAP publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health, capturing the most authoritative views on important issues in science and health policy." These institutions attract leading experts in their fields. Many of these books are available for free download on the web and focus on environmental or energy conservation issues.

Databases of Articles

Academic Index
Known as INFOTRAC or Expanded Academic ASAP Index is a multidisciplinary database. From the opening screen, choose Expanded Academic ASAP. It provides indexing and abstracting for more than 1896 scholarly and general interest journals about one half of which include full text or full image copies. Use to find information on astronomy, religion, law, history, psychology, humanities, current events, political science, sociology, communications and the general sciences. Coverage dates of specific publications varies but earliest coverage goes back to 1980.

Research Library
Research Library indexes, abstracts and provides selective full-text for a broad spectrum of 3,820 magazines, journals and newspapers. Coverage dates of specific publications varies but earliest coverage goes back to 1971.

ABI/Inform GLOBAL 
This database focuses on business and management information and can provide a perspective on environmental issues from that point of view. It also provides access to the full text of Wall Street Journal articles going back to 1984.
 

MyLibrary - Journalism
To locate Resources specifically focused on Journalism, use your MyLibrary portion of the LU Portal. This is a research advisor developed by librarians to point you to useful materials and information tools for students and faculty of Journalism.

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