History 301: Introduction to the Study of History - Spring 2008
Dr. Martha Few
Using the Library’s Web Page - Session 3
Evaluating Web Resources
- From the HELP Section, go to Tutorials and Guides
- Scroll down to " Evaluating Information on the Web”
Newspapers & AP Photo Archive
Newspapers
If you know the name of the newspaper you want to search, you can go directly to the Article & Database Searching and then the title of the electronic newspaper.
To find a list of electronic newspapers for research in this class, go to:
- Subject Guides
History U.S. History OR Asian & African History, Europe-Modern History OR Latin American History
- Newspapers
To see the complete page with the article included:
- Click on “Page Map” for the Proquest Historical Newspapers.
Examples of Citations for Online Newspaper Articles
Author's last name, first name, Title of the article, newspaper title in italics, month, day, year, page numbers or section. In (name of database) URL (date viewed not required).*
Example: No page number given
Leslie , Lourdes Medrano. “Estimated 100,000 break in new Rodeo parade route - Ninja Turtles get biggest nod from ribbon-festooned crowd,” Arizona Daily Star, February 22, 1991. In NewsBank http://infoweb.newsbank.com.
Example: No author, page number included
“Armistice Day, 1920. Tribute To The Dead., To-Day's Ceremonies., Unknown Warrior Home,” The Times, Nov. 11,1920, 14. In Infotrac http://web3.infotrac.galegroup.com.
Example: Author included
Knight, Michael. “Rain May Mar Veterans Day Parade.” New York Times. Oct. 22, 1972, 74. In Proquest http://proquest.umi.com. (Accessed April 4, 2006).
*The Chicago Manual of Style does not generally require an access date for websites. However, an access date may be required by your publisher, instructor, or discipline. If this is the case, include it parenthetically at the end of the citation.
AP Photo Archive
To search the AP Photo Archive for research in this class, go to:
- Subject Guides
History U.S. History OR Asian & African History, Europe-Modern History OR Latin American History
Use single quote marks around names or any string of words to be searched together.
- To search for photos with two or more items or individuals, use "AND." Otherwise, the default is “OR.” Try this without the quote marks, as well. Results are inconsistent.
- For topics, use the "WHAT" field and type what you are looking for, without regard to quote marks.
- For dates, use the "WHEN" field. Use the following strings as examples: “3/13/1998” or “from 1900 to 1950.”
- For location, use the "WHERE" field. Do not abbreviate the city, state or country.
Example of Citation for AP Photo Archive
Title of photograph, date of publication, AP Photo Archives http://accuweather.ap.org
- Click on the image to retrieve information for the citation.
Example:
“Louis Braddock Boxing” June 22, 1937 AP Photo Archives http://accuweather.ap.org (October 24, 2007)
Created by Ruth Dickstein and modified by Jen Tellman
For Assistance, Contact:
Jen Tellman
History Librarian
tellmanj@u.library.arizona.edu
307-2780