News Sources Eliza Mcleod Elena Maslyukova World Bank Group Library Accra, May 5th, 2009

Introduction How to identify news sources ISI Emerging Markets – searching and browsing E-TOCs services – latest articles from journals Simple searching in Factiva, demo of the customized news space BREAK Factiva newsletters, newspages and alerts Custom alerts from any source all in one place: RSS feeds Today’s Agenda

Introduction

How to identify news sources

ISI Emerging Markets – searching and browsing

E-TOCs services – latest articles from journals

Simple searching in Factiva, demo of the customized news space

BREAK

Factiva newsletters, newspages and alerts

Custom alerts from any source all in one place: RSS feeds

How to Identify News Sources Newswires - 15 min delay in Factiva Top 7 international newswires and regional coverage Newspapers Global and local titles News Analysis: EIU, Oxford Analytica Other publications: search for your sources in E-journals from the Library web-page Also can search directly in the lists of sources in ISI Emerging Markets and Factiva

Newswires - 15 min delay in Factiva

Top 7 international newswires and regional coverage

Newspapers

Global and local titles

News Analysis: EIU, Oxford Analytica

Other publications: search for your sources in E-journals from the Library web-page

Also can search directly in the lists of sources in ISI Emerging Markets and Factiva

ISI Emerging Markets - Source of News http://jolis In Databases / Popular Databases Select country---or region, for Ghana search under SSA Search Tab Limit by Publication Types/Sources Limit to Search in Titles only – more precise Publication Search tabs Limit by publication Ctrl Click for multiple selections Save your selection of sources for future Select Industry if researching a sector

In Databases / Popular Databases

Select country---or region, for Ghana search under SSA

Search Tab

Limit by Publication Types/Sources

Limit to Search in Titles only – more precise

Publication Search tabs

Limit by publication

Ctrl Click for multiple selections

Save your selection of sources for future

Select Industry if researching a sector

ISI Emerging Markets Business and Financial Times Ghana The Informer Newspaper A newspaper featuring articles of diffrent occurances in various sectors in Liberia reported by the informer newspaper. Monrovia, Daily, English The Liberian Journal A detailed daily newspaper reporting on the daily activities in the different sectors in Liberia.

ISI Emerging Markets Search Results for “Ghana”

Electronic Tables of Contents Service (ETOCs) Easy way to keep up with professional literature Subscribe to alerts for new issues of journals in your field E-mail alerts for sectors or RSS feeds for individual titles IFC offers e-mail alerts for individual titles (can subscribe in iDesk)

Easy way to keep up with professional literature

Subscribe to alerts for new issues of journals in your field

E-mail alerts for sectors or RSS feeds for individual titles

IFC offers e-mail alerts for individual titles (can subscribe in iDesk)

Factiva http://newsplus http://factiva.worldbank.org (remote access) Simple Search Simple keyword search interface 3 month worth of content Visualization tool – easy to see what triggered the coverage Identify companies mentioned in the stories Refine by subjects Search space can be customized to view the latest headlines

Simple Search

Simple keyword search interface

3 month worth of content

Visualization tool – easy to see what triggered the coverage

Identify companies mentioned in the stories

Refine by subjects

Search space can be customized to view the latest headlines

Factiva Newspages – create a virtual news stand with the top global and local sources Factiva Alerts – receive new articles as soon as they are added to the database, also available as RSS feeds Widgets – simple way to integrate newsfeeds into web pages Newsletter Builder – application to create newsletters for sharing with your colleagues

Newspages – create a virtual news stand with the top global and local sources

Factiva Alerts – receive new articles as soon as they are added to the database, also available as RSS feeds

Widgets – simple way to integrate newsfeeds into web pages

Newsletter Builder – application to create newsletters for sharing with your colleagues

RSS Feeds New way of keeping up with information Tool for delivery of alerts in one place: collect your feeds from various sources E-mail alerts come to your e-mail, RSS Feeds require an “RSS reader” RSS Reader can be web-based like an intranet page (MyYahoo, iGoogle, Russian – Kimbim.com) RSS Reader can be a program installed on your computer – standard in the Bank is SharpReader

New way of keeping up with information

Tool for delivery of alerts in one place: collect your feeds from various sources

E-mail alerts come to your e-mail, RSS Feeds require an “RSS reader”

RSS Reader can be web-based like an intranet page (MyYahoo, iGoogle, Russian – Kimbim.com)

RSS Reader can be a program installed on your computer – standard in the Bank is SharpReader

RSS Feeds Examples Factiva Alerts ISI news for countries E-TOCs Jolis Library catalog – new books Individual publications, e.g. Economist Search engine results, e.g. Yahoo Pictures, podcasts, blogs Any web-site with buttons like these (picture)

Factiva Alerts

ISI news for countries

E-TOCs

Jolis Library catalog – new books

Individual publications, e.g. Economist

Search engine results, e.g. Yahoo

Pictures, podcasts, blogs

Any web-site with buttons like these (picture)

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Today’s Agenda Afternoon Session 2 pm – 4 pm Local Sources OECD publications Statistics of the CIS Database Identify and research local publications Search in local languages

Afternoon Session

2 pm – 4 pm

Local Sources

OECD publications

Statistics of the CIS Database

Identify and research local publications

Search in local languages