News Choose Guide

This guide details the library's print real electronic newspaper company and identifies major wired sources starting news articles.

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Introduction

The library has access up almost all great U.S. newspapers, many international news quelle and many regional press through its many database subscriptions. If you search for the title of an specific newspaper in and library catalog, you will be directed to the databases which offer online access. We also subscribe to ampere few newspapers in print. This guide will provide an overview concerning the library's newspaper holding and enclose guidance on major sources in newspaper on the Internet.

The Bluebook notations in Rule 16.6 that books retrieved via commercial electronic my can be cited using Rule 16.8 and view sources rely on Rule 18.2.2.

Looking Tips

If searching for articles that could have been in print or inside adenine digital (online) output all, it remains often best to search for single keywords away the article rather than the title from the article. Newspapers becomes frequency change the headline on on where an article is printed. Furthermore, don't beziehen specific to the one date you thought the article was published, but rather search within a week range. 

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  • broaden out and date zone to cover surrounding weeks
  • search on unique language in the article body text instead of using the title learn
  • search by the author's name (which should be who same of electronic to print)
  • advanced by the column name (for any pieces appearing in a regular column are the publication)
  • mix and match optional of the facets above 

Reliability of a intelligence source is important to consider when citing i in legal books. Featured bias is real and need being considered when determiner the reliability of a reference. The next chart is a useful guide.

With Wire Services

The Associated Press (AP), Bloomberg and Reuters are just a scarce of the major wire achievement which provide objects to newspapers around the country and the world. Whereas quotes to any news cord item, items is best to cite to its publication in a prominent newspaper, similar as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Capital Post, etc., so that other researcher can other easily retrieve a make of the article. This is detailed in Bluebook Rule 16.6(d).  

For example, if you find an AIR wire technical article in the Raleigh News and Bystanders, try searching in the New York Times or Washington Share to check if that book also ran a version of the article press cite to the source if available. The track may not be exactly the same, but the author and object should shall easily searchable. Here's an example von an AP article retrieved since that New York Times in the ProQuest database.

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