Research and Reference Resources

Quick Guide to Newspaper Source Plus

Use Newspaper Source Plus to find full text for many U.S. and international newspapers, as well as full text television and radio news transcripts from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, ABC News, and PBS, to name just a few.

If you just need to search newspapers, connect to Newspaper Source Plus here, or, if you’d like to make Newspaper Source Plus part of a broader search, connect here and be sure to check all the databases you’d like to include.

Let’s Get Started . . .

I read something recently about the Edgewater Hotel’s renovation.  How can I find that?

• Click on Advanced Search from main search page.
  
• In first search box, type “Edgewater Hotel” (use drop down menu to choose TX ALL TEXT).
  
• Scroll down a bit until you see “Publication” search box on right hand side. Type in Wisconsin State Journal.
  
• Check Full Text box on left (if you’d like full text).
  
• In Publication Date search boxes, enter the dates you think appropriate.
  
• Scroll down and click Search.
  

I saw the movie Public Enemy and I’d like to know more about John Dillinger and his time in Chicago.

• Click on Advanced Search from main search page.
• In first search box, type “Dillinger” (use drop down menu to choose “TX ALL TEXT”). In second search box, type “Chicago” (use drop down menu to choose “TX ALL TEXT”).
  
• Check Full Text box on left (if you’d like full text).
• Click Search.
• If you wish, you can narrow your results (on left hand side).
  

I heard something on NPR recently about swine flu. I think it was on Morning Edition. Can I get a copy of that?

• Click on Advanced Search from main search page.
• Type “swine flue” and “npr” in search boxes (use drop down menu to choose “TX ALL TEXT” for both).
  
• In Publication Type box, choose “transcript”.
  
• Click Search.
• Narrow results to those from Morning Edition.
  

Searching in Newspaper Source Plus is similar to searching the other EBSCOhost databases. See Searching in EBSCOhost for a more detailed look at Basic, Advanced, and Visual searching.