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Access World News and Readex Databases:

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    • Proximity Search: NEAR# - president NEAR3 Trump
    • ? searches 1 letter -  wom?n
    • * searches multiple letters in the middle or at the end - Governor*
    • (term1 OR term2) AND term3 – (college OR university) AND COVID-19

Proquest Newspaper Databases

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    • does search plurals
    • Proximity Search: NEAR/#  - president NEAR/3 Trump
    • ? searches 1 letter:  wom?n
    • * searches multiple letters in the middle or at the end: Govern*
    • (term1 OR term2) AND term3 – (college OR university) AND COVID-19

Nexis Uni

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    • proximity searching: w/# - president w/3 Trump
    • publication type: TRANSCRIPT

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Finding Known sources:

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  • The Press and America, Michael Emery, Edwin Emery, and Nancy L. Roberts

Subject Headings: Keep an eye out for subjects that speak to your topic. Combining advanced searches using subjects and keywords in combinations is a good way to find more things that are closer to your topic.

  • Press – United States - History
  • American Newspapers - History