Chemeketa's library subscribes to many magazines and newspapers. They are shelved just outside room 240 (the Instruction Room: Map). Magazines are in ABC order on the shelves by the title of the magazine. Newspapers are shelved in bins along the wall. Some older newspapers are on microfilm or in computerized form.
Magazines may be checked out for one week. Newspapers do not check out.
The library has many indexes to magazines and newspapers available in paper or electronically from our catalog page (Click "Article Indexes and Databases" to reach the database page.)
If you are accessing these databases from off campus, you will need your My Chemeketa user name and password; host provider students may use the Host provider database page for access.
All the online indexes are easy, but each works in a slightly different way.
Just click on the name of the database. You will see a small search box at the left side of the computer screen. Type a key word, for example "family," and press the Enter key. A list of topics will appear at right. Just click on the one you like.
If you wish to use either of these databases from off campus, you will need a user name and password, available from your instructor or from a librarian.
Once you have chosen your database by clicking on MAS Ultra, a screen with a search space will appear. Type your search word or phrase in the space. (Link to picture of the search screen) In the example pictured below, we have searched for the keyword "immigration."
When you click the Search button, a list of articles will appear. The newest articles will be at the beginning of a list. To see more information about an article, click on the highlighted title.
You will have options presented as links to narrow your search results by subject if you wish. In our example, the subject options include "Emigration & immigration" and "Illegal Aliens," among others. To focus your list to a particular subject, you may click on one of these links.
Many articles have links to full text, where you can read or print the article online. If an article has full text, you can also e-mail it to yourself. More information on printing, saving, and e-mailing articles is at the EBSCOhost instructions page.
If the magazine is one the library has ("Chemeketa owns this periodical"), you will need the name of the magazine and the date to find it on the shelf.
There is a page on how to use the Oregonian online at http://library.chemeketa.edu/instruction/oregonian.htm.
Here is a link to a World Almanac entry which explains Internet domain names (for example, .com). Click on the title ("Internet resources"), then on the "HTML Full Text" link to read it.
Internet resources. (2005). World almanac and book of facts. Retrieved Tuesday, April 18, 2006
from the MasterFILE Premier database.
Important considerations for evaluating information sources include:
For further help, ask for assistance at the Reference Desk