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Databases Series: Newspapers

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Hello!  My name’s Rebecca.  For those who haven’t been following this series, I am the Information Literacy Librarian here at the Chester County Library.  (You might recognize me as the librarian with the purple hair!)  Welcome to this series here on our blog where every week (or thereabouts) I’ll be introducing you to one of the library’s databases.  A library database, for those who are unsure, is essentially just an online resource that the library pays for so that you can access it for free with your library card!

A few weeks ago, I introduced you to our Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Times, and News for You newspaper databases.  Today, I’m going to introduce you to the last of our newspaper databases: AP Newsroom and ONEFILE: News. 

AP Newsroom is relatively self-explanatory and simple to use.  It is news and photos, both current and historical, from the Associated Press as brought to us by EBSCO, a popular library resource company.  You can search by keyword, filter by type, or browse the collections available on the homepage.

ONEFILE: News is a database with over 3,500 different newspaper publications aggregated by Gale, another popular library resource company.  You can use the search bar to search by keyword if you’re looking to read articles about a particular topic, or, if you’re looking to read articles from a particular publication, go to the Publication Search and type in the name of the newspaper.  If ONEFILE: News carries the publication, you will see it pop up.  For example, ONEFILE: News carries The Washington Post from January 1, 2014 to current.  Click on the name of the newspaper, click on the date of the issue you want to read, and then all the articles from that issue will show up in a list of titles.  Simple click on the article you’d like to read, and it will provide the full text.

Find AP Newsroom on our website by going to chescolibraries.org –> Tools and Research –> All CCLS Databases –> AP Newsroom (POWER Library)

Find ONEFILE: News on our website by going to chescolibraries.org –> Tools and Research –> All CCLS Databases –> O –> ONEFILE: News (POWER Library)

This post is number nineteen in this databases series!  If you missed the previous installments, you can view them here.

Databases Series: News for You

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Hello!  My name’s Rebecca.  For those who haven’t been following this series, I am the Information Literacy Librarian here at the Chester County Library.  (You might recognize me as the librarian with the purple hair!)  Welcome to this series here on our blog where every week (or thereabouts) I’ll be introducing you to one of the library’s databases.  A library database, for those who are unsure, is essentially just an online resource that the library pays for so that you can access it for free with your library card!

Following in the past couple weeks’ trend of introducing you to newspapers, I would like to talk a little about News for You.  News for You is a weekly news publication written at a basic adult English level for ESL (English as a Second Language) speakers and others with limited English proficiency.  The articles cover a wide-range of subjects both domestic and international.

For those who prefer to read a physical newspaper, we do offer copies on a limited basis for free upon request at the CCL Reference Desk.  But for those who don’t mind reading online, News for You Online includes curriculum and assignments for ESL students and teachers, vocabulary lists pulled from the week’s articles, teacher guides and voting guides, and more to support English language learning.  The best feature, however, is the built-in ability to listen to the articles read out loud.  You can click the play button at the top of each article to play the article out loud in full, or you can click on a single sentence to hear only that sentence.

Contact the Reference Desk at 610-344-5957 or ref@ccls.org to receive the login code.

Find News for You Online on our website by going to chescolibraries.org –> Tools and Research –> All CCLS Databases –> N –> News for You Digital Access

This post is number thirteen in this databases series!  If you missed the previous installments, you can view them here.

Databases Series: The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Hello!  My name’s Rebecca.  For those who haven’t been following this series, I am the Information Literacy Librarian here at the Chester County Library.  (You might recognize me as the librarian with the purple hair!)  Welcome to this series here on our blog where every week (or thereabouts) I’ll be introducing you to one of the library’s databases.  A library database, for those who are unsure, is essentially just an online resource that the library pays for so that you can access it for free with your library card!

Last week, I introduced you to how to access the New York Times online through the library, and this week I’d like to similarly introduce you to how to access and navigate The Philadelphia Inquirer online through the library.  Just as with the New York Times, access to The Philadelphia Inquirer is completely free with your library card, but The Philadelphia Inquirer through us might look a little different from The Philadelphia Inquirer’s standard website.  This is because our access to The Philadelphia Inquirer is through an organization called NewsBank that aggregates the current issues with historical records. 

So when you click our link to access The Philadelphia Inquirer, you will notice that you have three options to choose from.  The Philadelphia Inquirer 1829-1922 in image format, The Philadelphia Inquirer 1981-current in text format, and The Philadelphia Inquirer 2018-current in image format.  The difference between image format and text format is that image format is essentially just a scanned copy of the physical newspaper whereas the text format is just the text of the articles.  Text format articles will show up in a list of links to each article individually categorized by section of the newspaper.  Image format will show the entire issue at once with clickable thumbnail images down the side of the screen that you can click through similar to how you would flip through the pages of a physical newspaper.  You can use the viewer pane to zoom in and out of the page to make articles easier to read.  So all you have to do to read The Philadelphia Inquirer is choose between image and text format, choose your issue date, and start reading!

Find our links to The Philadelphia Inquirer on our website by going to chescolibraries.org –> Tools and Research –> All CCLS Databases –> P –> Philadelphia Inquirer

This post is number twelve in this databases series!  If you missed the previous installments, you can view them here.

Databases Series: New York Times

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Hello!  It’s Rebecca again!  I hope you enjoyed or learned something new from last week’s post by Mikaila, our Business and Career Librarian.  For those who haven’t been following this series, I am the Information Literacy Librarian here at the Chester County Library.  (You might recognize me as the librarian with the purple hair!)  Welcome to this series here on our blog where every week (or thereabouts) I’ll be introducing you to one of the library’s databases.  A library database, for those who are unsure, is essentially just an online resource that the library pays for so that you can access it for free with your library card!

Today, I’m going to introduce you to the New York Times.  That might sound a bit silly, because I’m sure all of you know what the New York Times is, but I’d bet some of you didn’t know that you could access the online version of this newspaper for free through the Chester County Library System! 

Access from home is provided in the form of a 24-hour day pass that can be renewed every day.  To get this day pass, first you’ll want to create an account with the New York Times website.  All you’ll need to do is input your email address and create a password.  Once you have an account with the website, go back to our databases page and click the Remote Access link to bring you to the page that will allow you to connect your library card to your account for the day.  You will then have full access to the New York Times online for 24 hours. To gain access again the next day, just click on that same Remote Access link, log in to your account if you aren’t already, and connect your library card.

Access from within the library is one step easier!  If you are on the library’s wifi network, all you need to do is create or log in to your account to get full access.  No need to link your library card and no 24-hour access limitation.

Find our links to the New York Times on our website by going to chescolibraries.org –> Tools and Research –> All CCLS Databases –> N –> New York Times

This post is number eleven in this databases series! If you missed the previous installments, you can view them here.