The third choice is for Quick Words, which are generally generic terms used by the newspaper to speed its searches of the archives. Unless you are familiar with the newspaper's use of Quick Words, this option is not recommended. Enter at least one search word. One or two additional words may help target the search more accurately. If you do not know the complete spelling of a search word, type in some of the word and add the asterisk.
Dates are especially important in targeting stories.
By entering a start date and a stop date, if known, you will limit the number of stories to just that time period. Please do not just enter a beginning date to search the entire file because you will receive an unnecessarily large response, using up valuable download time and bandwidth. If you are also familiar with the newspaper's operation, you may enter details like publication, author, or category. If you do not know this information, leave these boxes blank. Entering inaccurate information will cause inaccurate results.