The Missourian is currently being archived in a system called "MerlinOne" - not to be confused with the Merlin Library Catalog in use by the MU Libraries.
Login: merlin password: missourian#1
What's in the archive and what isn't
The daily print version, including the Missourian Weekly, Adelante, MiniMo and special sections (such as Tiger Tipoff, Tiger Kickoff, Welcome Back) are in the archive. Also in the archive are online only stories that run on the columbiamissourian.com web site.
Vox Magazine switched to a new production system in 2004. It doesn't "talk" to the Missourian archiving system, so the latest issue of Vox that was archived was the September 2004 edition. The Vox Magazine web site at www.voxmagazine.com has a search box on the left-hand side right under "Inside Vox."
Basic Searching
Don't get too specific. Start out with one or two words and then add terms to limit the results if needed. For example, if you're looking for a person's name, just enter the last name unless it's a very common one. The reason for this is that if you enter a first name and middle initial, perhaps the story you're looking for didn't use the middle initial. The archive will look for everything you enter - if that middle initial isn't there, you won't find anything. MerlinOne assumes there is an "and" between two words, so you don't need to enter the word "and." (The Columbia Daily Tribune archive works just the opposite - for theirs, you DO need the "and" between each word. If you want to find two or more words together, enclose them in parentheses. Don't use articles such as "for," "the," etc.
Try different search terms if you don't find anything at first.
If you need help, please come by the library. We have the software version of MerlinOne which allows us to do more refined searching than the web version you are using allows.
Search by Date
Graphics
The current version of our archiving system cannot display graphics, BUT, you can find out whether or not a graphic ran with a story and then look at the original in the bound volumes.
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Boolean Search Tips
In the Merlin archives the "and" is implied and you do not have to type it between the search terms. (It's the opposite in the Columbia Daily Tribune archives - you have to type "and" between each search term unless you are looking for a search string).
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Vera Elwood
Head, Journalism Library
103A Reynolds Journalism Institute
Phone: 573-882-6591
Email: velwood@missouri.edu
Sandy Schiefer
Journalism Librarian
103B Reynolds Journalism Institute
Phone: 573-882-0660
email: schiefers@missouri.edu