Last week I discussed how to use the advanced search feature on google.com to find specific topics of interest. There is another feature on the advanced search page that you might find useful: the google news archive search. The link to this feature is under the heading "topic specific searches" at the bottom of the advanced search page, and it allows you to search for news articles that have been published many years in the past.
After clicking on the link for this feature, you will see a web page with a search field. You can enter a topic of interest in the field, such as "Barack Obama" and clicking on the "Search Archives" button will lead you to news stories that have been published about him. Also, you can choose the "Show Timeline" button, and it will give you news articles in chronological order about Barack Obama.
If you want more options to search for news articles, you can click on the link that says "advanced archive search" on the right. This will lead you to the advanced search options that are available. Here, you can limit results to articles by a specific publication, such as the New York Times, or articles published within a certain time period. To get free articles, you can click on the drop down menu next to "Price" and select "no price."
If you are looking for news articles for your assignments, the news archive search is a valuable tool.
