Yesterday's news - today's research? Historical newspaper resources online
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A learning event developed for Innovative Learning Week at the University of Edinburgh, 2013. Discover what's in the news - from the abolition of slavery to film reviews of The Matrix. Find out where to find newspapers online, what's available and how to search. Also a chance to try out newspaper resources currently on trial.
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Yesterday's news - today's research? Historical newspaper resources online
- 1. Yesterday’s News – Today’s Research? Christine Love-Rodgers New College Librarian Margaret Forrest HCA Librarian Innovative Learning Week
- 2. Outline • Library essentials • Finding newspapers – Library Databases A-Z – eJournals Database • Sample searches • Prize quiz on using newspaper archives
- 5. A-Z of Library Databases
- 7. Databases by subject • Newspapers • History
- 9. Newspaper Archives (In A-Z of Library Databases) • America’s Historical Newspapers (1736 to 1920) • Guardian and Observer Archive (1791-2003) • National and local newspapers from LexisLibrary and Factiva (from 1980s) • C19th British Library Newspapers • Scotsman Archive (1817 to 1950 ) • Times Digital Archive (1785-1985) • Times of India (1838 to 2003) • New York Times (1851 to 2007) • North China Herald (1850-1940) • Washington Post (1877-1994 )
- 10. Periodicals • British Periodicals (1680s to 1930s ) • Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals – e.g. Punch (London) • Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive (from the era of vaudeville and silent movies through to 2000) • Vogue Magazine (1892 to the present)
- 11. Searching for newspapers in the eJournals database
- 13. Check the year of publication of the article/period you require
- 14. Newspaper archives on trial at EU • The Irish Times (1859-2011) • UK Press Online – Daily Mirror (1903-1980) – Daily Express (1900- current) – Daily Star (1863-1889) • Proquest Historical Jewish Newspapers
- 15. Finding the trials page
- 17. Questions → Search • State the information you want to find: How was the Disruption of the Church of Scotland on 18 May 1843, led by Thomas Chalmers, first reported in the Press? keyword Alternative? Alternative? Alternative? • Identify the main Keywords (concepts) in the statement and underline them Disruption secession schism How was the Disruption of the Church of Scotland on Church of Scottish Scotch Church Kirk of Scotland 18 May 1843 , led by Thomas Chalmers, first reported in the Press? Scotland Church 18 May 1843 General • Think of alternatives and synonyms Assembly 1843 [event] • Think of limits – time, language & geography Thomas Dr Chalmers Rev. Chalmers Chalmers • Choose your newspaper sources
- 24. Question → Search • State the information you want to find: keywords Alternative Trace the development of the 1959 film version of Ben Hur, and the industry reception? Ben Hur Ben-Hur • Think of alternatives and synonyms 1959 • Think of additional identifying words Charlton e.g. main actor, director Heston [actor] • Think of limits – time, language & William Wyler geography [director] • Choose your newspaper resource
- 28. Quiz! • Points are awarded for the name of the database/newspaper used to find the answer to questions, as well as the answer • Ask for help (although you may lose a few points…) • Answer the questions in any order • Enjoy!
- 29. christine.love-rodgers@ed.ac.uk School of Divinity margaret.forrest@ed.ac.uk School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Editor's Notes
- The Disruption – On 18 May 1843, over a third of the ministers, and perhaps half the lay membership left the established Church of Scotland in protest against what they perceived as state efforts to undermine the Church's spiritual independence and integrity. They went on to form the new Free Church of Scotland, and to build New College as the training college for Free Church ministers.
- Keyword searchDate limitedNews area limited
- 3 different relevant articles:A report on a debate in the House of LordsA letter to the editorA news article
- Choose advanced search to get the best results
- Use date limitersSelect newspaper element to exclude adverts
- Remember you can sort your results by date
- Report on the General Assembly on May 20 – 2 days earlier than reported in the Times
- ProQuest Entertainment Industry Magazine ArchiveNeed to be specific because multiple versions of this film.
- Try selecting the Title search field in the Advanced search to get the most precise search.As before, using the date limiter is a good idea to focus only on the 1959 production of the film
- ‘Narrow results’ offers further opportunities to refine down your results
- A broader search, not restricted to the title field will also return interesting material e.g. ‘History with Reservations’ – but be prepared to wade through lots of results!