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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
   

 

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