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In this demonstration, you will learn how to find newspaper articles on the social issue of road safety using the Factiva.com database
Factiva.com is an interdisciplinary news, current affairs and research database providing access to nearly 8000 publications, including local and international newspapers, newswires, magazines and journal sources
You can find extensive company information, including financial data for more than 42,500 worldwide companies (from Reuters Investor) as well as access to historical market data and interactive charting
Begin at the Library home page
Select Databases
Type in Factiva.com
Click to connect
To search a particular source, select the Source button
Let's look for articles in the Courier Mail
Click on the arrow to add the code to the Free Textbox (above)
We can now add keywords to the search using Boolean operators
You will need to put brackets around “road safety” to search as a phrase
We can change the date range to include the last year
Ensure Duplicates is on
Our results show 13 articles
The Discovery Pane shows information pertaining to the search
Here is your search summary
Select the articles you would like to view
Note that you can view articles in different formats
You can also get rid of the frames
and sort the results
click on the icon to view
You can also email..print and save articles
Remember to log out when you are finished
Good luck and happy researching!
