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English Comp 1: Advanced Article Search: Search for Articles and Essays

Find NYT news and magazine articles in an online database (General Onefile by Gale)

Go to https://www.ccm.edu/student-support/library/   Click on Library Start Page.   

You may also just go directly to the Library Start Page at ccm.libguides.com/Library

Once on the Library Start Page, click on Assignments. 

Click on Database List.

Scroll down and click on General Onefile

Note: if you are off-campus, you will be prompted to log into the CCM proxy server.  

Click on Advanced Search

In the top box, enter your author's name.  Select Author in the drop-down "Field" menu.

In the middle box, enter a keyword term, such as housing or  opioid

Click SEARCH.

From the search results page, click on either News or Magazines, from the bar on the top.

On the right side, click on the box for Publication Title. 

  • For the News collection, put a check in the boxes of all of the following titles when available:
  • The New York Times, New York Times Digital, International New York times.

If you don't find an article, use your back button to your original results list, and switch to the Magazine collection on the top bar. Click on Publication Title on the right side.

  • Put a check in the box of New York Times Magazine. 

Click on the title of an article that was published close to the date of the reading suggested. 

You may print, save or download the article.

A draft of an MLA citation is provided under "Cite", but may have some errors. Please review and edit before turning in

Hint:  at the top right side of the article, click on GET LINK and copy the permanent URL to use in the citation. A permalink will allow the reader to immediately go to the full text of an article, although the CCM proxy server username and password must be entered when prompted.  See details on the Search from Home tab.

Find articles by a particular publication

Follow the directions to the database list above.

Scroll down and click on  General Onefile

Note: if you are off-campus, you will be prompted to log into the CCM proxy server.  

Click on Advanced Search

In the top box, enter the name of the publication you would like to search (Example: New Yorker).  Select Publication Title in the drop-down "Field" menu.

In the middle box, enter a keyword term, such as housing or  opioid

Click SEARCH. 

The results are dispalyed in order of relevance, but you may also sort by newest publication date. 

Click on the title of an article to view the full text. 

Retrieve by clicking Send, Print or Download.  Note the Get Link URL for the permalink. 

The permalink will return to this article. Note CCM proxy server login credentials are required if off campus. The Citation link provides a draft MLA citation for an article, including a permalink.

Note that there are often small errors in these citations which should be corrected.