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What is an Op-ed?

Op-ed (opinion-editorial) refers to articles published by newspapers and some magazines that present the author's thoughts about a current issue, event, or person. Opinion pieces are written by guest writers. Editorials are written by an editor or publisher of a newspaper or magazine. These articles may not be fact-checked or cite sources.

Use ProQuest to Find an OpEd

Our ProQuest database makes it very easy to find opinion-editorial articles:

  1. Open ProQuest and click on the Advanced Search link above the search box.
  2. Optional: Type a topic into the search box. If you'd like to see all editorials, leave the search box blank.
  3. Scroll down to the three filters at the bottom of the page. Select Newspapers in the Source Type box and Editorial in Document Type. You can also limit your results to a specific language or languages using the last filter.

Screenshot from ProQuest showing the filters for source type, document type, and language. Newspapers is selected under source type. Editorial is selected under document type. English is selected under language.

  1. Click search.
  2. Use the filters on the results page to limit to a specific date range, location, person, or company.

The results page will display article titles, the name of the newspaper, the date of publication, and—occasionally—the author. You will most likely need to read a bit of the article to learn what the author's argument is.