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ESL 52: Reading III - In Cold Blood (Alexandria): Newspapers

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Newspaper Articles

Use the Proquest databases to find newspaper articles from the 1950s and 1960s.  One includes articles from the New York Times and the other has the Washington Post.  From off campus you will be asked to log in with your MyNova username and password.

Proquest Search Tips

  • Type in just the most important words related to your topic.
  • Put the word    AND   between each idea:   

 clutter AND holcomb
murder AND holcomb AND kansas
farmer AND holcomb AND kansas​
"clutter family"
“Perry Smith” AND Clutter
“Richard Hickock” AND Clutter​
 

  • In your list of results, SORT your articles so the Oldest is listed first.

    Sort by Oldest First