How To Search
Ethnic NewsWatch
Articles from magazines, journals, and newspapers published by alternative, minority, or ethnic presses in the U. S. and other countries. Texts are available for articles published between 1990-present. Citations are available for some articles published between 1984-1990.
Getting Started
Click "Ethnic NewsWatch" on the Libraries’ database list.
Basic Searching
> Connect words with AND to find articles
that contain both words.
Example: Americans and culture finds articles that contain both "Americans"
and "culture".
> Connect words with OR to find articles that contain either word.
Example: women or females finds articles that contain either "women"
or "females".
> Connect words with NOT to find articles that contain one word but
not the other.
Example: drama not film finds articles that contain "drama" but
not "film".
> Phrase Searching: Enclose terms in quotation marks to find an exact
phrase.
Example: "affirmative action"
> Truncation: Use an asterisk to find variations of a word.
Example: Type theat* to find "theater", "theatre",
and "theatrical".
> To find more articles, check the boxes under Expand Your Search:
> To find less articles, check the boxes under Limit Your Search:
> Improving Searches: Scroll down to one of the drop-down menus and
limit your search to articles about a specific ethnic group, peer-reviewed
articles, articles with images, cover stories, and articles with a specific
number of pages.
Viewing Texts
Articles with texts available for online viewing will have one of these messages:
> HTML Full Text: Click on this message to see the article’s
text.
> PDF Full Text: Click on this message to see the article in
a PDF format.
What if Ethnic Newswatch has the citation but not full-text?
Some articles are not available online. Look in Libraries’ Catalog to
see if the libraries own the journal containing the article:
> Click on the citation of the article that you would like.
> Scroll down and click "check for journal holdings".
> The journal will appear if the library owns it
> Scroll down to determine if the Library Has the appropriate month
and year of the journal. (If multiple headings appear, click on the number of
each heading to see if the library has the appropriate month and year.)
> Write down the Location and Call Number for the journal or
magazine. Also, write down the citation—author, article title, journal title,
publication date, and page numbers--from Ethnic NewsWatch.
> Retrieve the article from the appropriate library.
Printing, Emailing, and Saving
> For Full Texts:
Printing:
> Click the "Print" button at the top of the article.
> Click the "Print" button.
> Click "OK" on the pop-up window.
> To return to the list of articles: Click the "Back" icon at the
top left of the article (Not the "Back" button on the browser bar).
Click "ResultsList" to return to the list of articles.
Emailing:
> Click the "Email" button at the top of the article and then type
in your email address. Click "Send"
Saving:
> Click the "Save" button at the top of the article.
> Click "Save" on the right side of the screen.
> Select "File" then "Save as" from your browser's toolbar
above. Be sure to save as a plain text file (.txt) or an HTML file (.html).
> Full Page Images: Click the printer or disk icon at the top left of
the screen. Or, select the blue email feature at the top right of the screen.
Help
>Ask a librarian at the Information Desk
in one of the campus libraries.
>Call the Libraries at (205) 348-6047