Historical Newspapers Workshop • Thursday, Februrary 20, 2020, 11:30am-12:20pm
This session will cover how to access and search historical newspapers of the United States that are available online, either freely available or through MTSU Library’s subscriptions.
Session topics:
- Determining what historical newspapers are online
- Search term tips (e.g., use of synonyms and terms in use during a historical period)
- Search limits (publication date, front page only, letters to the editor, photo captions, etc.)
- Searching across multiple historical newspapers
- Finding copies of newspapers that are not available online.
Prerequisites:None
Presenter: Walker Library’s Digital Initiatives Librarian, Ken Middleton
Location: Walker Library, LIB 272 (Instruction Classroom)
