TimesDigitalArchive,17851985 SearchTips

GalesTimesDigitalArchive,17851985allowsyoutosearchandviewonlinethebestknownandmostcitednewspaperinthe world,*TheTimes(London),initsoriginalpublishedcontext.Hailedastheworldsnewspaperofrecordsince1785,TheTimes (London)isregardedasthemostauthoritativemediumforpolitical,legal,businessandsocialnews.Readbyworldleadersand thegeneralpublic,readershaveconsistentlyturnedtoTheTimes(London)foritsindepthawardwinningnewscoverage, parliamentaryreportsandcomment,editorialopinionandauniqueviewofhistoryfromthemajorreportersandeditorsofthe period.Nowyouhaveaccesstothishighlyregardedresourceforthestudyofworldhistoryforaperiodof200years.Itshigh resolutiondigitalformatallowsyoutoseethecompletepageofeveryissueofTheTimes(London)from1785to1985,providing youacomprehensiveandaccurateviewoftheworldfromthedetailedperspectiveofjournalistswholivedandreportedthe eventsofthelast200years. *ProductNote:TheTimes(London)isnotpublishedonSundays(TheSundayTimesisadistinctnewspaperwithnoeditorial connectiontoTheTimesLondon,andisnotincludedinthisdatabase).

SCOPE/CONTENTS
TimesDigitalArchivetrulyisacrossdisciplinaryresearchtool.With1millionpagesandmorethan8millionarticles,theTimes Digital Archive captures every page in its entirety, including every front page, illustration/photo, article, editorial, advertisement,and,birthanddeathnotice. Theentirenewspaperisdividedintoanumberofcategoriestofacilitatesearching.Eacharticleisassignedtooneof26sub categories,whichrollupintosevenmaincategories.Thisfacilitatessearchingbyallowingyoutosearchforjustthosetypesof storiesthatareapplicabletoyourresearch.Throughthecategoriesandsubcategoriesyouwilldiscover: Advertisementsthatproviderevealinginsightintocontemporarylifeduringthepast200years ThousandsofbookreviewsfromthecriticaleyeofTheTimesLondonbookreviewers Financialandbusinessactivitiesasrevealedthroughthereporterseyesandears Awealthofitemsonroyalty,engagements,marriagesanduniversitynewsfromtheCourtPage Worldfamouscrosswordpuzzlesbeginningwiththefirstpuzzle,publishedonFebruary1,1930 DetailedandauthoritativedailyreportsoftheactualwordsspokenduringParliamentarydebates Authoritativelawreportswrittenandeditedbylawyersandoftenusedasprecedentsincourt LetterstotheEditorcoveringeveryconceivabletopic Obituaries,birth/death/marriagenoticesandofficialappointmentnoticesthatareinvaluableresearchtoolsfor historiansandgenealogistsalike Currentsportsnewsandevents Theatrecriticsinfluentialopinionsofeventsandpeople

SEARCHOPTIONS
TherearefourdifferentwaystosearchtheTimesDigitalArchive: KeywordSearch(defaultsearch)permitssearchingbytitle,authorandfulltextofthearticle,notjustincontrolled indexterms. RelevanceSearcheachtermisanalyzedforitsfrequencyofuseineacharticleandthefrequencyofusewithinall articlesandresultsarelistedrankedbyrelevancy. BrowsebyDateletsyoufindanindividualissueofthenewspaperandbrowsethroughthearticles,pagebypage. AdvancedSearchprovidessearchingbyallarticlesubcategoriesaswellasanumberofindiceswithinaframework whereyoucanbuildassimpleorascomplexasearchexpressionasyouwantusingindexterms,Booleanlinking operatorsandwildcards. Allpages,notjustfrontpagesorselectedclippedarticles,areavailableforsearchingandviewing.Youcansearchthroughthe TimesDigitalArchiveusingkeywordsearchingandhittermhighlightingandretrievefullfacsimileimagesofaspecificarticleor thecompletepage,withtheimagepresentedonasinglescreen.

SEARCHENHANCEMENTS
Searchtermsarehighlightedinyourchosenarticle. Digitallyenhancedimagesdeliverthebestpossibleresultswhilestillprovidinghighresolutionphotosandillustrations.

Thumbnailimageswithinyoursearchresultsshowthesizeandlocationofthearticleonthepage,allowingyouto weightheimportanceofspecificarticlesbeforeviewingthem. TitlesandBylineinformationaremanuallycorrectedtoensuremaximumpossibleaccuracyofthesekeyfields.

LIMITSEARCHOPTIONS
You may limit Keyword, Relevance, and Advanced searches to a particular date or date range, to one or more newspaper sections,ortoonlyarticleswithillustrations.Tolimitbydate,usethepulldowndateboxestoselecteitheralldates,before, on, after, or between dates. To limit your search to only articles with illustrations or to one or more newspaper sections, simplyselecttheappropriatebox(es)tolimityoursearch. Thenewspapersectionsavailableare: Advertising Business EditorialandCommentary Features News People PictureGallery

KEYWORDSEARCH
AKeywordSearchlooksforthewordorwordsentered.Resultsarelistedfromtheoldesttothemostrecentpublicationdate, withabreakoutofarticlesbycategorytoallowquickaccesstothemostrelevantarticles.Thereareseveralwaystorefinea KeywordSearchusingwildcards,Booleanoperators,nestingoperators,proximityoperators,orrestorationmarks. The Keyword Search is usually the defaultsearch.Ifyouarenotonthis screen, click on the Keyword Search linkintheblueareaonthelefthand sideofthescreen.Akeywordsearch may be conducted across just the title, subtitles and author fields by using the in title, citation, abstract radiobuttonundertheentrybox,or across those fields plus the fulltext of the article by choosing the in entirearticlecontentradiobutton. SearchScenario:SumnerWelleswas the American UnderSecretary of StateandacloseadvisortoPresident FranklinRoosevelt.AKeywordSearchonSumnerWelleswillshownewsarticlesrelatedtoWorldWarIIandU.S.involvement duringthisperiod. 1. Clickintherectangleslotandtypethenamesumner welles. 2. Selecttheradiobuttontosearchinentirearticle content.ClickontheSearchbuttontostartthesearch.

KEYWORDRESULTSSEARCHSCREEN
1. Notethatthereare614resultslistedinthecitationslist andthattheresultsaresubdividedatthetopofthe displaybycategory.Asthesearetoomanyarticlesto review,we'llfurthernarrowthesearch.So,clickSearch undertheBacktolistonthemenuinthebluemargin ontheleftsideofthescreen.

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NarrowthesearchbyincludingItalyinthekeywordsearchbynowtypingsumnerwellesanditalyandmarkthe checkboxesnexttoEditorialandCommentaryandNewssections.

Notehowthishasnarrowedtheresultsto 94articlesinthefoursections. Youcan viewaspecificarticleorthepageonwhich thatarticleappears,eitherthroughyour BrowseroraPDFfile.Noticethedatabase showsathumbnailimageofthenewspaper pagesoyoucanseetheplacementofthe article(outlinedinred). Letslookatanarticle.ClicktheArticlelink.

ARTICLEDISPLAY
Afullrecordisdisplayedeitherasclippedarticleimagesorfullpageimages.Atthetopofthepagethereisadropdownlist whereyoumaychangethezoommagnificationandview.Youmayswitchtheviewbetweentheclippedarticleandthefullpage containingthearticle.Thezoompercentagechangesthedegreeofenlargementfromtheoriginalnewspaper.

SelectPrintinthelefthandcolumntoreformatthearticleandsendittothelocalornetworkprinterinonestep.Thearticle image will be automatically scaled, rotated, and/or made to span pages for optimal printing. (Note that only the article is printed, even if the whole page is being displayed. To print the whole page use select Retrieval in the lefthand column for AcrobatPDFretrievaloptions.) Select Retrieval in the lefthand column to jump to the retrieval options and related sources at the bottom of the article. RetrievaloffersBrowserPrint(sameasprintbuttoninthelefthandnavigationbar),AcrobatReader(usefultoviewfullpages), andemaildelivery(willemailonlythecitationtothearticle). SelectLinksinthelefthandcolumntojumpdirectlytothebottomofthearticle.Thereyou'llseelinkstootherarticlesstarting onthesamepageandotherarticlesinthesamecategoryasthisarticleinthisissue.Selectalinktoseetheassociatedcitations.

RELEVANCESEARCH
ARelevanceSearchismosteffectivewhentwoormoresearchtermsareentered.Eachtermisanalyzedforitsfrequencyofuse in each article and the frequency of use within all articles. Articles are assigned a higher relevancy score when they contain termsmoreoften,orwhentheycontaintermsthatarefoundinrelativelyfewotherarticles.Theresultswillbelistedaccording totheirrelevancetothesearchterms.TheresultslistwillNOTbelistedinchronologicalorder. ClickontheRelevanceSearchlinkinthebluemenuareaontheleftsideofthescreen.(ClicktheReturntoSearchbuttonto returntothehomepage.) Search Scenario: How did The Times (London) report the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt? There are many Roosevelts,andmanydeaths.Howdoweretrievearticlesrelatingtothisparticularevent?UseRelevanceSearchtorank articlesbythenumberofreferencestheycontaintobothRooseveltanddeath.Chancesarethatmultiplereferencestothese wordsarelikelytoappearinarelevantarticle. 1. 2. 3. Typerooseveltdeathinthesearchbox Clicktheradiobuttontosearchintheentirearticle. Click Search, with the radio button in entire article contentmarked.

ForaRelevanceSearch,thereisamaximumof200results, listedinorderofrelevance.ThefirstsixorsoallrelatecloselytothecircumstancesimmediatelyrelatedtothePresidentsdeath onApril12,1945. ThereareseveralwaystorefineaRelevanceSearch.ClickonHelpSearchintheupperportionofthebluemarginattheleftof thescreenformoredetailedinformationon RelevanceSearch.

BROWSEBYDATESEARCH
TheBrowsebyDateSearchletsyoufindanindividualissue of The Times (London) and browse through the articles in it,pagebypage. Tobrowse,simplyselectaYear,MonthandDayfromthe dropdownboxesandpresstheBrowsebutton.Notethat after you select the Year and Month from the dropdown boxes, you may fill in the Day box by clicking on an underlineddateinthecalendar.Byselectinganunderlined day in the calendar, you avoid selecting a day for which there was not an issue published. Using the calendar also makesiteasytobrowseaparticulardayoftheweek.Note: TheTimes(London)isnotpublishedonSundays. ClickontheBrowsebyDateSearchlinkinthebluemenuareaontheleftsideofthescreen. Search Scenario: Someone is interested in what was happening in London during the time of John F. Kennedys assassination and what The Times (London) said about the assassination the day after it happened on November 22, 1963.BrowseTheTimes(London)forNovember23,1963. 1 2 Usingthedropdownmenuboxes,selecttheYear1963;MonthNovember;andDay23. ClickBrowse.

BROWSEPAGESSCREEN
Fromthisscreenyoucanbrowsethenewspaperelectronically.Thisscreenshowssmallimagesofthefirsteightpagesof thenewspaper. Aboveeachpageimageareanumberoflinks: ViewPagedisplaysthatfullpageinthebrowser PDFLinksallowyoutoretrievethepageinPDFformatforviewingorprinting Navigationcontrolsallowyoutonavigatearoundthepagesofthisissueorgotoadjacentissues PageNumbersallowyoutojumptoaparticularpage Dropdownboxofpageintheissuetakesyouimmediatelytothat pageevenifitsnotinthecurrentwindowYoucanstartby viewingPage1orclicktoviewPDFimagesorscrollthrough thenewspaperpages.Noticeonpage1belowthebolded mentionofPresidentKennedysassassinationintheupper rightportionofthescreen. OntheBrowsePagesScreen,totherightofeachsmallpage isalistofthearticlesonthatpage.Whenyoupointthe cursortoatitle,thearticleisoutlinedonthepageimageso thatyoucanseethesizeandplacementofthearticleinthe newspaper.Ifyouclickonthearticletitle,thearticleis displayedallowingyoutoreadit.Ifyoupointtotheportions ofthepageimage,apopupappearstellingyouthetitleofthe articleatthatspotofthepage.Youcanmovethecursor aroundthepageimagetofindanarticle.Ifyouclickonaspot

ofthepageimage,thearticlethereisdisplayed.

ADVANCEDSEARCH
The Advanced Search provides searchers withthemostcontrol.Youcanrefineyour search in several different ways while you are building your search string. Use wildcards, Boolean operators, proximity operators, range, operators, or dates. (Refer to the Advanced Help Search for more information on refining your searches.) ***LetstryanAdvancedSearch*** Click on the Advanced Search link in the blue area on the lefthand side of the screen. The advanced search can be as simpleorascomplexasyouwouldlike. Search Scenario: You are interested in information on the film version of Gone withtheWind,releasedin1939. 1. Go toAdvancedSearchandchoose ArtsandEntertainmentand ReviewsundertheFeaturesection forthesubsectionstobesearched. IntheSelectIndexdropdown,chooseText.Afterthetxinthedataentrybox,typegonewiththewind. Fromthedateboxeschooseafter1January1938. ResultsincludecitationsfrombothArtsandEntertainmentandReviews.Forthissearchthereare94results.Note that the first article indicates that actress Norma Shearer was chosen to play Scarlett, but in the next article she withdrew.

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LIMITINGADVANCEDSEARCHES
InAdvancedSearch,ifyouwishtolimityoursearchfurther,gobacktothesearchscreenandeitherusethelimitsearch option boxes on the screen or type the results set number, e.g. R1, in the search box along with the additional abbreviationsfromthepulldownmenuwithtermstobuildthesearch.

COMBININGSEARCHES
SayyouaredoingsomehistoricalresearchonoilinIraq.YouhavealreadyperformedaKeywordSearchonIraqandoil. Younowwanttoexplorethissubjectinmoredepthbyaddingproductionandprofitbutyoudonotwishtostartfrom scratch. Go to the Advanced Search screenandlookintheHistory sectiontoseewhattheresult setnumberisfortheIraqand oil search. In this case the resultsetisR1. Youwouldbuildyoursearchtolooklikethefollowing.


Nowyourresultsincludefewerarticleswiththenewcriteria,givingyouanarrowerresultfocusedonoilproductionand profitsfromanhistoricalperspective.

MARKLIST
YoumaysavedocumentsinaMarkListforfurtheractionlater.SimplychecktheboxnexttothetitleintheResultsList. ThedocumentsyoucheckwillbeputinaMarkListandanewbutton,ViewMarkList,willappearontheleftsideofthe screen.Fromthearticleview,youmaychecktheboxnexttothearticletoaddittotheMarkList.Youmayprintoremail thearticlecitationsfoundinyourMarkList,butnotthearticleimageitself.

RETRIEVALOPTIONS
Youmayprintthearticlesorfullpagesinthefollowingways. Whenviewinganarticle,thePrintoptionontheleftmenuwillreformatthe articleforstandardbrowserprinting.Inaddition,optionsatthebottomofthe screenwillalsoallowyoutoreformatthearticleforprintingwithinyourbrowser, orprintthecorrespondingpageviaAdobeAcrobatacrosseither1,2or4pages. Whenviewingafullpage,thePrintoptionontheleftmenuwillreformatfor browserprintingjustthearticlethatledyoutothispage(notethatthisoptionis notavailablewhenyoureachedafullpagethroughtheBrowsebyDatesearch option).Optionsatthebottomofthescreenwillalsoallowyoutoreformatthe articleforprintingwithinyourbrowser,orprintthecorrespondingpageviaAdobeAcrobatacrosseither1,2or4 pages. Clickonthebuttontoprintoremailintheleftmarginandfollowthedirections.

LINKTOOTHERRELATEDARTICLESRELATEDTOTHESUBJECT
Atthebottomofeacharticleisalistofotherarticlesstartingonthesamepageorotherarticlesfromthesameissuethat areofthesamecategory(suchasNews).ScrolltothebottomofthearticleorclickontheLinksbuttoninthelefthand margin.

INFOMARKS
AnInfoMarkatthetopofanypageindicatesthattheURLofthepagepersistsevenwhenthesessionisover. PersistentURLscanbebookmarkedforfuturereferenceorcopiedintoanelectronicmailmessageorontoa Web page. InfoMarks lets you save and relaunch searches and embed them on Web pages, email, word processing documents, and more. With a click of the mouse, you can access a comprehensive knowledge basethatyouhavedesigned.InfoMarksisthepremiertoolforcreatingreadinglists,coursepacks,studyguides,content services, guidelines for special projects, bibliographies, training sites, electronic journal directories, and so much more.

YoucouldtrackanauthorInfoMarkthesearch,thenrevisitthenewandupdateddataasoftenasyoulike.

FormoreinformationonhowtouseInfoMarks,clicktheInfoMarkiconfromwithintheTimesDigitalArchiveorreferto thewebsitewww.galegroup.com/infomarks. *FormoreinformationaboutsearchingtheTimesDigitalArchivecheckouttheHelpfeaturelocatedinthemarginonthe lefthandside.