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The New York Times
is one of the best-known
newspapers in the United
States. It offers extensive
national and international
news coverage, including
important documents and
speeches, detailed
obituaries, business
reports, art and fashion
news, as well as reviews of
books, movies, plays.
Following is a sample
citation from The New
York Times Index, 1971,
for an article describing
the historic occasion of the
admission of the People's
Republic of China into the
United Nations.
Following the abstract, the
index indicates the issue
date, page, and column of
the article:
O
26………..………...October 26
1…..………….……….page 1
8……………...……….column 8
Note that the citation does
not indicate the author of
the article. Also, the year
is not indicated with the
date. All citations in an
annual volume of the index
are from a single year which
is printed on the index's
spine, outside cover, and
cover page. As with print
periodical indexes,
The New York Times Index
includes helpful descriptive
information in a prefatory
section. Entitled "How to
Use the New York Times
Index," this section
provides a description of
the overall organization of
the index and details
related to the citations.
After copying the article's
date, section (if any),
page, and column information
from the citation, the next
step is to find the article
itself. The UW-WC Library has
issues of The New York
Times from 1851 to 2002
on Microfilm (ask for help
from the library staff).
The current issue is on
display in the Current
Periodicals section of the
library and issues from the
last six months are located
behind the Circulation
Desk. If necessary, ask
the library staff for
assistance in using the
microfilm reader/printer.
Copies can be made from the
microfilm reader for 10
cents per page and can be
picked up at the Circulation
Desk.
Going Beyond
The New York Times
Print Index
Citations for The
New York Times in
EbscoHOST Academic Search
Elite, Proquest's Newspaper
Index or Lexis-Nexis'
Newspaper Index.
Lexis-Nexis, although harder
to use, has full-text of the
New York Times dating back
to 1980.
Following is an
example of an EbscoHost citation.
Title:
China's Path Not
Clear. (cover
story)
Subjects:
UNITED States
-- Commerce --
China;
CHINA --
Commerce --
United States;
WORLD Trade
Organization
--
Membership;
INTERNATIONAL
trade
Source:
New York
Times,
11/17/99, Vol.
149 Issue 51709,
pA1, 0p
Author(s):
Kahn, Joseph
Abstract:
Analyzes the
trade agreement
between China
and the United
States announced
on November 15,
1999, as a
Precursor to
Chinese
membership in
the World Trade
Organization.
Other nations
yet to negotiate
their trade
Agreements
with China;
Timetable; US
supporters and
opponents of the
agreement;
Provisions of
the agreement,
Including
removal of
annual
Congressional
review of
Chinese trade
status.
AN:
2487590
ISSN:
0362-4331
Note: The
College of Marin
Library
subscribes to
this periodical.
Database:
MasterFILE
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Note that the EbscoHost citation
includes the article's
title and author.
The New York Times
on the World Wide Web
The New York Times
has a site on the World
Wide Web at
www.nytimes.com.
Certain features of
The New York Times on
the Web such as news
of the day, book reviews
published within a
specified time period,
film and theater
reviews, recent
columns, and recent
articles from specific
sections are available
if you register with the
web site; registration
is free. Another feature
of the web site is a
searchable archive of
article citations from
The New York Times.
Summaries can be viewed
for free but you will be
charged to access the
full text of an article.
However, as a student at
UW-WC, you have
full-text access either
through the online
databases or through the
microfilm, so there is
never a need to pay to
access an article
directly from their
website.
If you need help
using a newspaper index
or any other library
resource,
please ask a Reference
Librarian for
assistance.
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