1. Searching Newztext Plus Using the example of searching for news articles on house prices in Auckland from the New Zealand Herald published during the period 2000 to 2005

2. 1. Starting your search

3. Enter your search keywords (house prices and Auckland) into box labelled ‘first search’

4. Example A will search for all news articles containing the exact phrase ‘house prices Auckland’ Example B will search for all news articles containing the exact phrase ‘house prices’ and the keyword ‘Auckland ’ Newztext Plus will search your keywords as an exact phrase by default, so Boolean operators should be used to search for keywords individually BOOLEAN SEARCH TIPS AND will search for news articles containing both keywords OR will search for news articles containing either keyword NOT will exclude news articles containing certain keywords Example A Example B

5. 2. Limiting your search by source and date

6. Newztext Plus allows you to search for your keywords in every area (or zone) of the database, and also allows you to limit your search to particular areas (or zones) of the database TITLE If selected, Newztext Plus will search for your keywords amongst the titles of news articles SOURCE If selected, Newztext Plus will search for your keywords amongst the titles of journals or newspapers e.g. New Zealand Herald, National Business Review AUTHOR If selected, Newztext Plus will search for your keywords amongst the authors of news articles ALL If selected, Newztext Plus will search for your keywords in every area of the database

7. To limit your search results to items from the New Zealand Herald, enter the keywords New Zealand Herald into the box labelled ‘optional second search terms’ and tick the box labelled ‘source’

8. Enter your selected date range to limit your search (01 Jan 2000 to 31 Dec 2005), choose a format to sort and display your search results and click ‘search’ Search results can be sorted by score (the level of relevance search results have to your search keywords) or by date (chronological order)

9. 3. Displaying search results

10. A list of search results will now be displayed on screen (either sorted by score or date) Search results sorted by score

11. There are 2 main ways to display news articles: 1. Select the articles you wish to open by checking their tickboxes and then clicking ‘get selected items’. If you would like to open one news article at a time, it is recommended that the user right-clicks on the article’s link to open the article in a new browser window or tab. 2. Click ‘get all the above items’ to select and open each news article on the current page of search results.

12. Your selected article(s) will open in a screen like this – use your browser’s back button to return to the main list of search results if you have opened multiple news articles at once

13. 4. Do your search results answer your query?

14. 1. Check the tickboxes of your selected news articles 2. Enter your e-mail address and click ‘e-mail selected items to’ If you have found appropriate news articles, you can e- mail them by following these steps:

15.  Required keywords or phrases can be added to the current search, e.g. “rental”  Unwanted keywords or phrases can be excluded from the current search, e.g. “Sideswipe”  This can be restricted by author, source, or title If your list of search results contains too many irrelevant results, Newztext Plus allows you to restrict your current search:

16. Alternatively, create a search strategy worksheet and use this to construct a new search. This worksheet will suggest possible keywords to use to increase the number of relevant search results. How to create a search strategy worksheet: List your main concepts (e.g. house, prices and Auckland) List alternative terms for each concept Terms in the columns are connected by OR, and surrounded by brackets These groups of keywords are connected by AND e.g. (house OR property) AND (prices OR market) AND (Auckland OR CBD)

17. Would you like to revisit a step of this tutorial? 4. Do your search results answer your query?Do your search results answer your query? 3. Displaying search results 2. Limiting your search by source and date 1. Starting your search