This document provides instructions for finding newspaper articles using the database Factiva. It explains how to access Factiva through the library website, search for a specific article by title, search for articles on a topic by entering search terms, and find additional help resources. The steps outlined include selecting a particular newspaper source in Factiva, setting date ranges, and searching by headline or full text. Users are also directed to online videos, guides and referencing tools for more information.

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Finding Newspaper Articles
Use these slides to learn how to:
 Find newspaper articles
 Use Factiva
 Search for a particular article
 Search for articles by topic
 Find more information
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How to find newspaper articles
1. From the Library homepage click on
Databases
2. Select ‘F’ for Factiva
3. Click on Factiva
Login with your University username and
password
Use the database Factiva through the Library website to search for newspaper articles.

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Using Factiva
1. Major Australian newspapers are the
default sources. To change this, open
the drop-down arrow next to Group
2. You can choose a particular Australian
newspaper by clicking on
Australia/Oceania and opening the
options until you see newspaper titles
to choose from. Or you can choose a
different country’s newspapers.
3. Check the default date range and
change to All Dates to search for older
articles.
4. The default search scans the whole
article. If you find too many results,
change the default search field option
to Headline and Lead Paragraph
under the More Options link.

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Search for a particular article
1. Type the title of the article into the search
box
2. Change the date range if you need to
3. Click Search
4. On the results page, select the title to
display the full text article
5. To email, print or save the article, click on
the appropriate icon

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Search for any article
1. Type in your search terms. In the
example "food production" and
"global market" are in "quotes" so
that the words will be searched
together. Australia* has the
asterisk * symbol to find alternate
endings of the word, i.e.
Australian, Australia's
2. Change the date range to All Dates
3. Click Search
4. Results will display as most recent
first. Click on the title to view the
full text of the article.

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Need more information?
 Online videos (linking to YouTube):
• Using the Factiva Database – Company Information Search
• Using the Factiva Database – Topic Search
 How to search – see the Business and Management Library Skills Module
http://latrobe.libguides.com/content.php?pid=184702&sid=1611449
 Other Australian news sources – see the online Library Guide about Newspaper
Articles http://latrobe.libguides.com/content.php?pid=25880&sid=186794
 Referencing – see the Academic Referencing Tool for examples of how to
reference your sources using the Harvard Referencing Style
http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/help/style-guides.php