HIST 112: Historic Newspapers Assignment (Prof. Spruill)  

Limit the date range.  From the dropdown change "All Dates" to "Specific date range ..."  Start with the date of the event, except for the victory for woman suffrage.  For the victory for woman suffrage start on August 14, 1920.  To search a two week period count forward 14 days and make that your End date.

You will need to select keywords to describe your topic and enter the keywords into the search boxes.  Try a combination of keyword searches.  The Historical Newspaper databases do not work well if you try to search for a long phrase. 

For example, Speech by Booker T. Washington at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta.   Try entering Booker T. Washington in the first search box.  Enter cotton states in the second search box.  Enter speech or address in the third search box.  This may yield one set of results.  

Sometimes less is more.  If you do not get results, or feel like there should be more on the topic, just enter one term.  For example, Booker T. Washington.

Remember, you are searching the full text of articles written during that time period.  Therefore, you will have to think about what terms might have used at that time in an article. 

Try a variety of keyword searches.

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