Ovid Technologies Field Guide

Newspaper Abstracts [NEWS]

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Scope

Newspaper Abstracts is produced by UMI, and provides cover-to- cover indexing with concise and informative abstracts of articles appearing in over 25 newspapers, including the following:

• The Atlanta Constitution
• The Atlanta Journal (selected articles)
• The Boston Globe
• The Chicago Tribune
• The Christian Science Monitor
• The Houston Chronicle
• The Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Washington Post
• plus...additional regional newspapers

Covered topics include all those found in these newspapers, such as international, national, regional, and local news, business and finance information, editorials, commentaries, letters-to-the-editor, arts and leisure pieces, special series and supplements, sports, and obituaries.

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General Information

Producer

UMI

A Bell & Howell Information Company

300 North Zeeb Road

Ann Arbor, MI 48106

313-761-4700

800-521-0600

800-343-5299 (Canada)

Years of Coverage

1989-present

Default fields for unqualified searches

AB, CO, HW, PN, PR, TI

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Searching the Newspaper Abstracts fields

The following alphabetical list provides the two-letter label, the relevant alias, and an example for each Newspaper Abstracts field.

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                Label        Name/Example
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                ab           Abstract
                example:     cultural issues.ab.

                ad           Date of Publication
                example 1:   1992 august$.ad.
                example 2:   1994 jun 13.ad.

                an           Accession Number
                example:     03724192.an.

                au           Authors
                example 1:   goodman ellen.au.
                example 2:   goodman e$.au.

                co           Company Names
                example:     amtrak.co.

                dd           Document Delivery
                - display only -

                ew            Entry Week
                example:      9602.ew.

                gl           Geographic Location
                example:     sherman texas.gl.

                hw           Heading Words
                example:     takeover$.hw.

                is           ISSN
                example:     0028-7806.is.

                jc           Journal Code
                example:     nybr.jc.

                jn           Journal Name
                example:     new york times$.jn.

                jw           Journal Word
                example:     houston.jw.

                lt           Length of Article
                example 1:   long.lt.
                example 2:   short.lt.

                nd           Numeric Date of Publication
                example:     951205.nd.

                nt           Notes
                example:     photograph.nt.

                pg           Pagination
                example:     8.pg.

                pn           Personal Names
                example 1:   jordan barbara.pn.
                example 2:   jordan b$.pn.

                pr           Product Names
                example:     jeep wrangler.pr.

                pt           Publication Type
                example:     editorial cartoon.pt.

                sh           Subject Headings
                example:     land reclamation.sh.

                ti           Title
                example:     holiday sales.ti.

                yr           Year of Publication
                example 1:   1994.yr.
                example 2:   94.yr.

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Newspaper Abstracts Limits

The following are the Ovid limits for the Newspaper Abstracts database.

                Limit Name             Example


                Document Delivery:     limit 1 to available from umi

                Length of Article:     limit 1 to medium

                Publication Type:      limit 1 to movie review

                Year of Publication:
                Sentence Sytax:        limit 1 to yr=95
                Command Syntax:        ..l/1 yr=95


                Change to Newspaper Abstracts from another database:

                Command Syntax:        ..c/news
                Sentence Syntax:       use news

Revised 02/27/96