NewsBank, inc' Presents

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NewsBank, inc. Presents

• How to Search
• Australias Newspapers
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You can search a specific newspaper...
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You can search by state...
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Or by territory...
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Or you can search more than 100 sources from all
over Australia
This tutorial details several effective search
techniques and display tools available in
Australias Newspapers. It also offers tips to
help you find what you are looking for quickly
and easily.
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You will learn how to

• Select sources by Location, Source Type and from
  the Source List
• Use the built-in connectors and Add/Remove rows
  on the search form
• Research a topic or issue
• View Results by Year/Month, Location, Source and
  Source Type

• Browse a specific newspaper by date
• Locate an obituary
• Locate a recipe
• Locate a book review
• Get immediate results on important topics from
  Special Reports

• Click on a specific topic to go to it directly,
  or simply click outside the topics to continue
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Select sources by Location, Source Type and from
the Source List

• For perspectives on topics, people, issues and
  events, use the source selection tabs and the map
  to expand or narrow your search.
• Narrow your search from all of Australia to
  specific states or territories.
• Click on the map to see a list of all sources
  from a specific state or territory.
• Choose specific sources by name from the Source
  List tab.
• Use the Source Types tab to choose what kinds of
  sources to include in your search.

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• Search all sources across the country or check
  the boxes for the specific states or territories
  you want to search.

• Click the name of a state or territory in the
  list or its image on the map to get a list of all
  available sources from that state or territory.

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• In this example, we clicked on South Australia on
  the map. Notice the switch to the Source List tab
  that displays the list of all available sources
  from South Australia.

• Check the boxes of the specific sources you want
  to search or click on the title to select a
  single source.

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• Here, we have clicked on the Sunday Mail to
  search a single source.

• To expand your search back to all of Australia,
  click on the Australia link in the breadcrumb
  trail.

Tip A breadcrumb trail is a list of links that
track where you are. You can use the links to
move back to prior locations.
Tip For the greatest possible number of search
results, search all of Australia. You can easily
narrow your displayed results after you run your
search.
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• You can also use the Source Types tab to choose
  the types of sources that you want to include in
  your search. Check or uncheck the boxes to
  include or exclude magazines or newspapers.

• Or use your Shortcuts for one-click access to
  commonly searched sources. Note The sources and
  shortcuts available will depend on your librarys
  subscription and account setup.

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Use the built-in connectors and Add/Remove rows
on the search form

• The flexible search form enables you to
• Use the drop-down list of basic connectors and,
  or, not to connect your search terms.
• Add up to five extra rows of search boxes to
  enter more search terms, field your terms
  separately and include special limiters such as
  date and word count.
• Simplify the search form by removing rows of
  search boxes when you no longer need them.

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• Your search form will typically have two rows of
  search boxes and one connector drop-down list.

• Choose and, or, not from the connector drop-down
  list to connect your search terms.

• Use the Add Row button to add extra rows to the
  search form for more complex search strategies.

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Here is a sample search with two extra rows added
to the search form, allowing for multiple search
terms and specific limiters.
This search will find articles with either
global warming or climate change in the
Headline of the article. Results will be from the
past 6 months, and greater than 500 words in
length.
When you are ready to simplify the search form
again, use the Remove Row button to remove the
extra rows.
Tip You can sort your results by Newest First,
Best Matches First or Oldest First either before
or after you search.
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Research a topic or issue For example, you can
research

• Global warming
• Crime
• Feral pest control
• Asbestos in schools
• Australian Open
• Public housing

• Global terrorism
• Water services
• Gun control
• AIDS
• Public transport system
• Stem cell research

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In this example, we are searching all of
Australia.

• Type a search term(s) to describe an issue,
  event, etc. Here, weve used terrorism.

• Choose a date range from the Date drop-down menu.
  For example, the past 12 months.

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In another example, well run a search with
fielded terms.

• Type your first search term into the first
  text-edit box and choose the Headline field from
  the drop-down list.

• Choose the Lead/First Paragraph field from the
  second drop-down list, and type your term(s) into
  the second text-edit box.

Tip Use quotation marks around an exact phrase,
as in global warming.
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View Results by Year/Month, Location, Source and
Source Type

• Perform a basic search, then display your results
  according to
• Year/Month
• Location
• Source
• Source Type

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• To perform a broad search, type your search
  term(s) into the text-edit box(es). Here, for
  example, we are doing an All Text name search for
  Kevin adj2 Rudd.

• Click Search to get your results list.

Tip Use the adj2 proximity connector to allow
for a middle name or middle initial. This ensures
retrieval of all occurrences of your subjects
name.
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If there are too many hits, you can quickly and
easily narrow your search results without having
to modify your search.
Use the View Results tools on the left side of
your results list to see results from a specific
Year, Location, Source or Source Type.

• Lets refine our displayed results to articles
  published in 2007 only.

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Your display automatically refreshes to show only
those articles that were published in 2007.

• Now lets further refine our display to view the
  results from November 2007.

Tip Use the View X More links to see all
available choices for each View Results category.
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Your display changes automatically to reflect all
of your View Results selections so far. In
this case, thats 2007 and November.

• Lets further narrow the displayed results to a
  specific location Tasmania.

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Again, your display will refresh to reflect your
new selection, in this case Tasmania.
With only a few clicks, we have narrowed our
results from more than 46,000 hits to a highly
focused group of articles published in Tasmania
in November of 2007.
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You can continue to narrow your displayed results
by Source if you wish
or use the drop-down list and the breadcrumb
trail links to change the set of results that you
are displaying and move back up through your
complete results set.
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Browse a specific newspaper by date

• For example
• You remember reading an article in your local
  paper about a new advertising campaign to
  encourage tourism in the region.
• Your local paper is the Centralian Advocate.
• You know that the article was published on
  February 15, 2008.
• Note The sources available to you will depend on
  your NewsBank subscription.

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• First, use the Locations and/or Source List tabs
  to select the newspaper you want to browse, the
  Centralian Advocate.

• Since the date youre looking for appears in the
  Recent Issues list, simply click on it to get
  that days issue.

Tip You can type any date you want into the
Enter a Date box and click Go. Or, use the Jump
to month drop-down to see a list of available
dates for a specific month.
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• Browse through the headlines and click on the
  article that you want.

Tip Browse features are available only if a
single newspaper is selected.
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• Use the Previous, Next and Back to Issue links to
  move from article to article or to go back to the
  complete list of articles for the date you are
  browsing.

Tip Use the Quick Links to browse other articles
from the same page (if available), section or
date.
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• At the issue level, you can move to the Previous
  date or the Next date by clicking the appropriate
  links.

• Use the Date list link to get a list of all
  available dates for the month you are currently
  displaying.

• Or type a date you wish to browse in the Enter a
  Date box and click Go.

Tip Click the Australia link in the breadcrumb
trail at the top of your display window to get
back to the map.
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Locate an obituary

• For example
• Graham Kennedy, television star, from May 2005
• Pro Hart, popular and controversial artist

• In your search, you can specify
• The region or paper where an obituary might have
  been published
• The name of the deceased
• The month and year of death, if known

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Lets search all Australian newspapers for
Graham Kennedy.

• Type the name of the deceased in the search box.

• Type in the approximate date of Mr. Kennedys
  death, in this case May 2005.

• Choose Best Matches First from the Sort by
  drop-down.

• Click Search for your results list.

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• View results from many different newspaper
  sources.

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In another example, lets look for obituaries for
popular artist Pro Hart.

• Type Pro Hart and obit in the first text-edit
  box.

• Click Search to get your results list.

Tip Use truncation (by adding an asterisk at the
end of a root word) to search all forms of a
word. Here, obit will find obituary,
obituaries, etc.
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• The View Results by Year listing shows that 2006
  will likely provide the best results.

• Click on 2006 to narrow the displayed results to
  that year.

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• Your results display will refresh to show only
  articles from 2006.

• You can re-sort your results by clicking the
  Oldest First link to show the earliest articles
  at the top of the results list.

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• Use the Article Preview Keyword-in-Context
  display at the bottom of the page to see how your
  terms appeared within the text of the articles.

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Locate a recipe
You want to find recipes using indigenous
ingredients, such as paperbark, wattleseed, bush
tomatoes or quandongs.
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• Here, we are searching all newspapers in
  Australia for the phrase bush tomato chutney
  and the term recipe.

• Choose Best Matches First from the Sort by
  drop-down.

• Click Search for your results list.

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• To view the full text of an article, click on its
  headline.

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• Scroll through the article to find your terms,
  which will be highlighted with bold type.

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• To modify your search or to start a new search,
  click on the Edit Search link or the New Search
  link at the top of the page.

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• Here is an example of a search with extra rows
  added to the form. Note the use of different
  connectors between terms.

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• The search returns a significant number of hits.
  The Keyword-in-Context article preview makes it
  easy to choose the best articles to read.

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• Here we have found a recipe for Fruit Mince Pies
  with quandong and other bush ingredients.

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Locate a book review
For example, find reviews of books by popular
Australian novelist Peter Carey.
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• In this example, we are searching all Australian
  sources for Peter adj2 Carey and book review.

Tip Using the adj2 proximity connector to allow
for a middle initial in the authors name in
addition to the phrase book review make it
likely that you will find exactly what you are
looking for.
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The search yields a highly focused group of
articles. The Keyword-in-Context display on the
results list offers a glimpse into recent
articles about Careys writing.
Now lets look at some older reviews of Careys
earlier works. Click on the Oldest First link to
re-sort your results in chronological order.
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Your results display automatically refreshes with
the oldest articles at the top of the list,
providing reviews of some of Careys earlier
novels.
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Get immediate results on important topics in
Special Reports

• Updated regularly, NewsBanks Special Reports are
  collections of up-to-date and retrospective
  information on people, issues and events of
  current interest. With useful, one-click access
  to articles, images, websites and more, Special
  Reports covers topics such as
• World Health
• World Economics
• World Environment

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• To access Special Reports, hover over the Other
  NewsBank Products link in the upper-right corner
  of your window. Choose Special Reports from the
  drop-down list.

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• Then click on the Special Report(s) of interest
  to you. Note the variety of topics and frequency
  of updates.

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Australias Newspapers

• We hope this tutorial has helped you understand
  some of the techniques and strategies of
  successful research.
• Remember to
• Select appropriate sources to search
• Define your search terms
• Use the View Results and sorting tools after you
  search to narrow and focus your results display

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