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Unit 3 - Newspapers Database Comparison | ![]() |
DATABASE FEATURES |
ProQuest | SIRS |
Date Range | varies | varies |
Scope | 9 national papers | 100+ local & national papers |
Indexing | selected | selected |
Full text | yes | yes |
Keyword Searching | yes | yes |
Phrase Searching | no quotations around phrase | quotations required around phrase |
Edit a search | yes | no |
Boolean operators | yes | yes |
Order of results | most current first | relevance or most current |
E-mail articles | yes | yes |
Search by newspaper title | yes | no |
Charts, images and graphics | yes | yes |
Email:
swharff@nvcc.edu Last updated: Wednesday, July 3, 2002 |