MC Librarians: Reference Help: BUS Econ Assignment

You will want to go to our newspaper database: ProQuest US Newsstream

To get there, you will want to go to the Moorpark College Library page à Click on “Databases” à From the Databases A-Z List, click on the letter “P” à Click on ProQuest US Newsstream

Once you have opened this database, please follow these steps:

1. Type an example of your economic term in the search box (some options for seasonal unemployment could be: seasonal unemployment and the tourism industry, season unemployment in retail, seasonal unemployment in tax preparation services, etc.). Please pick a narrowed topic within your economic term. Just typing “seasonal unemployment” will not bring back applicable articles.
2.  Your search results will pop up. You will want to filter these searches using the “Limit to” column on the left-hand side.
   1. Check the “Full text” box
   2. For Source Type, you will want to click on “Newspapers”
   3. Under “Publication date” you will want to enter a date range for the last year.
   4. Under “Publication title” you can check boxes to include all the newspapers that your professor allows.
3. Click on any article title to open it.
   1. Click on the “Copy URL” button in the top right hand corner.
   2. The link will be copied and you can paste it for your assignment.

Please let me know if you need any additional assistance!
Thank you,