Bodleian iSkills Newspapers and other online news sources from the 17th-21st centuries
Newspapers are a valuable resource for researching, not only news but also many other aspects of society. In this session we will introduce key historical and contemporary sources of news and how to make best use of them.

Subjects to be covered include:

The value of newspapers in research
The difficulties of using newspapers in research and effective search techniques
Using a range of sources for searching and reading historical newspapers
Using a range of sources for searching and using historical audio-visual news sources
Using a range of sources for searching and reading contemporary newspapers
Date: 15 May 2019, 14:00 (Wednesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2019)
Venue: Social Science Library, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Information Skills Training Room
Speakers: Isabel Holowaty (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Jo Gardner (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Organising department: Bodleian Libraries
Topics:
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://cosy.ox.ac.uk/accessplan/clientinput/course/coursebooker.aspx?coursedateid=96792
Audience: Members of the University only
Editors: Isabel Holowaty, Bethan Jenkins