Newsbank And Oregonian

NewsBank & The Oregonian : 

NewsBank & The Oregonian A newspaper resource search engine on the Marshfield High School Library Web Page

The MHS Library Web Page has several data bases and search engines. NewsBank & The Oregonian is one: 

The MHS Library Web Page has several data bases and search engines. NewsBank & The Oregonian is one

Note some Special Features on the first screen: 

Note some Special Features on the first screen

Hot Topics Screen: 

Hot Topics Screen Major Categories Sub Topics Specific Topic Queries Questions to research Suggested Search Terms Click on the Close This Window command at the top of your screen

Go Back to Home Page & Click on Postwar Iraq: 

Go Back to Home Page & Click on Postwar Iraq

Special Reports Screen: 

Special Reports Screen Open the 1st article on your screen. It will appear different from the example in the presentation

Special Reports Article(Remember, if you are sitting at a computer, your screen will look different from the one below): 

Special Reports Article (Remember, if you are sitting at a computer, your screen will look different from the one below) Denotes German Newspaper To get back to the previous screen, click the back arrow Click on this option to get to the Home Page

Keyword Search Feature: 

Keyword Search Feature

Keyword search for Kulongoski: 

Keyword search for Kulongoski

Article Ranking: 

Article Ranking

Features/Options of Newspapers Articles: 

Features/Options of Newspapers Articles

A Text Only Display of Kulongoski Article: 

A Text Only Display of Kulongoski Article NOTE: The TEXT ONLY option cleans up the page so the computer isn’t printing images and other items unrelated to the article

Email Option: 

Email Option Click on HOME Click on START SEARCH

Highlights of Customized Search: 

Highlights of Customized Search Recommended search parameters are given. Most researchers develop their own preferred date range, but if you are new to research, the suggested ones are a good place to start. Use Search Term: John Kerry Use Search Term: Howard Dean Click on the HELP button

Customized Searches – Combined Field Searches: 

Customized Searches – Combined Field Searches If the INDEX term option doesn’t work, use ALL TEXT Close this Page by Xing out Click on EDIT SEARCH button

Using a Combined Field Search: 

Using a Combined Field Search Open and Read some of the articles. Note the appearance of the following words: Author, Edition & Section Scroll down some of the articles to see if any had a caption. Note how many times embolden words appear. Click on LIST (to look at the original) or click on NEXT Finish your task by clicking on the HELP button

Help Contents – What’s available: 

Help Contents – What’s available Second Screen Shot Before you exit this page, close out all of the sub-categories in the HELP CONTENTS. Once everything is closed , click on EDIT SEARCH.

Truncating & Customized Searches: 

Truncating & Customized Searches If you select the OBITUARY INDEX, you get an alphabetical listing. Click on it to open it.

Obituary Index: 

Obituary Index You may use the LIST, PREVIOUS, or NEXT buttons on your computer screen When you have finished looking around, click on EDIT SEARCH

Customized Searches & Adjacency: 

Customized Searches & Adjacency If you did not get the screen you wanted, click on the Edit Search button. The most common problem is not using your space bar when you should. To EXIT this page, click on HELP. That is the next screen we are going to view Next slide shows error message screen

Adjacency & Error Messages: 

Adjacency & Error Messages

Customized Searches – Truncating & Nesting: 

Customized Searches – Truncating & Nesting If you click on how to Cite NewsBank you will get a list of styles and examples

Boolean Operators: 

Boolean Operators Most people know about using quotation marks to focus a search. They are pretty common. Close out of this window Click on EDIT SEARCH

Using Different Search Term Options: 

Using Different Search Term Options Peggy Christensen: Try an INDEX search using the words French Fry Connections

Slide25: 

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