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1
Accessing Canadian Newsdisk, Canadian Business
and Current Affairs, and Canadian Periodical
Index from the Ottawa Public Library web page

2
Agenda
  • What is a journal index?
  • Basic general search techniques
  • Introduction to Canadian Newsdisk
  • Introduction to Canadian Business and Current
    Affairs (CBCA)
  • Logging on to these databases
  • Searching Canadian Newsdisk and CBCA
  • Logging on to Canadian Periodical Index
  • Searching Canadian Periodical Index
  • Other available databases

3
What is a Journal Index?
  • Index to newspapers and magazines (use keywords
    to find specific article)
  • Can be automated or manual
  • Indexing can be selective or complete or
    combination (eg. Canadian Periodical Index
    indexes the Globe and Mail but only certain
    sections)
  • Full-text indexing means search mechanism
    searches entire text of article
  • Full-text database means that database will
    provide citation as well as text of article (may
    or may not include pictures)

4
Basic general search techniques
  • Think of keywords which describe the information
    you are looking for and which should be found in
    the article.
  • Try to be as specific as possible
  • Think of alternative words
  • Use the word and to narrow a search and or to
    enlarge it
  • Decide if it is important to have Canadian
    content
  • Think about what forms of information would suit
    your needs (newspapers, magazines, TV news shows)

5
What is Canadian Newsdisk?
  • Automated full-text index and database for 14
    Canadian newspapers and transcripts of many CTV
    and CBC television news programs
  • Coverage starts in 1994 to present with a 1-3
    month time lag
  • Indexes Ottawa Citizen

6
What is Canadian Business and Current Affairs
(CBCA)
  • Indexes over 750 periodicals, mostly Canadian and
    includes full-text of more than 300 sources.
  • Is updated twice a month
  • Includes an index to Globe and Mail but not full
    text

7
Logging on to Canadian Newsdisk and CBCA
  • Go to librarys webpage (www.library.ottawa.on.ca)
  • Click on English
  • Click on Electronic Info
  • Click on Canadian Newsdisk or CBCA
  • Type in the new 14 digit library barcode in the
    box provided and press Submit

8
Searching on Canadian Newsdisk
  • Choose which sources you would like to search.
    Default is all but you have buttons on top which
    allow you to select all current sources (i.e.
    post 1998) or all backfiles (i.e. 1994-1998).
    To select just one source click on the button for
    deselect all and page down until you find the
    source you do want and click on the appropriate
    box.
  • After choosing your sources, page up to top or
    down to bottom and click on button labelled Go
    to Search Screen

9
Searching Canadian Newsdisk cont.
  • If your keywords are very distinctive you can
    input them into the Search Words Anywhere box
    keeping in mind that the words will be looked for
    anywhere in the article
  • Often when searching newspapers, using the
    Search Lead Paragraph box is a better idea
    since the actual subject of an article should
    appear in the lead paragraph
  • You must use the Boolean terms and, or, and
    and not to separate words otherwise the words
    will be searched as a phrase

10
Searching Canadian Newsdisk cont.
  • For fields that have an Index button, it is
    usually wise to click on Index as it will give
    you a list of all the items in that category so
    you will be sure you have the right form
  • Newspaper/Transcript will give you a list of all
    the news progams which are covered by this
    heading
  • Byline/Host gives you an index of all the
    bylines which exist in the sources you have chosen

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Searching Canadian Newsdisk cont.
  • At the bottom of the page you can limit by date
  • You can also limit the number of hits you get
    (the default is 200). If your search exceeds the
    number of hits, you should redo the search
    because you have just found the first 200 not the
    best 200.
  • You can also choose how the results should be
    sorted (publication date is usually a good choice)

12
View your documents
  • Since everything in Canadian Newsdisk is full
    text, to view a document, just click on the title
    and you will get the full text minus any pictures
  • When you are finished, click on the button
    labelled Back to Results to see the rest of
    your list
  • You may then click on the buttons print or email
    to print or email the full text
  • If the results arent what you anticipated, you
    can also click on Refine Search to change your
    keywords

13
Practice
  • 1. Find a story in the Ottawa Citizen written by
    Gay Cook in the past year about a Lebanese
    takeout called Really.
  • 2. Find a book review for the book No great
    mischief by Alistair Macleod.
  • 3. Find the name of the business which had its
    window broken during protests in Ottawa during
    G20 summit in November.

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Hints for Practice
  • 1. Restrict to Ottawa Citizen and use byline
    field.
  • 2. Can use type of article field or use lead
    paragraph.
  • 3. Restrict to Ottawa Citizen. Make sure you
    do not include too much information. Use date
    limit.

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Searching Canadian Business and Current Affairs
(CBCA)
  • Has more items by which can restrict search.
    However most heavily used would be Publications
    Directory where you would use Index feature.
  • The subject index can also be useful but is not
    used for the Full-text business titles.
  • Can restrict by date range using a menu covering
    things like last 3 months or last year, or can
    specify particular dates

16
Searching CBCA cont.
  • Like Canadian Newsdisk can specify a limit for
    no. of results which you should try to keep high
    enough to get all your hits.
  • Divides database up by Business vs. Reference
    and also by date. Click on boxes beside those
    you dont want to turn selection off.
  • Since CBCA has full-text as well as regular
    indexing, you can choose to limit your search to
    full text articles keeping in mind you will
    eliminate newspaper citations available in
    Canadian Newsdisk.

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Viewing Your Documents
  • Like Canadian Newsdisk if you dont like the
    results you can use Refine Search to change your
    keywords
  • When you look at your list of results only those
    articles with green checkmarks under the box
    labelled FT have the full text of the article.
    To see the full text click on the title.
  • When looking at the article you will see the
    citation and as you scroll down, you will see the
    text of the article.

18
Viewing Your Documents cont.
  • When looking at a document you will have the
    same choices to return to results, refine search,
    print or email that you had in Canadian Newsdisk.
  • Although you can mark items and then just email
    the marked items, you will only get the
    references and not the full text.

19
Practice
  • Find some articles on the effect of divorce on
    children.
  • Find some book reviews for Alistair Macleods No
    Great Mischief
  • Find some articles about judging controversies in
    ice dancing

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Hints for Practice
  • Use subject index to look at subject heading
    dealing with children
  • Use article/event type to specify book review or
    review
  • Use subject index to look at subjects for skating
    and figure skating and use wildcard for dancing
    and judging

21
What is Canadian Periodical Index
  • Mainly Canadian database which indexes about 400
    English and French journal about 160 of them are
    full-text.
  • Includes Globe and Mail full text minus Sports
    and Business sections
  • Has a few American journals

22
Logging into Canadian Periodical Index
  • Go to librarys webpage (www.library.ottawa.on.ca)
  • Click on English
  • Click on Electronic Info
  • Click on Canadian Periodical Index
  • Type in the new 14 digit library barcode in the
    box provided and press Submit

23
Searching in Canadian Periodical Index
  • Default is keyword search. Entering two words
    together will loosely be treated as a phrase
    where the words only have to be within two words
    of each other
  • You can also use and, or and and not.
  • You can use asterisks as a wildcard, eg.
    computer for computer, computers or computerized

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Searching in Canadian Periodical Index cont.
  • You can also use subject guide if you think you
    know the subject
  • Advanced search will help you build a Boolean
    search
  • You can also narrow your search by limiting it
    to full text articles, by limiting it to a
    specific year or by specifying a certain
    periodical (can select up to 10 at a time)
  • Default is to search for terms in title, citation
    or abstract but can choose to search terms in the
    text of the article as well.

25
Viewing Results in Canadian Periodical Index
  • When looking at list of citations,
  • means go to next page and
  • means go to last page
  • A red maple leaf indicates that the article is
    full text otherwise it is a reference only and
    you would have to see if we had the periodical by
    checking our catalogue or some of our other
    databases.
  • To view full text click on the blue underlined
    words View text and retrieval choices

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Viewing Results in Canadian Periodical Index cont.
  • Once you view an article or citation (click on
    words View extended citation and retrieval
    choices after the article or citation you will
    see a list of general subject headings you may
    want to explore.
  • Below the subjects you have an opportunity to
    email the citation or article to someone or to
    reformat it for easier printing.

27
Practice
  • 1. Find all the articles on skating in Macleans
    magazine and Sports Illustrated since 2000
  • 2. Find a book review of Alistair Macleods No
    great mischief
  • 3. Find an article in the Globe and Mail on
    health reform in Alberta written in 2002.

28
Practice hints
  • 1. Use Browse to find Macleans and all issues of
    Sports Illustrated for the limit by journal.
    Limit by date. Use subject search for skating. To
    increase amount do keyword search using skat to
    retrieve skating and skaters.
  • 2. Use subject search for phrase No great
    mischief.
  • 3. Put Globe and Mail in box limiting to
    specific journal and use keywords in entire
    article content for Alberta and health reform.
    Limit by date.

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Evaluating your results
  • If the number of articles you get is too high you
    can limit or narrow them by
  • Adding new keywords
  • Limiting keywords to title, citation or abstract
  • Finding appropriate subject and using advanced
    search to specify keyword under specific subject
  • Limit by date
  • Limit to articles with text

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Evaluating your results cont.
  • If you do not get enough hits, expand your list
    by
  • By adding keywords using the operator OR
  • By searching the text of the document instead of
    the default of title, citation, abstract

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Other databases available from home
  • Literature Resource Center (critical essays on
    writers and their works)
  • Alt-Health Watch (database focused on
    complementary, alternative and integrated
    approaches to health care and wellness)
  • Biography Resource Center (Biographical
    information on more than one million people from
    throughout history, around the world, and across
    all disciplines and subject areas)

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Other databases available from home, cont.
  • CanCorp Financials (Financial data on more than
    12,000 Canadian Companies)
  • MasterFILE Premier is a large full text index to
    more than 1800 magazines as well as an index to
    another 2200 periodicals
  • Canadian MAS FullTEXT Elite provides full text
    index to nearly 190 periodicals as well as an
    index to another 460 magazines

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Other databases available from home, cont.
  • Health Source Consumer Edition provides full
    text indexing of nearly 160 health journals as
    well as indexes another 180.
  • Novelist is a readers advisory tool to help you
    find novels on specific subjects or other works
    by specific author.
  • Electric Library Canada is a full text database
    of more than 540 periodicals and 200 newspapers
    from around the world. Includes the Ottawa Sun
    current to the previous day.

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Other databases available from home, cont.
  • Grolier New Book of Knowledge (childrens
    encyclopedia)
  • Grolier Lands and Peoples (encyclopedia on
    countries)
  • Grolier New Book of Popular Science (science
    encyclopedia)
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