The New York Times

When To Use It

For …

• very recent information

• public opinion

To Find …

• the date of an event

• first hand reports of past events (i.e., World War II)

• speeches, business reports and obituaries of people

• reviews of books, movies, plays and art shows

• New York State related news

How To Use It

The major research newspaper at Monroe Community College’s LeRoy V.
Good Library is The New York Times, which we own from 1914 to the present.
Although the Damon City Campus Library keeps only the most recent issues
of this title, DCC students can have articles faxed from Brighton. This service
can take from 1-3 days.

While you will find the latest three months of this periodical on our current newspaper shelves, older editions will be on microfilm. Some of our online article databases provide full-text articles from the paper.

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You can locate articles on a specific topic in one of two ways:

1.) The New York Times Index – Shelved in the reference area, this print
      resource will help you identify articles by subject.  It is especially useful
      if you are looking for information on an event occurring before 1980.

      Here's how to use it:

• Look up your subject.

• Choose the news summary which meets your needs.

• Copy down the month, day, page, section and column for the article
  (the year is on the Index cover).

• Go to the Microfilm Room (located on the Main Floor of the LeRoy
  V. Good Library, Brighton Campus) to read or print from the appropriate microfilm.

2.)  MCC Libraries subscribe to several online article databases that either
       index citations to The New York Times or provide full-text articles for you to
       print directly from the computer.

     Searching Custom Newspapers

     To find full-text articles from 1/2000 to present:

• Type your keywords in the entry box (for example, "drug traffic").

• Limit your search so that you can find articles specifically from
  The New York Times.

• Click <Search>

• Review the results. If the full-text article you want is not available from the database, copy down the month, day, page section and column information for the article (for example, January 30, 2004, p.A11 col 05).

• If the article is less than 3 months old, go to the newspaper shelves
  and look at the article in print form.

• If your article is older than 3 months, you will need to go to the Microfilm Room, located on the Main Floor of the LeRoy V. Good Library to read or print your article from the appropriate microfilm reel. You should also check the holdings in our online article databases to see if the full article is available directly from the computer.

Any questions? Ask a Librarian at the Information Desk for help!

A. Harrington, Revised 9/2007, http://www.monroecc.edu/go/library

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