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Now, just to the right is another box, usually with “Keyword” filled in. Go just to the right, where you see two small arrows, one pointing up and the other pointing down. Click on one of the arrows and a menu will open, and here you see the difference between FirstSearch and other library catalogs: most provide the option to search by title, author, subject, or keyword; FirstSearch provides many more options. Go down the menu a bit and select “Publisher Location.” | Now, just to the right is another box, usually with “Keyword” filled in. Go just to the right, where you see two small arrows, one pointing up and the other pointing down. Click on one of the arrows and a menu will open, and here you see the difference between FirstSearch and other library catalogs: most provide the option to search by title, author, subject, or keyword; FirstSearch provides many more options. Go down the menu a bit and select “Publisher Location.” | ||
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To be sure that you get the right place, fill in the state in the second search box. | |||
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And again, just to the right, select “Publisher Location” from the menu. | |||
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We do not have a screen shot to demonstrate this, but just down the page is a section labelled "Limit to" and one of the possibilities is "Language." You might try this if, for example, you are looking for a German-language newspaper. | |||
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Next (this may not matter for a small town, but for a large one…) find your way down the page and check the box labeled “Serial Publications.” This should eliminate books from the results. It may not eliminate magazines and things like college catalogs, but the result should be primarily newspapers. | |||
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Now you are finally ready to do the search, at the lower left. | |||
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And here is what the result looks like. The first three entries are relatively recent newspapers; the fourth one is probably of most interest to genealogists, so we will select it for further examination. | |||
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This page provides a variety of information about the Hendricks "Pioneer." The publisher's name was K. E. Holian; it began in 1900, it was a weekly. But what we really want to know is: how do we find it? So we have to click on "Libraries that own Item." | |||
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And for the Hendricks "Pioneer" we get a simple answer: the only library holding it is the Minnesota Historical Society, and they have it only from 1941 forward. | |||
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So what next? My recommendation is that you print this page and take it to your local librarian, where you can request that they get the film via inter-library loan. <!--StartFragment--> <!--EndFragment--> | |||