Web Evaluation & News Sources

#1 Identify key words.

#2 Use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT)

• AND - joins dissimilar terms (narrows)
• OR - joins similar terms (broadens)
• NOT - eliminates terms (narrows)

#3 Use "quotations marks" to search for specific phrases. 

Know What You are Searching

Select the Source(s) You Want to Search

Pay Attention to Dates; Change as Desired

Sort By Relevance, Rather than by Date

Limit Key Words to a Specific Search Field, Rather than All Text

Pros

• Search multiple (or few) sources at the same time
• Options to limit your searches (e.g. by date, geographic area, and source type)
• Minimal, if any, advertising
• Additional tools e.g. citation creation
• Access to more content and older content that may otherwise be behind pay walls

Cons

• Graphical content is often removed
• Newspaper layout is often not included
• Accessing newspapers through Google may seem more intuitive than locating a database