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MMW 15 The Contemporary Era: Conflict and Aspirations in a Globalized World

20th-21st Century

My article was originally published in Reuters or the Associated Press (AP). Can I still use it or do I need to search for a different source?

If the article was republished in one or more of the approved newspaper sources, you can still use it for your media analysis. The editors of the approved newspaper decided this article was appropriate for their readers and fit within their scope/point of view. If it was republished in more than one of the approved newspapers, you can choose any of those newspaper to cite, but you can only use the article once.

There are multiple ways to spell one of the words in my topic. Is there a way to search all of those spellings at once?

You can use Boolean searching (AND/OR/NOT) to look for multiple spellings in a single search. AND, OR, NOT are words used as connectors between your search terms. They are called Boolean Operators.

AND 

  • Results contain records with all search terms
  • Narrows the number and focus of results

Search term examples: press AND incarceration 

OR 

  • Results contain records with any search terms
  • Broadens the number and focus of results
  • OR can be used with synonyms or related terms

Search term examples: Uyghur OR Uighur OR Uygur OR Uigur  | incarceration OR jail OR prison | Kiev OR Kyiv

NOT

  • Eliminates records containing the term after NOT
  • Narrows the number and focus the results

Search term examples: press NOT newspaper

Is there a way to search all of the approved newspapers at the same time?

While the library doesn't have a way to search every approved source simultaneously, we can search groups of the approved sources indexed in Factiva at the same time (limit 25 sources in one search). In order to use the pre-populated links, you must first authenticate into the Factiva database.

  1. Log in to the VPN.
  2. Connect to Factiva.
  3. Select UC San Diego as your UC campus.
  4. Use the pre-populated search links below, which have been divided geographically and limited to articles published in approved titles during the last 12 months
  5. In the upper right of your screen, click Modify Search to type your topic into the search

If you don't follow the steps in this order, the pre-populated link will not work correctly.

Is there a way to search all of the approved newspaper websites at the same time?

You can use a Google search to look for articles across multiple websites by adding site:url OR site:url after your topic. However, Google limits the number of words in their search box to 32, which means adding all the newspaper sites to a single search won’t work. You will need to divide the newspaper list in some way, such as by geographic region.

You can limit the date range in Google by clicking on Tools in the upper right and changing Any time to Past year.

  • Example search of human rights in European newspaper websites:
    • human rights site:thetimes.co.uk OR site:dw.com/en OR site:ekathimerini.com OR site:kyivpost.com OR site:themoscowtimes.com

These are the sites divided by geographic region (note: you may define regions differently for your assignment):

  • Middle East & North Africa (MENA)
    • site:haaretz.com OR site:arabtimesonline.com/news OR site:tehrantimes.com OR site:jordantimes.com OR site:egyptian-gazette.com
  • Africa
    • site:ena.et/en OR site:nation.co.ke OR site:thegazette.news OR site:thechronicle.com.gh OR site:monitor.co.ug OR site:thenationonlineng.net OR site:mg.co.za OR site:times.mw
  • Asia
    • site:hurriyetdailynews.com OR site:pajhwok.com OR site:dawn.com OR site:timesofindia.indiatimes.com/us OR site:chinadaily.com.cn OR site:scmp.com OR site:taipeitimes.com OR site:koreaherald.com OR site:mainichi.jp/english OR site:bangkokpost.com OR site:manilatimes.net OR site:nst.com.my OR site:borneobulletin.com.bn OR site:dailymirror.lk OR site:thejakartapost.com OR site:straitstimes.com
  • Australia
    • site:smh.com.au OR site:nzherald.co.nz
  • Europe
    • site:thetimes.co.uk OR site:dw.com/en OR site:ekathimerini.com OR site:kyivpost.com OR site:themoscowtimes.com
  • North America
    • site:thenews.mx OR site:nytimes.com
  • South America
    • site:riotimesonline.com