The most recent 90 days of the New York Times are available online via ProQuest. For the text of articles back to January 1991, CD-ROMs are mounted on a server in Technology Services. If you are on-campus, your PalmNet computer can connect remotely to the proper drives, run a search program, find articles, and print or save results to a file in just a few simple steps. Detailed directions follow. For in-person help, call (561) 803-2227 or come to the PBA Library reference area.
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If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer as your browser, follow these steps:
1. Click on the "Connect to The New York Times" Icon.
2. Internet Explorer will bring up a "File Download" box. In it,
Click the option "Run this program from its current location" then
Click the "OK" button.
3. A PROQNYT window will open on your screen displaying text messages as the drives are connected to your PC. Just wait a moment.
4. The ProQuest 4.41 ASCII search software window will open. (Skip to Part Two, below.)
If you use Netscape Navigator or Communicator as your browser, follow these steps:
1. Click on the "Connect to The New York Times" Icon.
2. Netscape will bring up a "Save As..." box similar to the one illustrated here.
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"Save in:" and select "Desktop"
4. Click the "Save" button 5. Minimize or close Netscape.
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7. A ProQuest Windows Search program will open on your screen.
The ProQuest Searchware is a Windows program. It is similar to the Web software, but not the same. Press the Help menu button or the F1 key for detailed help.
First, you must select the backfile data you want to search. Click the checkbox(es) beside the date(s) for which you want to search the New York Times, then click the OK button.
Next you will see the Search screen. Enter your term(s) and press the Search button. To construct advanced searches, you may use the Fields and/or Operators buttons.
When you see the results list, you can select one or more articles by clicking on the "Text" icon, to the right of the citation. Then press the "Display" button to view the article(s). On the screen you will see first the bibliographic information, then below it will be an abstract giving a brief summary of the article, and following that will be the actual text of the story.
You may print from the results list screen. Or, to print while viewing a story, press the printer icon or select File -- Print from the menu..
Like other Windows programs, you need to end the properly:
1. From the File menu, select Exit.
2. Or, click the X-shaped Close box in the upper right corner of the program's window.
4. When the ProQuest window goes away, you are done.
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