Tips for finding news articles from your country

Same event, different perspectives

Same event, different perspectives

What is a periodical?Magazine or newspaperPublished periodically (daily,

monthly, etc.)Can be in print, online or on an e-

reader

How can I tell an online periodical from a website?

“Newsy” publication titles: CNN, San Jose Mercury News, The Chronicle, The Daily____

Look for a byline: Author name and date at the top of the page, not the bottom. For newspapers you usually also see the city where the story is happening:

Byline:

How can I tell an online periodical from a website?

Look at the headline/article title and first paragraph. Is the source discussing an event that recently happened? Does it immediately cover the who, what, when, where, and why of an event? Probably a periodical:

A magazine example…

How do I find U.S. periodicals about my issue in my country/region?Use the News section of Google:

Google News Search:

How do I find periodicals from another country? Method #1: google.com/advanced_search

3 steps:1. Change region 2. Put your topic and country name in the top box. Click Search.3. Once you’re in results list, click News along the top

Once you find an article, you need to check if it’s from your country!DELETE the end of the URL back

to the .com (or dot whatever):

http://www.todayszaman.com/national_questions-raised-as-death-toll-reaches-97-in-turkeys-deadliest-terror-attack_401231.html

(Delete everything except the red part)

Look for the “About Us”Now you’re back at the home

page of the newspaper. Look for an “About Us” or Contact Us” section (often in tiny font at top or bottom of page):

Still stuck?Go back to regular Google, and look up:

◦Newspapers in Country NameEx: Newspapers in Turkey

Once you find a list of newspapers in your country, Google one of those papers and get to its main page. Then go back to Google advanced search

In the box that says “Site or domain,” paste the URL of the newspaper. Put your topic in the box at the very top & search. You will be searching within that publication only. Repeat for other newspapers.

Or you can find articles using DATABASESA database is a huge collection of

sources that you can access online with a subscription.

That means the library paid for the articles, and you need a password to log in.

To start, let’s go to the school library page:

www.irvington.org/library

ProQuestVisit www.irvington.org/libraryClick on ProQuestWrite down username and PW

from your librarian or teacherChoose e-libraryLimit to “Newspapers” and

“Magazines.” Un-check everything else!

Search for your topic and your country

InfoTrac(A database available through the public library that is all periodicals!)

Visit www.aclibrary.orgUnder “Research” (drop-down

menu)Choose “A-Z Resources”Choose InfoTracChoose Advanced SearchLimit “to documents with full text”