ProQuest Newspapers provides access to article citations and full-text articles from The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Baltimore Sun, and the Christian Science Monitor.

Current Montgomery College students, faculty, & staff can access databases from on or off-campus. To access ProQuest Newspapers:

• Start at the Montgomery College Library home page: www.montgomerycollege.edu/library

• Click on Databases by Subject. Click ProQuest Newspapers under the Newspapers category.

• Off-campus or using a laptop on-campus: When you click on the link to the database, you will be asked to log in. Enter your Montgomery College ID ("M number," including the M) in the box. Problems logging in? Try the tips in our Troubleshooting Checklist.

The database will open to the Basic Search screen. To select the Advanced Search, click the green tab above the search box. Use the same methods to search in either the Basic or Advanced screen:

• Keywords: To search ProQuest Newspapers, choose several keywords that describe your topic. Enter them in the search box(es) with the connector words and & or. If you do not use and & or, the search will look for your words as a phrase (in the order you type them into the search box). This can prevent you from finding a lot of good articles.
  • AND: Combines search words so that the articles you get back contain all of the words you entered. Use and to connect the different ideas that you want the articles to discuss (e.g., eco-friendly and building).

  • OR: Combines search words so that the articles you get back contain at least one of the words you entered. Use or when you are searching with synonyms, abbreviations, alternate spellings, or related terms (e.g. environment or eco-friendly). NOTE: In the Basic Search box, put words connected with or in parentheses: building and (environment or eco-friendly). In the Advanced Search boxes, put the terms connected with or in the same search box.
    

• Limiting Your Search: You can tell the database to search within a specific set of requirements. To do this, use the options available below the search boxes or by clicking More Search Options at the bottom of the screen. The more limits you apply to your search, the fewer articles you will retrieve.
  • Full-text: To only retrieve articles with full-text available, select the full-text option below the search box.

  • Published Date: To specify a date range for the articles you retrieve, use the drop-down box. You can retrieve articles from a pre-set amount of time (e.g., last 7 days) or set your own dates. Enter dates as mm/dd/yyyy (e.g., 02/05/2001).

After you search, you will see a list of newspaper articles arranged in order by date, with the most recently published article at the top of the list. To see the article citation, abstract, and full-text (if available), click on the article's title. The full text of the article will automatically be displayed on the Document View page.

• Print: Click on the Print icon located in the yellow bar at the top of the Document View page. The article will be reformatted in a new window. A print window should open automatically; if it does not, select print from the File menu on your web browser's toolbar.

• E-mail: Click on the E-mail icon located in the yellow bar at the top of the Document View page. A new screen will open. Complete the information in the e-mail form (you can only enter one e-mail address at a time), then click Send Email.