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NewsBank Database



NewsBank Database Provide:

· Local news stories


Special Features and Useful Hints For NewsBank!

· Full text articles and citations can be emailed to your own off-campus address.

· Context sensitive HELP screens are available every step of the way.

· Search words can be truncated with an asterisk (*) - for multiple characters.

· Search words can be truncated with a question mark (?) - for single characters.

· Your search can be limited by using Boolean Operators-and,or,not,ADJ(X),Near(X).
ADJ(X) finds documents where search terms appear within x words of each other and in the same order.

Near(X) finds documents where search terms appear within x words of each other, in any order.

 

Available Databases

The Republican (Springfield, MA) is the main newspaper for the Springfield, Chicopee, and Holyoke areas. Coverage: 1988 to present.


How To Access NewsBank

In Alumnae Library…
In your home…
-Use the Reference computers

-Click "Bookmarks" or "Favorites"

-Click "Springfield Republican "

-Point your browser to one of the following:

1) http://ezel.ez.cwmars.org:3600
2) http://www.elms.edu/Departments/library/libframe.htm
3) http://www.elms.edu
        -Click on "Library"

-When prompted, enter:
Your Library Card Number

-Click "Springfield Republican"

And begin your search!

Access to these databases is made possible by the following organizations:

Western Massachusetts
Regional Library System
Http://www.wmrls.org

The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Http://www.mlin.org

The Springfield City Library
http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/

And Alumnae Library!
Http://www.elms.edu/Departments/library/libframe.htm


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Date created:  August 7, 2002  -  Last updated: October 1, 2008