{"id":5168,"date":"2021-01-20T13:46:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T08:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/?p=5168"},"modified":"2021-01-20T14:11:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T08:41:30","slug":"author-resource-research-writing-elephind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/20\/author-resource-research-writing-elephind\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Resource: Research the Right Way With Elephind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The internet is a knowledge magnet but if you are a writer and you want some primary sources for your fiction or non-fiction research, a newspaper (even a local one) can spring up a lot of unexpected information. Especially for crime fiction and historical fiction writers, reading the newspapers of a specific period of time can help you trace the narrative arc of how events unfolded at that moment.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/elephind.com\/\">Elephind<\/a> you can browse through old newspapers and scour headlines to get a feel of the time, language and use of phrase, setting and general milieu or you can do a more specific keyword search to find out more about a specific event.<\/p>\n<h2>Four Solutions You Can Find With Elephind<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Historical newspapers online at one place<\/li>\n<li>Search engine with a focus on digitized newspapers<\/li>\n<li>. Provides intimations to signed up readers whenever a new newspaper collection is added.<\/li>\n<li>Conducts newspaper digitization projects for customers like Cornell, Princeton, the National Libraries of New Zealand and Singapore, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to Use Elephind<\/h2>\n<p>Browse newspaper publications.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5267\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5267\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5267\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/20\/author-resource-research-writing-elephind\/screenshot-of-elephind\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/screenshot-of-elephind.jpg?fit=1357%2C515&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1357,515\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Elephind\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Search on Elephind&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/screenshot-of-elephind.jpg?fit=300%2C114&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/screenshot-of-elephind.jpg?fit=840%2C319&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5267\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/screenshot-of-elephind-1024x389.jpg?resize=840%2C319&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"screenshot of elephind historical newspaper archive\" width=\"840\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/screenshot-of-elephind.jpg?resize=1024%2C389&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/screenshot-of-elephind.jpg?resize=300%2C114&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/screenshot-of-elephind.jpg?resize=768%2C291&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/screenshot-of-elephind.jpg?resize=1200%2C455&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/screenshot-of-elephind.jpg?w=1357&amp;ssl=1 1357w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Search on Elephind<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Search using keywords.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5268\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5268\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5268\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/20\/author-resource-research-writing-elephind\/search-results-for-titanic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Search-Results-for-Titanic.jpg?fit=1339%2C599&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1339,599\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Search\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Search Results for Titanic&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Search-Results-for-Titanic.jpg?fit=300%2C134&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Search-Results-for-Titanic.jpg?fit=840%2C376&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5268\" 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\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Search Results for Titanic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Elephind: Recommended or Not?<\/h2>\n<p>Great resource for family historians, genealogists, and researchers.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for professional help to make your manuscript error-free and take it to next level? Check out our copy editing and proofreading services.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-transparent\" href=\"https:\/\/pothi.com\/editing-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn More.<\/a> <a class=\"btn btn-red\" href=\"https:\/\/publish.pothi.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Talk to Us Today!<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The internet is a knowledge magnet but if you are a writer and you want some primary sources for your fiction or non-fiction research, a newspaper (even a local one) can spring up a lot of unexpected information. Especially for crime fiction and historical fiction writers, reading the newspapers of a specific period of time &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/20\/author-resource-research-writing-elephind\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Author Resource: Research the Right Way With Elephind&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[395],"tags":[426,425],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-prowriting-aid-1.png?fit=2240%2C1260&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7vAZr-1lm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4295,"url":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/17\/interview-with-hema-saramma-varghese-freelance-book-cover-designer-and-illustrator\/","url_meta":{"origin":5168,"position":0},"title":"Interview with Hema Saramma Varghese, Freelance Book Cover Designer and Illustrator","date":"May 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"We conducted an interview with\u00a0Hema Saramma Varghese, the\u00a0Freelance Book Cover Designer and Illustrator who works with us at Pothi.com and has been designing covers with us for around nine years. 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