English 1213 Dr. Maxson

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English 1213Dr. Maxson

• Session 3
• Catalog Newspapers
• Frederic Murray, M.L.I.S.

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Review

• Keyword vs. Subject
• Boolean
• Limiters

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Library Web Page
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Information Silos
Catalog
Databases
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Catalog
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Finding books Catalog

• Relevance
• Use keyword searching with Boolean operators
• Subject searching is like using a thesaurus
• Limiters

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SWOSU Catalog
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Open WorldCat
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Ebrary

• Ebrary provides more than 44,000 digital books in
  a broad range of subject areas, including
  business, technology, health and medicine,
  literature and the humanities, physical sciences,
  social sciences, and interdisciplinary studies.
  Ebrary digital books contain the full-text and
  illustrations of their print counterparts

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Exercise

• Catalog worksheet
• SWOSU
• Open WorldCat
• Topic U.S.A. Presidential Elections

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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 pages
• Free vs. Pay (Yahoo News vs. Washington Post)

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News Wire

• A method of pooling news-gathering resources
• Most wire services operate through overseas
  bureaus to which news reporters submit their copy
  and photographs.
• View the Yahoo! list of news services

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Why Use Newspaper Databases ?

• Search
• Cost

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Newspaper Databases (before 1975 use a paper
index)

• LexisNexis Academic
• Americas Newspapers (Newsbank)
• Newspaper Source (EbscoHost)

NEW TERM RELEVANCY Ranking System Beginning with
100 decreasing to 0
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Newspaper databases
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Exercise

• Newspaper worksheet

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Thank You

• Frederic Murray M.L.I.S.
• frederic.murray_at_swosu.edu
• 580 774 7113