OK, we've been working with Lexis and Factiva, and I think I'd mentioned that last semester, the CSULB library also had a newspaper database called ProQuest, which I thought they no longer had.
Good news! You still have it, it just wasn't where I thought it was. And better news! It's pretty easy to use.
Here's where to find it:
Go into the library Web site and click on databases by topic. From there I've been directing you to click on "Journalism," which leads you to Lexis and Factiva. When you see them, though, look a few spaces down to "Newspapers." Click there and you'll see "ProQuest."
In the box of drop-down menus at the top, you enter your search terms. If, for instance, you wanted to see what kind of stories your instructor has been writing, you'd enter "Orange County Register" in one box and "Peter Larsen" in the next -- leaving the drop-downs on "Citation and abstract" and you'll find plenty.
Or, on the story you just did for homework, enter "Ornella Maccari" in the first box, change the drop-down menu to "document text" and you'll find better stories than you probably did in Lexis or Factiva.
My apologies for spacing out on where the library had moved ProQuest. From here on out, I suggest you make it your No. 1 database search site, since to me, it seems a little easier to use.
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