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Have a newspaper citation?

What do you do when you know which newspaper you need, but not which database has the full text?

The Find Journals link will tell you which AU database has the full text of the newspaper.

CURRENT U.S. - Multiple News Sources

Current news stories from U.S. newspapers, news magazines, news broadcasts, and other news sources.

HISTORICAL U.S. - Multiple News Sources

U.S. news sources that do not have the latest news.

Individual U.S. News Sources (ProQuest)

To save time one can search the following ProQuest databases simultaneously. Directions: Click on one of these databases; click on "News & Newspapers" on the right-hand column; and then select the appropriate databases.

Individual U.S. News Sources

CURRENT INTERNATIONAL - Multiple News Sources

Current news stories from non-U.S. newspapers, news magazines, news broadcasts, and other news sources.

HISTORICAL INTERNATIONAL - Multiple News Sources

Non-U.S. news sources that do not have the latest news.

Individual News Sources - from Americas

Individual News Sources - from Asia

Individual News Sources - from Europe

Search Tips

Boolean operators:

AND - use to narrow a search and get fewer and more relevant results.
elections and voters

OR - use to broaden a search and get more results. Good for synonyms and words with variant spellings. Add parentheses when using OR.
(latin america or argentina or colombia)
(organization or organisation)

NOT - use to narrow a search to get more relevant results
mexico not new mexico


Truncation:

Use to find words with different word endings.
e.g. immigrant* yields immigrant, immigrants
e.g. immigra* yields immigrant, immigrants, immigrate, immigration, immigrating, etc.

Truncation (or wildcard) symbols:

• Most databases use an asterisk (*).
• LexisNexis uses an exclamation mark (!).
• AU Library catalog and World News Connection use a question mark (?).
• iPolls & RoperExpress use a percentage sign (%).
• Ovid databases use dollar sign ($).


    Proximity search:

    Use to find words that are close to each other on a page.
    It is one way to find more relevant results.

    Each family of databases has its own command words.

    EBSCO:
    nnumber=words near another word in any order, within a certain number
    fundamental* n3 islam*

    Factiva:
    same=words in same paragraph
    sex trafficking same ngo*

    nearnumber=words near another word in any order, within a certain number
    president* near3 speech

    HeinOnline
    ~number
    =words near each other in any order, within a certain number
    "watershed planning"~10

    LexisNexis:
    w/number=words within a specified number of words, in any order
    human rights w/2 violations

    w/s=words within the same sentence
    crime w/s (dc or district of columbia)

    w/p=words within the same paragraph
    gays w/p military

    ProQuest:
    near/number=words near another word in any order, within a certain number
    renewable energy near/5 viable

    Scopus
    w/number
    =words near another word in any order, within a certain number

    Web of Science:
    Web of Knowledge:
    Social Science Citation Index:
    MEDLINE:
    near/number=words near another word in any order, within a certain number
    government near/3 fund*