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- Remember a couple of months ago when we said, "GEnie
- continues to move more deeply into the Information
- Age for members. You now have dozens of magazines
- available online right at your fingertips!"
-
- This month we'll focus on those magazines AND
- newspapers you can reach online, all in the same
- convenient way.
-
- Up-To-Date and Old News Too!
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- At press time, the news of Jeffrey Dahmer's death had
- just come out. You may have been interested in his
- horrible story, and wanted background from the time
- it first appeared in the news. A few hours at the
- library would have yielded the references, and maybe
- some of the stories. But a few minutes on GEnie could
- provide both references AND articles.
-
- With the full-text magazines and newspapers provided
- by the ARTIST system on GEnie, you can find the
- article right away.
-
- You can search these information lodes by entering
- either a page number or a keyword at any Genie
- prompt. All you need to know is the topic you're
- interested in. The system will do the rest.
-
- In the newspapers you can pick the option to begin
- your search, either headlines or the full text.
- You'll be prompted to enter words or phrases that
- describe your topic. If you like, you can limit your
- results to a particular range of years, dates, or a
- section of the paper. In the magazines, you simply
- enter words or phrases that describe your topic. You
- can limit your results to a particular range of years
- or exact publication dates.
-
- Pick Your Title
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- Whether in magazines or newspapers, the database will
- show you a list of the titles of the most recent
- articles on your topic. Pick from the list of
- articles, and get the complete text. The databases
- are offered through GEnie via Advanced Research
- Technologies' ARTIST(R) Gateway System.
-
- For example, the Boston Globe menu on GEnie Page 1700
- looks something like this:
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ GEnie Page 1700 │
- │ Boston Globe │
- │ │
- │ 1. About the Boston Globe │
- │ 2. Boston Globe Rates │
- │ 3. Boston Globe Instructions │
- │ 4. Disclaimer & Warranty Limitations │
- │ │
- │ 5.[$]Search Boston Globe │
- │ │
- │ 6. Send Mail About Boston Globe │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
-
- Select Item 5 to access the Boston Globe and search
- thousands of articles from the newspaper. Remember
- that "per search" charges apply in addition to
- GEnie's hourly connect rates, so be sure to choose
- the menu item that tells you the rates before
- beginning your search.
-
- With tens of thousands of articles available, you'll
- also want to put a little thought into your search
- before you access the newspaper or magazine.
- Otherwise you'll end up with a lot more information
- than you could ever use, and a much higher bill than
- you want.
-
- Growing Publications
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- The magazines and newspapers offered grow constantly,
- and cover several previous years. Some go back to
- 1985, others go back to 1980 and even earlier, so you
- can search numerous years at once instead of having
- to plow through a paper index per year. On the other
- hand, you can limit your search to less than a year
- if you like. You're in control.
-
- Be sure to check out the list of magazines and
- newspapers available at press time. You'll no doubt
- find a favorite source there.
-
- Newspapers and Magazines on GEnie
-
- Page Keyword Product
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- 1700 BGLOBE Boston Globe
- 1702 CHITRIB Chicago Tribune
- 1704 LATIMES Los Angeles Times
- 1706 SFCHRONICLE San Francisco Chronicle
- 1708 DCPOST Washington Post
- 1710 USATODAY USA Today
- 1712 TIMEMAG Time Magazine
- 1714 ETWEEKLY Entertainment Weekly
- 1716 FORTUNE Fortune Magazine
- 1718 BUSWEEK Business Week
- 1722 MONEYMAG Money Magazine
- 1724 PEOPLE People Magazine
- 1726 SPILLUSTRATE Sports Illustrated
-