Tips for finding news articles from your country
Google Advanced Search: 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 know if it’s from your country! DELETE the end of the URL back to the.com (or dot whatever): mens-rights-in-turkey-face-gender- stereotypes_ 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):
Or you can find articles using DATABASES A 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:
ProQuest Visit Click on ProQuest Log in username: ihsproquest password: irvingt0n Choose e-library Limit 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 Under “Research” (drop-down menu) Choose “A-Z Resources” Choose InfoTrac Choose Advanced Search Limit “to documents with full text”
Still stuck? Go back to regular Google, and look up: ◦ Newspapers in Country Name Ex: 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.