{"id":223,"date":"2022-07-15T19:48:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T19:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/?page_id=223"},"modified":"2025-10-29T21:09:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T21:09:33","slug":"find-an-editorial","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/instruction\/i-need-to-2\/find-an-editorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Find an Editorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is an Editorial?<\/h2>\n<p>An editorial is a written piece most often found in newspapers and magazines that typically addresses the opinion or viewpoint of senior editorial staff on a current or controversial issue.<\/p>\n<h3>Where Can I Find an Editorial?<\/h3>\n<p>Tips: Avoid using the terms &#8220;pro&#8221; and &#8220;con&#8221; in a\u00a0search, unless the issue frequently uses &#8220;pro&#8221; or &#8220;con&#8221; to identify supporters of the position (e.g. pro-life and pro-choice). Also read the abstracts of the editorials (when available) for a summary of the writer&#8217;s viewpoint.<\/p>\n<h4>Databases<\/h4>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy2.library.illinois.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/research.ebsco.com\/c\/2w5hhj\/search\/advanced\/filters?defaultdb=asn\">Academic Search\u00a0Ultimate (EBSCO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter keywords in the corresponding search boxes<\/li>\n<li>Under &#8220;Document Type&#8221; select &#8220;Editorial&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/proxy\/go.php?url=http:\/\/www.nexisuni.com\">NexisUni<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click &#8220;Advanced Search&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Click the &#8220;News&#8221; tab<\/li>\n<li>Type &#8220;Opinion &amp; Editorial,&#8221; &#8220;Editorial,&#8221; &#8220;Opinion,&#8221; or &#8220;Opinion Editorials&#8221; and select &#8220;Section&#8221; from the drop-down<\/li>\n<li>Enter keywords in subsequent search boxes and click &#8220;Search&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Newspaper Databases\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/instruction\/i-need-to-2\/find-articles-guide\/#newspapers\">Newspaper Databases<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/instruction\/i-need-to-2\/find-articles-guide\/\">Find Articles Guide<\/a> includes a section on newspaper databases. Try searching recommended newspaper databases to find additional editorials. Remember to limit the document type to &#8220;Editorial&#8221; when possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is an Editorial? An editorial is a written piece most often found in newspapers and magazines that typically addresses the opinion or viewpoint of senior editorial staff on a current or controversial issue. Where Can I Find an Editorial? Tips: Avoid using the terms &#8220;pro&#8221; and &#8220;con&#8221; in a\u00a0search, unless the issue frequently uses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":0,"parent":284,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-223","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1610,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/223\/revisions\/1610"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/tlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}