• UTL Newspapers Research Guide

  This guide has links to Newspapers from across the globe (historical and current)

ProQuest  

ProQuest is a platform containing 116 databases. ProQuest contains publications (i.e., newspaper, magazines, journals and book titles) in different subjects areas including business, sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. It also holds a key collection of Dissertations and Theses. 

1) Choosing your Search Terms

Enter search terms on separate lines e.g., enter title of film on the top line, director's last name below, so as to articulate your search request. Use Boolean Operators to improve your seach:

• AND - narrows your search (e.g., Procrastination AND Instagram)
• OR - widens your search (e.g., film OR movies OR cinema, youth OR teen OR "young adult",  “ebook” OR "e-Book")
• Quotations marks - search for specific phrases (e.g., "Great Lakes", "First Nations", "speed-networking")
• Wildcard * - search for root word with different endings  (e.g. enviro* = environment, environments, environmentalism)

2) Sort your Results 

Sort your results (relevance, date) 

• Sort by Date: It may be useful to arrange the results chronologically (oldest first) in order to follow the entire production process of a particular film, from gossip about potential stars to reviews and box-office grosses.

3) Using ProQuest Search Filters

Narrow your search results using filters on left sidebar

• Peer Review - click the check box
• Source Type (e.g., Scholarly Journals)
• Date Range 
• Document Type (e.g., Feature, Front Page/Cover Story, Article, Literature Review)

3) Mark relevant records

If you find interesting articles, be sure to . 

• Go to the results page and click the check box to the left of the article title  
• When you are ready to email the articles to yourself, scroll to the top of the results list and click on Email link (on right side)
• Email the marked records to yourself 

Another option is to create a free ProQuest MyResearch account.

Google Scholar 

 Set up Google Scholar to recognize that you are a UofT Student: https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/linkit/google-scholar

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ProQuest  

ProQuest is a platform containing over 100 databases. ProQuest contains publications (i.e., newspapers, magazines, scholarly journals, eBook titles, dissertation and theses) in different subjects areas including film. Remember you might find content in a non-film related resource from your time period, (i.e., newspapers, business or tech magazines).

1) Use the Advanced Search Tool  

2) Sort your Results 

• Sort your results (Relevance, Date) 
  • Sort by Date: It may be useful to arrange the results chronologically (oldest first) in order to follow the entire production process of a particular film, from gossip about potential stars to reviews and box-office grosses.

3) Using ProQuest Search Filters

• Narrow your search results using filters on left sidebar:
  • Source Type: Newspapers, Scholarly Journals, Book Chapter, eBook
  • Publication Title:  Toronto Star, The Washington Post‎, Canadian Journal of Disability Studies
  • Document Type: Feature, Front Page/Cover Story, Article 
  • Date: For Disability in the News assignment, restrict to last 6 months.

4) Mark relevant records

If you find interesting articles, be sure to . 

• Go to the results page and click the check box to the left of the article title  
• When you are ready to email the articles to yourself, scroll to the top of the results list and click on Email link (on right side)
• Email the marked records to yourself 

Another option is to create a free ProQuest MyResearch account.