Assignment 5

Note:your assignment needs to be typed!

1. Why would you use LexisNexis?   What type of resources does it make available to you and in what areas?

2. Have you heard the recent alarming news aboutthe Colony Collapse Disorder responsible for the disappearance of a huge number of honeybees?Use the News category in LexisNexis and find a recent article from U.S. newspapers & Wire on the topic.

Your Keyword search is:

Cite one of the most recent articles on the topic:

News source:
Author (see under "Byline"):
Title of article:
Section and Page(s):
Date:

3. On  October 28, 2007, you were watching CBS’s news story on what dreams are made of. Find the news transcript.  What's the  title of the news report?

4.  Now, use the Legal collection in LexisNexis to find articles on the topic of use of death row prisoners as organ donors.

Your search is:

Select one of the articles you retrieved and provide:

Name of source:
Author (if available):
Title of article:
Section and Page(s) (if available):
Date:

5. Check the COCC E-journals collection (look under the category Research Tools) and find out if we have full-text access to Consumer Reports as an e-journal.

a. so, is Consumer Reports listed in our e-journal collection?

b. what article database(s) allow you to search this magazine?

c. find a Consumer Reports article evaluating and giving advice on digital cameras within the last couple of years.  What is the title of the article?

6.  Now back to the newspaper databases! This time I want you to use The Oregonian database to find newspaper articles discussing the comeback of wolves to Oregon. You wish to limit/refine your search by making the word "wolves" appear in the headlines and the word "Oregon" to appear in Lead/First paragraphs.  Search for all years. 

        a. What search mode (basic keyword or advanced) do you need to use?

        b. Perform the search.  How many hits (articles) did you get?

        c. Cite below one of the articles that you found :

Title of article:
Author:
Date:
Page number(s):

7.   a. What specific years does the database New York Times cover?    

    b. Now use the New York Times database and do an Advanced search to locate the front page news articles on the date you were born. You do not need to type in a keyword to do this search!  Just specify the date and click on "More options" to limit your search to "Front page" (for additional help on how to use these features, see our course web page on Historical New York Times).

Provide some of the headlines of the newspaper for your birth date:

8.  a. What is NewsLink?

      b. Why would you use it?

9.   Using NewsLink locate the web site for The Seattle Times (you may choose another online newspaper, if you wish).  Now find what today’s top stories are in this newspaper.  Put down the title of a story that you found interesting. 

10.  In general, when would you use newspapers for a project (remember our discussion in class or visit our course web site that discusses newspaper sources!)?