Using NewsBank to find news articles from newspapers in Africa

1. Once you’re in NewsBank, click on
the shortcut for World

2. Select Africa

3. Enter a search term (a
person, a group, a keyword)
in order to search all of the
newspapers from Africa
You can also search the
newspapers available from
individual countries by
clicking on one of the
countries listed

4. Your results will show you
headlines and a brief
snippet of text that
includes your search term
You can sort by “Most
recent matches first”
(recommended) or “Best
matches first”

5. If there’s more than one
paper you’ll need to
select which one you
want to search

6. To see all the
stories from a
particular day,
select the date
you want to
browse
You can search
this paper
specifically
Browsing the stories from a particular day is a good way to see
coverage of and reaction to a particular event

7. A sample of one day’s
headlines; browsing headlines
and stories can also give you
ideas for keywords