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| I. SHORT ANSWER (Questions
1- 3) |
| 1) |
Briefly explain the two main reasons your text gives
on the importance of newspapers in bibliographic research.
(2 points)
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| 2) |
Briefly describe any three ways in which computerized
newspaper indexes differ from print newspaper indexes. Please
be specific. (3 points)
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| 3) |
When would you need to use a print newspaper index instead
of a computerized newspaper index?
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| II. INFOTRAC NEWSPAPERS
EXERCISE
For this part of the exercise, you will be using InfoTrac
Newspapers , a computerized newspaper index available
to subscribers only. It provides the full-text of articles
found in 21 newspapers that cover state, national, and international
news.
You may recall that you did an advanced keyword search
using the InfoTrac OneFile periodical index in
Lesson 7. You'll be doing advanced keyword searching again,
this time using the InfoTrac Newspapers index.
You will also use Boolean logic again.
When using InfoTrac Newspapers,
keep in mind that an asterisk (*) is used for truncating.
Complete the exercise below.
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| 4) |
You're looking for newspaper articles that discuss the
problem of obesity among American youth. You’ve worded
your topic as follows: “What is the connection between
diet and the growing problem of obesity among American youth?”
- Once you are connected to InfoTrac Newspapers
complete the exercise below by carefully following each
step.
- When you first connect to InfoTrac Newspapers,
you are brought to the "Kewword Search" mode
(as printed in red above the text-entry box). However,
for this exercise, you will be using the "Advanced"
search mode.
- Click on "Advanced Search"
in the left blue margin.
- Type your 3 search statements into
the “Advanced Search” template. Be sure to
type each search statement into a separate text box. Remember
to link synonymous terms together with the OR operator
and use truncation carefully.
- After you type your 3 search statements, click
on "Search."
[NOTE: DO NOT change any of the other
default settings on this screen.]
- You will be brought to a results screen which lists
newspaper articles that contain at least one of your search
terms from each of your 3 search statements.
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| 5) |
How many articles did InfoTrac Newspapers retrieve?
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| 6) |
Choose one relevant news story from the results
list. Choose an article that discusses this topic in an
in-depth, substantive way. Do not choose a "Letter
to the Editor" or a very short article.
Beware of false hits! You will lose points if you choose
a false hit or an article that does not directly discuss
the topic.
Click on the blue headline to display the full record,
and provide the following information for the article you've
chosen:
(NOTE: If any of the information
asked for below is not given for your article, type “not
given.”)
Article headline:
Name of newspaper (given in italics):
Newspaper date:
Author(s) of article:
Section and page number: (HINT: Usually a letter followed
by a number.)
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III. RESEARCHING YOUR
TOPIC - FINDING NEWSPAPER ARTICLES THROUGH ADVANCED KEYWORD
SEARCHING
In the previous lesson, you found a periodical article
on your topic by running an advanced keyword search using
Boolean logic on the InfoTrac OneFile. The rest
of this assignment asks you to use the same approach on
InfoTrac Newspapers and find a newspaper article on your topic.
- List the concepts of your research question –
at least 2 but not more than 4. Use the same concepts
you used for your topic in Lesson 7, unless the instructor
has suggested changing them. Use only the number
of boxes below that you need for your topic.
Concept #1:
Concept #2:
Concept #3:
Concept #4:
- Think of 1-3 synonyms for each of your concepts and
link them together with “OR.” Use truncation
when appropriate. Type each of your search statements
below, using only the number of boxes that you need.
Search statement #1:
(for concept #1)
Search statement #2:
(for concept #2)
Search statement #3:
(for concept #3)
Search statement #4:
(for concept #4)
- Return to InfoTrac Newspapers and go back to
the "Advanced Search" screen. Erase your previous
search statements by clicking on “Start
over" in the left blue margin.
- Type your search statements in the “Advanced Search”
template and run your search.
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7) |
How many articles did InfoTrac Newspapers retrieve?
IMPORTANT: If InfoTrac Newspapers didn't
find any relevant articles on your topic, please see instructor
for help. |
| 8) |
Choose one relevant news story from the results list. Beware
of false hits! You will lose points if you choose a false
hit or an article that does not directly discuss the topic.
Click on the blue headline to display the full record,
and provide the following information for the article you've
chosen:
(NOTE: If any of the information
asked for below is not given for your article, type “not
given.”)
Article headline:
Name of newspaper (given in italics):
Newspaper date:
Author(s) of article:
Section and Page: (HINT: Usually a letter followed by a
number.)
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