News Search

Unique elements to know about Newspapers

• Report news for a specific audience (Be aware of possible bias and target audience)
• Headline and lead paragraph contain the gist of the article
• Headlines are not the same as journal article titles. The same article can be headlined differently for different editions or papers across the country.
• Editorials are opinion pieces written by the newspaper editor or from people who write in to the newspaper.

Search vocabulary templates:  Search terms template  concept map

Periodical Characteristics

Databases to search for newspaper items

• Proquest Newspapers
• EthnicNewsWatch
• LexisNexis: Academic Multi-layered database with full-text for most items
       News: newspapers regional, national & world, television transcripts and more.
       Legal: laws, statutes and pending litigation

Databases to search for journal, magazine articles on a topic like Immigration

• Academic Search Premier
• Sociological Abstracts
• PAIS International Try the thesaurus descriptor: Immigration and Emigration regulation United States

Remember to evaluate resources

• PASS Evaluation tool try the worksheet

What's an Annotated Bibliography?

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