NewsBank, inc. Presents
How to Search
Access U.K. &
Ireland Newspapers
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Starting
Starting from
from your
your home
home
page,
page, you
you are
are one
one click
click away
away
from
from aa host
host of
of powerful
powerful
search
search options.
options.
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You
You can
can search
search aa specific
specific
newspaper...
newspaper...
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You
You can
can search
search across
across
aa region...
region...
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You
You can
can search
search all
all
newspapers
newspapers from
from an
an
entire
entire country...
country...
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You
You can
can search
search all
all titles
titles
in
in the
the U.K.
U.K. and
and Ireland
Ireland
at
at once...
once...
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You
You can
can also
also search
search
more
more than
than 100
100 of
of the
the
top
top international
international news
news
sources…
sources…
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Or,
Or, put
put it
it all
all together
together and
and
search
search aa wealth
wealth of
of sources
sources
from
from the
the U.K.,
U.K., Ireland
Ireland and
and
around
around the
the world.
world.
This
This tutorial
tutorial details
details several
several
effective
effective search
search techniques
techniques
that
that are
are frequently
frequently used
used in
in
Access
Access U.K.
U.K. &
& Ireland
Ireland
Newspapers.
Newspapers. It
It also
also offers
offers
tips
tips to
to help
help you
you find
find what
what
you
you are
are looking
looking for.
for.
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You will learn how to:
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;
;
Search sources from around
the world, across a broad
geographic area or from a
single country, or focus on a
particular newspaper
Research a topic or issue
Research a person, place or
organisation
;
Locate an article you
remember reading
;
Browse a specific newspaper
by date
;
Locate an obituary
;
Search for articles by a
particular author
Click on a specific topic to go to it directly, or simply click
outside the topics to continue the slideshow.
Search sources around the world, across a
broad geographic area or from a single
country, or focus on a particular newspaper
For perspectives on topics, people, issues and
events, use the shortcuts and maps to expand
or narrow your search.
• For example, narrow your search from all
available titles…
• To those in the U.K. and Ireland…
• To titles in Wales…
• To a single newspaper, the South Wales Echo.
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1.
1. Search
Search newspapers
newspapers
around
around the
the world,
world, or
or
point-and-click
point-and-click on
on the
the
Search
Search Shortcuts,
Shortcuts, the
the
legend
legend or
or the
the map
map to
to
search
search sources
sources from
from aa
geographic
geographic region.
region.
Tip:
Tip: For
For the
the
greatest
greatest possible
possible
number
number of
of search
search
results,
results, search
search
the
the entire
entire world.
world.
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2.
2. For
For tighter
tighter search
search
results,
results, narrow
narrow your
your
search
search to
to all
all sources
sources in
in
the
the U.K.
U.K. and
and Ireland.
Ireland.
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3.
3. You
You can
can further
further
narrow
narrow your
your search
search
to
to aa single
single country
country or
or
aa specific
specific newspaper.
newspaper.
Tip:
Tip: When
When
searching
searching aa
common
common topic
topic or
or aa
term
term frequently
frequently in
in
the
the news,
news, consider
consider
limiting
limiting your
your
search
search to
to certain
certain
regions
regions or
or specific
specific
titles
titles by
by checking
checking
the
the appropriate
appropriate
box(es).
box(es). This
This will
will
yield
yield aa smaller
smaller set
set
of
of results.
results.
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4.
4. At
At any
any time,
time, you
you can
can
change
change the
the focus
focus of
of
your
your search
search by
by using
using
the
the customisable
customisable
Search
Search Shortcuts
Shortcuts in
in the
the
navigation
navigation bar.
bar.
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Research a topic or issue
For example, you can research:
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• Terrorism
• Global warming
• The Middle East
• Crime
• Healthcare services
• Football
• Avian flu
• Parliament
• Education
• School funding
• Assembly government
• The Olympics
In
In this
this example,
example, search
search
The
The World.
World.
1.
1. Type
Type your
your search
search
term(s)
term(s) to
to describe
describe an
an
issue,
issue, event,
event, etc.
etc. In
In
this
this example,
example, use
use
“terrorism.”
“terrorism.”
2.
2. Choose
Choose aa timeframe
timeframe
from
from the
the drop-down
drop-down
menu.
menu. For
For example,
example,
“the
“the past
past twelve
twelve
months.”
months.”
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In
In aa second
second example,
example,
compare
compare recent
recent events
events
with
with past
past events.
events.
1.
1. Continue
Continue to
to search
search
on
on “terrorism.”
“terrorism.”
2.
2. However,
However, choose
choose aa
different
different timeframe.
timeframe.
For
For example,
example, choose
choose
“Oldest
“Oldest matches
matches
first”
first” and
and specify
specify
the
the year
year “2001.”
“2001.”
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Tip:
Tip: If
If you
you wish
wish to
to focus
focus
your
your search
search results,
results, try
try the
the
Search
Search Shortcuts.
Shortcuts. For
For
example,
example, search
search only
only the
the
UK
UK National
National Newspapers
Newspapers by
by
clicking
clicking on
on the
the shortcut
shortcut in
in
the
the navigation
navigation bar.
bar.
1.
1. Narrow
Narrow your
your search
search to
to
specific
specific publications
publications
within
within the
the group
group by
by
checking
checking their
their respective
respective
boxes.
boxes.
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2.
2. Or,
Or, search
search aa single
single
newspaper
newspaper by
by clicking
clicking on
on
its
its title
title in
in the
the previous
previous list.
list.
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Research a person, place
or organisation
For example, you can research:
• Peter Hain
• House of Commons
• Glasgow
• The Dail
• National Health Service
• FTSE 350
• Rugby Football Union
• Westminster Abbey
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1.
1. To
To perform
perform aa basic
basic
search,
search, simply
simply type
type in
in
your
your search
search terms.
terms. For
For
example,
example, choose
choose
“National
“National Health
Health
Service”
Service” or
or NHS.
NHS.
2.
2. Choose
Choose aa timeframe.
timeframe. For
For
example,
example, “the
“the past
past 77
days.”
days.”
Tip:
Tip: To
To find
find names,
names,
compound
compound terms
terms or
or exact
exact
phrases,
phrases, use
use quotation
quotation
marks.
marks. For
For example,
example,
“National
“National Health
Health Service.”
Service.”
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1.
1. If
If there
there are
are too
too
many
many hits,
hits, you
you could
could
narrow
narrow your
your search
search
to
to aa specific
specific country.
country.
2.
2. Click
Click on
on Advanced
Advanced
Search
Search for
for even
even more
more
options.
options.
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1.
1. You
You can
can focus
focus your
your search
search criteria
criteria with
with
the
the drop-down
drop-down boxes.
boxes. For
For example,
example,
you
you can
can specify
specify that
that your
your terms
terms
“National
“National Health
Health Service”
Service” or
or NHS
NHS must
must
appear
appear “in
“in Lead/First
Lead/First Paragraph.”
Paragraph.”
2.
2. Also,
Also, you
you can
can add
add aa
requirement
requirement that
that
“NHS”
“NHS” also
also appears
appears
“in
“in Headline.”
Headline.”
3.
3. As
As in
in the
the Basic
Basic Search,
Search,
you
you can
can change
change the
the
timeframe.
timeframe. For
For
example,
example, choose
choose “the
“the
past
past 33 months.”
months.”
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You
You can
can pinpoint
pinpoint your
your
results
results even
even more
more by
by
selecting
selecting aa single
single
newspaper
newspaper to
to search
search or
or
browse
browse for
for content
content on
on aa
chosen
chosen topic.
topic.
Tip:
Tip: You
You can
can browse
browse aa
single
single issue
issue of
of aa selected
selected
newspaper.
newspaper. Find
Find aa
specific
specific issue
issue by
by clicking
clicking
on
on it
it or
or entering
entering aa
specific
specific date.
date.
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Locate an article you
remember reading
For example, search for an article…
• With the words “women and football and
championship”
• From the first two weeks of March 2006
• In a local or regional newspaper
• Note: The sources available to you will depend on
your NewsBank subscription.
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1.
1. Use
Use the
the map,
map, the
the lists
lists of
of
newspapers
newspapers by
by region
region or
or country
country
or
or the
the customised
customised shortcuts
shortcuts to
to
find
find the
the appropriate
appropriate group
group of
of
papers
papers to
to search.
search.
2.
2. Based
Based on
on what
what you
you
remember
remember about
about the
the
article,
article, choose
choose
appropriate
appropriate search
search
terms.
terms.
3.
3. Choose
Choose to
to return
return
“Best
“Best matches
matches first.”
first.”
4.
4. Choose
Choose aa custom
custom
date.
date. For
For example,
example,
select
select “1
“1 March
March 2006
2006
–– 15
15 March
March 2006.”
2006.”
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5.
5. Click
Click on
on the
the headline
headline
to
to see
see the
the full
full text
text of
of
an
an article.
article.
Let’s
Let’s take
take aa look
look at
at the
the
article
article from
from the
the
Sunday
Sunday Mercury
Mercury from
from
Birmingham,
Birmingham, England.
England.
Tip:
Tip: Notice
Notice the
the
highlighted
highlighted search
search
terms
terms within
within the
the text
text
of
of the
the article.
article.
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1.
1. You
You can
can find
find the
the same
same
article
article by
by selecting
selecting aa
specific
specific source.
source. For
For
instance,
instance, directly
directly select
select the
the
Sunday
Sunday Mercury
Mercury from
from the
the
list
list of
of titles
titles in
in the
the Regional
Regional
and
and Local
Local group.
group.
Tip:
Tip: If
If you
you remember
remember aa
recent
recent date
date during
during which
which the
the
article
article was
was published,
published, you
you
can
can simply
simply browse
browse that
that day’s
day’s
issue
issue and
and its
its articles.
articles.
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Browse a specific newspaper
by date
For example:
• You remember seeing an article in your local paper about
a neighbourhood having problems with tunneling badgers.
• Your local paper is the Portsmouth Evening News of
Portsmouth, England.
• You know the article was published on the 21st of March,
2006.
• Note: The sources available to you will depend on your
NewsBank subscription.
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1.
1. Choose
Choose the
the U.K.
U.K.
Regional
Regional and
and Local
Local
Newspapers
Newspapers shortcut
shortcut
from
from the
the navigation
navigation
bar.
bar.
Tip:
Tip: Through
Through the
the easily
easily
customisable
customisable interface,
interface,
your
your library,
library, school,
school,
college
college or
or university
university can
can
highlight
highlight local
local
newspapers,
newspapers, or
or groups
groups
of
of newspapers,
newspapers, on
on the
the
tool
tool bar
bar for
for direct
direct
access.
access.
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2.
2. Scroll
Scroll to
to the
the bottom
bottom
of
of the
the page,
page, and
and
directly
directly select
select The
The
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Evening
Evening
News
News from
from the
the list
list of
of
titles.
titles.
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3.
3. You
You can
can type
type the
the
publication
publication date
date you
you
wish
wish to
to review
review and
and click
click
BROWSE.
BROWSE.
4.
4. Or,
Or, ifif the
the date
date you
you want
want
appears
appears in
in the
the list,
list,
simply
simply choose
choose it
it from
from
there.
there. In
In this
this example,
example,
select
select “21
“21 March,
March, 2006.”
2006.”
Tip:
Tip: Browse
Browse features
features
are
are available
available only
only ifif
aa single
single newspaper
newspaper
is
is selected.
selected.
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5.
5. Browse
Browse articles
articles by
by
selecting
selecting “Search
“Search Within
Within
this
this Issue”
Issue” or
or simply
simply by
by
clicking
clicking on
on their
their headlines.
headlines.
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6.
6. Browse
Browse the
the article.
article. Note
Note
the
the headline,
headline, paper
paper title,
title,
date,
date, and
and number
number of
of print
print
pages.
pages.
7.
7. Click
Click on
on “Quick
“Quick Links”
Links” or
or
“Back
“Back to
to Issue”
Issue” to
to browse
browse
other
other articles
articles from
from the
the
same
same day.
day.
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Tip:
Tip: At
At the
the bottom
bottom of
of each
each
article
article is
is more
more information
information on
on
the
the source
source and
and copyright.
copyright.
Tip:
Tip: OpenURL
OpenURL links
links at
at the
the end
end
of
of each
each article
article enable
enable you
you to
to
link
link an
an to
to article
article in
in an
an email,
email,
which
which can
can be
be sent
sent to
to aa friend,
friend,
colleague,
colleague, student
student or
or
professor.
professor. Also,
Also, each
each article
article
has
has aa MARC
MARC Record
Record Number,
Number,
so
so it
it can
can be
be uniquely
uniquely
identified.
identified.
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Locate an obituary
For example:
• Welsh hero Eynon Hawkins, from December 2001
• A Yorkshire man, Binns, former pilot in the RAF and
veteran of the Second World War
In your search, you might specify:
• The region or paper where an obituary would have
been published
• The name of the deceased
• The month and year of death
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For
For example,
example, search
search all
all
U.K.
U.K. &
& Ireland
Ireland sources
sources
for
for “Eynon
“Eynon Hawkins.”
Hawkins.”
1.
1. Type
Type the
the name
name of
of the
the
deceased
deceased in
in the
the
search
search box
box and
and the
the
search
search term
term “obit*.”
“obit*.”
2.
2. Choose
Choose “Oldest
“Oldest
matches
matches first”
first” and
and
add
add aa custom
custom date.
date.
In
In this
this case,
case, try
try
“December
“December 2001.”
2001.”
Click
Click “Search.”
“Search.”
Tip:
Tip: Use
Use truncation
truncation (by
(by
adding
adding an
an asterisk)
asterisk) to
to
search
search all
all forms
forms of
of the
the
word
word “obituary.”
“obituary.”
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3.
3. View
View your
your highly
highly
targeted
targeted results.
results.
Tip:
Tip: To
To see
see the
the first
first
paragraph
paragraph on
on the
the
results
results page,
page, check
check
the
the “Show
“Show First
First
Paragraph”
Paragraph” box.
box.
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In
In our
our second
second example,
example,
let’s
let’s narrow
narrow the
the search
search
from
from all
all of
of the
the U.K.
U.K. &
&
Ireland
Ireland to
to England…
England…
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…and
…and from
from all
all of
of
England
England to
to Yorkshire.
Yorkshire.
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Search
Search all
all of
of the
the
Yorkshire
Yorkshire publications
publications for
for
Harry
Harry Binns’
Binns’ obituary.
obituary.
1.
1. Use
Use the
the name
name of
of the
the
deceased
deceased and
and some
some
key
key terms
terms that
that are
are
likely
likely to
to be
be mentioned
mentioned
in
in his
his obituary.
obituary.
2.
2. Since
Since you
you know
know the
the
year
year that
that Mr.
Mr. Binns
Binns
died,
died, you
you can
can include
include
that
that in
in your
your search.
search.
Choose
Choose the
the timeframe
timeframe
“2003.”
“2003.”
3.
3. Click
Click “Search.”
“Search.”
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Tip:
Tip: The
The more
more terms
terms you
you connect
connect
with
with AND
AND in
in your
your search
search
statement,
statement, the
the more
more specific
specific your
your
results
results will
will be.
be.
The
The results
results yield
yield two
two articles
articles
from
from the
the West
West Yorkshire
Yorkshire and
and
North
North Yorkshire
Yorkshire County
County
Publications.
Publications.
Tip:
Tip: Since
Since many
many people
people live
live in
in several
several
places
places during
during their
their lives,
lives, obituaries
obituaries
may
may be
be listed
listed in
in newspapers
newspapers from
from two
two
or
or more
more cities.
cities. Because
Because obituaries
obituaries
often
often run
run on
on multiple
multiple days,
days, it
it is
is helpful
helpful
not
not to
to target
target your
your date
date too
too tightly.
tightly.
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Search for articles by a
particular author
For example, find articles written by:
• Giles Smith
• Hafina Clwyd
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1.
1. Search
Search all
all newspapers
newspapers in
in the
the
U.K.
U.K. and
and Ireland
Ireland for
for articles
articles by
by
Giles
Giles Smith.
Smith. Use
Use the
the Advanced
Advanced
Search
Search and
and specify
specify your
your terms
terms
to
to appear
appear “in
“in Author/Byline.”
Author/Byline.”
Tip:
Tip: Be
Be sure
sure to
to use
use the
the
“Author/Byline”
“Author/Byline” field,
field,
especially
especially when
when
searching
searching for
for articles
articles by
by
an
an author
author with
with aa
common
common name
name to
to avoid
avoid
false
false hits.
hits.
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2.
2. View
View your
your results.
results. Note
Note
that
that your
your search
search terms
terms
appear
appear in
in the
the Author
Author
field,
field, as
as specified.
specified.
Tip:
Tip: Click
Click on
on “Quick
“Quick
Links”
Links” to
to find
find other
other
articles
articles by
by Giles
Giles Smith
Smith or
or
articles
articles from
from the
the same
same
page,
page, section
section or
or date.
date.
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1.
1. You
You might
might try
try aa Basic
Basic
Search
Search for
for columnist
columnist
Hafina
Hafina Clwyd.
Clwyd.
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2.
2. A
A quick
quick look
look at
at one
one of
of the
the
results
results will
will reveal
reveal that
that
this
this article
article was
was not
not
written
written by
by Hafina
Hafina Clwyd.
Clwyd.
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3.
3. Scroll
Scroll down
down and
and look
look
for
for your
your highlighted
highlighted
terms.
terms. You
You will
will see
see
that
that Hafina
Hafina Clwyd’s
Clwyd’s
name
name appears
appears in
in the
the
text
text of
of this
this article.
article.
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4.
4. Try
Try again,
again, this
this time
time using
using
the
the Advanced
Advanced Search
Search and
and
specify
specify that
that your
your terms
terms
should
should appear
appear “in
“in
Author/Byline.”
Author/Byline.”
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5.
5. With
With this
this search,
search, you
you
are
are guaranteed
guaranteed to
to find
find
articles
articles written
written by
by
Hafina
Hafina Clwyd.
Clwyd.
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