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How to Search for Newpaper Articles

When trying to find newspaper articles, the articles you find will be those that use words or phrases that match the terms or phrases you search for. Newspapers have very little in the way of index or subject terms, so your best bet is to match words or phrases. 

Newspapers generally come in two flavors. National papers are located in major cities. They cover both news for their city, and world events and international news. Local papers are located in smaller cities, or are located in big cities but focus on local news. Local papers primarily cover local stories and any national or internation stories they cover usually come from other, larger news sources.

National newspapers are often subscribed to even by people who don't live in the city they operate in. Local papers usually are only of interest to the community they belong to.

Controversial Topics

Opposing Viewpoints and CQ Researcher cover controversial current issues in different ways.

Opposing Viewpoints is a collection of commentary and opinion writings about controversial issues. The authors of these articles do not try to be objective; they have a strong stance on this particular issue, and their purpose in writing about it is to convince you that they are right. You need to consider their arguments with this in mind. 

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