Finding a news article

July 14, 2005 1:43 PM

I have a quote from and a link to an AP article published a few months ago. Problem is, searching for the quote on Google gives no relevant results, the link now goes to an error page saying the article was not found, and I can't find the article in a search of the AP archives. What to do?
posted by punishinglemur to Grab Bag (12 answers total)

Give us the quote and link?

You could try archive.org
posted by trevyn at 1:50 PM on July 14, 2005

Google News: if the AP article was widely republished, it's probably still up on the site of some paper it was published in.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 1:52 PM on July 14, 2005

Er, never mind. Next time I promise to read the whole question.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 1:52 PM on July 14, 2005

Post ALL of the relevant info here. Help us help you.
posted by grouse at 2:20 PM on July 14, 2005

It's possible that the quote was in an edited AP story, which means that it may have appeared in that exact form only in one newspaper. Even a direct quote, in quote marks, is sometimes different. So make sure you're searching for the shortest, rarest string of words in the quote, or even just two, short strings that seem fairly unusual.

Also, you could search Factiva or Lexis Nexis. You haven't given the quote so I can't help you with that.
posted by Mo Nickels at 2:20 PM on July 14, 2005

Findarticles.com?
posted by undertone at 2:27 PM on July 14, 2005

Try LexisNexis if you have access to it. Good luck!
posted by 31d1 at 2:44 PM on July 14, 2005

Post the quote punishinglemur.

Another question... if I were to search LexisNexis for punishinglemur and then send him the article would that be illegal/against terms of service?
posted by sbutler at 3:38 PM on July 14, 2005

I don't think it would be against the terms of service. Otherwise, why would they so easily let you e-mail it from the site without a warning?
posted by Airhen at 3:45 PM on July 14, 2005

Read all about fair use. I think e-mailing him a single article would be fair use. As a practical matter you are very unlikely to be sued over it.
posted by grouse at 4:05 PM on July 14, 2005

Yes, call or visit your local library. It should be accessible in the Lexis-Nexis database.
posted by AlexanderBanning at 4:21 PM on July 14, 2005

What AlexanderBanning said, but try a university library first if there's one nearby. And to anyone else who'd ever think of posting a similar question here, include the damn quote if you really want us to help.
posted by mediareport at 11:06 PM on July 14, 2005