COMM 3390 (Elmore)

Joyner Library Resources

 

 

Lexis Nexis Academic:

 

Lexis-Nexis Academic is an extensive database of full text newspaper articles. Use to find articles from specific newspapers, by specific reporters, or you can do a keyword search for articles on a topic.

 

From the Joyner Library home page at http://www.ecu.edu/lib click the DATABASES tab on the top toolbar, then navigate alphabetically to “L”. Or go directly to:

 

http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/erdbs/

 

 

To find articles on a topic from a specific newspaper (you don’t yet have a correspondent’s name in mind):

 

• Click on “News” in upper left corner of sidebar
• From pull-down ‘News Category’ select  “World News”.
• Choose a source type (ex: “European News Sources”)
• Search in “Headline, Lead Paragraph(s), Terms”  field
• Type in one or more keyword for your topic (ex: falluja*: retrieves Falluja and Fallujah)
• Limit search by date
• Optional: Type newspaper name in “Search This Publication Title” field (ex: guardian) (ex: daily telegraph)

To find articles by a specific journalist:

 

• Click on “News” in upper left corner of sidebar
• From pull-down ‘News Category’ select “General News”.
• From pull-down ‘News Source’ choose “Major Papers”
• Change pull-down to “Author” field 
• Type in correspondent name (ex: john f. burns)
• Limit search by date

Additional Search Tips:

 

• When choosing a news source, click on “Source List” to see the specific newspapers covered under that category.
• Avoid broad keywords, such as Iraq. Try to be as specific as possible by adding a second term. (ex: iraq and zarqawi) (ex: iraq w/3 abuse)
• Limit your search by date in one of two ways:
• 1. Use the pulldown menu to retrieve articles from the “Previous Week”, “Previous Month”, etc.
  2. The “From” and “To” boxes allow you to limit to a specific period (ex: From 11/1/04 To 11/30/04)

Web Sites and Other Resources for Finding Newspapers

 

American Journalism Review: Newspapers: http://www.worldpress.org/gateway.htm                                                                                                                          

US and international newspapers, arranged by category or state/country

Indicates overall political viewpoint of the paper itself, e.g. liberal, centrist, etc.

 

Online Newspapers:   http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/                                                                                             

Links to newspaper Web sites, organized by country.

 

World Press Review: World Newspapers: http://www.worldpress.org/gateway.htm                                                                                                                           

Thorough directory of papers by country

 

Yahoo: News:  http://news.yahoo.com/                                     

Articles from a wide variety of newspapers and wire services, browsable by topic or by country/region.

A good source for getting a sense of how a particular issue is being covered.

 

Yahoo: Newspapers: http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Newspapers/

Directory of newspaper Web sites arranged geographically and by category.

 

Biographical Material on Correspondents

 

Who’s Who in America:

Joyner Ref. Stacks E 176 W642

 

WikiPedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

 

WilsonBiographies Database  (works best for well-known correspondents):

 

From the Joyner Library home page at http://www.ecu.edu/lib click the DATABASES tab on the top toolbar, then navigate alphabetically to “W”.

Or go directly to:  http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/erdbs/

 

Contemporary Authors

 

For further assistance, please contact the Joyner Library Reference Dept.

Phone: 328-6677

E-mail: Askref@ ecu.edu

Web form: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/reference/ask_a_librarian.cfm

 

 David Durant                                                                 Bryna Coonin

 durantd@ecu.edu                                                          cooninb@ecu.edu

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