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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.  
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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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.  
Now you are finally ready to do the search, at the lower left.  
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