Wisconsin Newsstand provides bibliographic and selected full text access to major Wisconsin newspapers for local topics and local coverage of national topics; information and perspectives not available from the national resources. Dates of coverage vary and some titles are selectively indexed; coverage dates from 1991; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MJS) is indexed from 1995. While most citations will include a brief abstract with the bibliographic citation, many of the materials, including MJS, are full text online.

The companion index, ProQuest Newspapers, is a valuable resource for national and international activities, business and financial news, the political climate worldwide, and current events providing bibliographic and selected full text access to major regional, national, and international newspapers. Dates of coverage for individual titles vary; many are covered from 1986. Proquest Historical Newspapers: New York Times (NYT), has full text coverage for the NYT from 1851-2001. Lexis-Nexis Academic also has selected national and international newpaper coverage.

Basic Search

The initial search screen is the Basic Search. Type one or more words or a phrase describing the topic. Combine keywords with the operators and, or, and not. Words entered without an operator will automatically be combined by and. Use quotation marks for phrases (e.g., "web site design"). Use the * (asterisk) to search for words with a common root (e.g., "program*" to find program, programs, programming, etc.). Special limitations can be selected from the options given. An option of searching for full text articles only is available.

Advanced Search

• To use the Advanced Search, click on .
• Conduct searches within any indexed fields, i.e., abstract, document title, author, company, person, publication title, or document text. For example, perform a search for all of the articles written by Joel Dresang by typing his name in the text box and choosing the "author" field using the down arrow on the right side of the screen.
• The default field, "Citation and document text," will locate articles that contain the search terms in any of the fields.
• Combine multiple search concepts using the connectors, and, or, and not, within 3, pre/1 which are available by clicking on the down arrows on the left side of the screen. For more information on these connectors, refer to the information on "Operators" in the Help screens in Wisconsin Newsstand.
• Special limitations can be selected from the options given.

Publications Search

• To use the Publications search, click on the appropriate tab.
• Type the name of the newspaper in the box to determine if it is indexed, or choose from the alphabetical list.
• Next, click on the title to view a listing of individual issues of that publication.
• Finally, click on a specific issue to access a list of articles.

RESULTS LIST

A list of those articles matching the specific search criteria will be displayed with the most recent article first.

- To view the citation and abstract for an article, click on or on the title of the article.

- The full text of the article may be available for many of the articles on the Results List. If the icon is displayed, click on it to view the full text of that article.

- A full citation will give the name of the article, author, title of the newspaper and publication place, date of the issue, page/section number, and text word count.

- After viewing an individual citation or article, return to the list of articles by clicking on "Back to Results."

- A set of records can be created for later printing, downloading, or emailing. Add articles to the "Marked List" by either clicking on the small box to the far left of each article title on the "Results List" or in the "Mark document" box near the top of the individual article's citation/abstract. After marking articles, view only those selected entries by clicking .

PRINTING, DOWNLOADING, OR EMAILING SEARCH RESULTS

After displaying an individual article's citation and abstract or full text (if available), it is possible to print, download, or email the record.

• Printing
  To print Individual items, click on the icon on the upper left side of the screen, and click print in the pop-up box. An alternative is to use the browser bar, select "Print Preview" (to view pages as they will print), select "Print" for the needed pages, then click "OK."

  To print the list of citations from the marked list, click on "Print your bibliography" and follow the printing instructions. To print the full text of an article (if available), retrieve the article individually and follow the appropriate instructions.

• Emailing
  To email an individual record, click on the icon on the upper left side of the screen from the full citation of that item. Next, type an email address to which the record is to be sent and a subject header (optional). Then, click on "Send Email."

  To email the citations from the marked list, with any available full text, click on "Email articles," type an email address in the text box, select the format, and click on "Send Email."

• Saving to Disk
  To save an individual record as citation/abstract or full text, click on "File" from the browser bar, select "Save page as." In the window that appears, use the drop down menu to select the a:/ drive. Next, type in a file name and choose the desired file format. Finally, click on the "OK" button.

  To download the list of citations only from the marked list, click on "Export citations," choose a format, and follow the instructions.

EMAIL ALERTS

Set up an email alert service to receive notification of new articles on a specified search strategy. Follow the basic guidelines as mentioned in the RIS Library Guide, "Email Alert Services."

llb:wisconsin 08/16/2005