DATABASE DEMONSTRATION

By: Samuel Halleck and John Hawkes

WHAT IS THE SUBJECT AREA?

Newspaper source plus provides a comprehensive collection of the worlds
major news content and includes millions of articles from newspapers,
newswires, and news magazines.
This database includes full text for more than 1,200 newspapers, more than
40 news magazines, news from 130 newswires, and nearly 67 million full-text
articles.
News View includes more than 1.4 million television and radio news
transcripts from top sources such as ABC News, CNN, FOX News and PBS.

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR FEATURES OF THE

INTERFACE OF THE DATABASE?

DURING WHAT YEARS WERE THE

CONTENTS OF THE DATABASE PUBLISHED?
The contents of this database date back to 1985.
This database is still used today.
This database lets you search articles from their first issues to the present
date. (dating all the way back to 1985)

SEARCH METHODS AND LIMITERS

Two types of searches
Basic search
Advanced search
Search fields
Unique search box contains
different fields for more
specific advanced searches
(Author, Title, i.e.)
Limiters and expanders
Full text
Publication date
Peer-reviewed journal
Publication type
Document type

Got Boolean?

To the Boolean Search!

Okay, what about

subject fields?

Okay, let's see 'em

HTML and PDF and

Full Text, oh my!
I've got a feeling we
're not in Academic S
earch Premier anymore
, Todo.

Why/Why Not Newspaper

Source Plus?
-Useful for citing current
events
-Able to look for nonscholarly info with
EBSCOhost convenince

-Content usually not

peer reviewed
-Dates can be
inaccurate