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Advice for new users: After you do a search, a screen will come up
with the results of that search. You may view a summary of the document
for free. Once you determine which document you would like to view,
click on the icon with the '$'. If you
are a new user, you will be taken
to a pricing page, where you can choose the plan to purchase. After
deciding which plan best fits your needs, you will be taken through the
purchase experience. After confirming your purchase, the full text of
the document will be displayed. You may choose to print the document or
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document for 90 days, you may complete the same search and retrieve the
document again during this time period.
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page to fill in date range, author, headline, or subject fields. The more
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Using AND narrows the search, using OR broadens the search, and using NOT
excludes unwanted items. The NOT operator is useful in refining an initial
query that returns a broad list of results. WITHIN and ADJ controls how
close your search terms must be to one another. ADJ also checks that words
found are in the same order as in your search expression. For more detail,
visit Search Tips.
What part of the article is actually searched for my search term?
The basic search includes the full text of the entire article, as well as
text from the headline, author field, date range, subject terms, etc. For
more detail on getting good search results, visit
Search Tips.
How do I browse articles that appeared on one specific day?
On the advanced search page, use the date range option to select the
specific date, insert a "*" into the "Search for" field, and click the
search button.
To search for an obituary use the Advanced Search; next, in the Headline
prompt box list the person's name this way:
first name pre/3 last name
Example: john pre/3 doe.
(Using the proximity of pre/3 tells the system to find the first name 3
words before the last name; this takes into account the use of a middle
initial or a nickname.)
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