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When you want to stay informed about the latest twist or turn in a news cycle, newspapers, broadcast television, and cable news are easily available via the Internet. Opinions posted in blogs offer a quick response to a news event. You can be inundated with information that hasn't had a chance to settle.

Print sources used to offer a measured response to an event. They had a bit of time to gather the details, all the details and think through what happened before publishing the story. Op-ed pieces published in print sources try to follow that pattern by offering thoughtful feedback.

Most general databases in GALILEO offer a search limiter to editorials in the advanced search option.

I'm specifically looking for newspaper editorials. We have access to ProQuest Newspapers through GALILEO.

The basic ProQuest Newspapers search screen is really basic. There's a search box with a Full Text check box. Period. That definitely gives one the clue to use Advanced Search to add any limiters.

Republican Primary is my search phrase - no quotes. ProQuest did offer me other choices in auto-complete. That can be helpful when the search term you've decided to use just doesn't quite fill the bill.

In Advanced Search, I selected : Date Range - Last 7 days : the Document Type - editorial : the Language- English : sorted by Publication Date (most recent).

67 editorials were retrieved. One for today (January 4) from the New York Times.
A second search putting "Republican Primary" in quotes, retrieved 12 editorials. Quotation marks are a powerful limiter!

It is interesting to read editorials from around the country on the same topic. You can create an e-mail alert or an RSS feed in ProQuest Newspapers. Just click on the link in the upper right hand corner.

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