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Using news databases Laura Jeffrey Researcher Training Librarian

Course outline Key resources for current news Other resources for current news Historic news resources Freely available news resources Access: – All resources on Other online resources pageOther online resources Accessed via library catalogue

Focus of news databases Scale Local National International Language English Non-English Currency Recent Historic

Key resources Titles range from 1980s-mid 1990s to present Lack of context and text-only InfoTrac – simple interface, searches UK broadsheets Nexis UK – Large number of resources, advanced search options Factiva – Business focus but searches wide range of resources

Additional resources Times Literary Supplement 1994 – Times Higher Education Supplement 1995 – The Economist 1997 – Non-textual news Newsfilm Online - ITN/Reuters archives News on screen (UK) Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty News resources

Hands on Look at the three main news databases: InfoTrac, Nexis UK and Factiva Explore other news resources at

Historic news online Times Digital Archive British Newspapers Eighteenth century journals EEBO and ECCO for pamphlets JSTOR Pamphlets (19 th century British) Economist Historical Archive Historic Australian newspapers

Historic news in microform Keyword search for newspapers, limit to microform Some national and local e.g. Durham and Sunderland County Herald International e.g. Kabul Times , Milliyet (Istanbul) , Pravda , Jerusalem Post Historic news

Freely available news resources Individual newspaper titles and news sources Current news/what is available on public sites Advanced search engine options e.g. Google NewsGoogle News News-specific search engines – Silobreaker Silobreaker – Chipwrapper (UK)/Google Custom Search Chipwrapper – NewsNow (News International content blocked) NewsNow

Freely available news resources Current news databases – Kidon Media link Kidon Media link – MIT Libraries Higher Education – ResearchProfessesional – Funding Councils web sites

Hands on Try searching historic resources if applicable Use the advanced search options on generic engines Free news databases e.g. Kidon Media Link News-specific search engines e.g. Silobreaker or Chipwrapper

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