Introduction to Sustainability

Suggested sources for the Media Scan Assignment

Option 1: Searching current news source aggregators

• Go to News Articles
  • (Note: from the Library homepage, the path is Resources > More Research Materials > News Articles)
• Expand the section Current News Sources
• Select Canadian News @ ProQuest
• Run searches as suggested in class
   

Option 2: Searching individual local lewspapers

• As in search above, start at News Articles page
• Expand the section on Local Newspapers
• You'll see a number of different options for local papers. You'll likely want to focus on:
  • Waterloo Region Record
  • Waterloo Chronicle
• TIP: Use the "Anywhere" field to search in the ProQuest Historical Newspapers versions; the default NOFT search won't work
• The Observer is an independent newspaper published out of Elmira that covers events in Wellesley township.
  • The Library does not have a subscription
  • Some articles are open access but many are not

Suggested Geographical Terms (class examples)

Suggestion 1:

Wellesley

AND

Town OR Township OR Village

Suggestion 2:

"Wellesley Township" OR "Township of Wellesley"

Other nearby communities you may wish to add to your search:

Bamberg OR Crosshill OR Linwood OR "St. Clements" OR Hawkesville OR Heidelberg OR Wallenstein

Other nearby municipalities:

Woolwich OR Wilmot OR North Dumfries

"Region of Waterloo" OR "Regional Municipality of Waterloo"

For additional help on searching strategies, see:

• Better Searching Using AND, OR, NOT
• Better Searching Using Truncation

For additional tips on finding scholarly, peer-reviewed materials, see the Library research for GES students tutorials page