Finding information in newswriting & journalistic inquiry

• Books
• Subject Headings
• Journal Databases
• Internet resources

Handbooks, manuals and guides

Subject Headings

To find resources on a topic, the best starting point is to perform a keyword search on the library catalogue. Once you have found an item that looks relevant, you can then use the subject headings assigned to that record to find other items. Below some subject headings that you may find useful. Click on a heading to see list of books and other items from the catalogue.

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Journal Databases

Use the databases to search for journal, magazine and newspaper articles.

Database Title	Coverage	Description
AusStats	1998-	Provides access to a vast amount of statistics and data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Via EbscoHost
Academic Search Elite	1984 - ( 1990-)	A cross disciplinary database indexing 2,900 journals from 1984 onwards with almost 1,300 providing fulltext. Approximately 1,600 titles are peer reviewed.
Business Source Elite	1984 -	Contains full text articles for 800 journals as far back as 1990, and abstracts and indexing for 1,500 back as far as 1984.
Australia/New Zealand Newspaper & Reference Centre	varied	Combines Australia and New Zealand specific newspapers & newswires, magazines, reference books, and company information. It provides local perspectives on current events, business, sports, and many other subjects.
Via Informit
APA Fulltext	1978 - ( 1998-)	Provides over 200 core Australian journal titles in fulltext PDF. Selected fulltext only is available for some titles.
APAIS	1978-	Indexes current journals and newspapers in Australia and overseas for material on Australia's political, economic, legal, social and cultural affairs.
Media Scan	1991-	Provides topical subject indexing in 9 major Australian Newspapers.
Factiva	varied	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. There is a user limit of 10 simultaneously.
Via ProQuest
ABI/Inform Global	1985-	Contains news and analysis, information on local markets, and more gathered from major business tabloids, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and city, state, and regional business publications
Academic Research Library	1971 - ( 1987-)	Indexes almost 2,000 periodicals, with over 1000 in fulltext. Note: this service now covers content previously provided under the ProQuest Arts collection.
ProQuest Humanities	1988-	Indexes over 300 titles, with over 200 in fulltext, covering communication, history, journalism, literature, philosophy, religion and more.

Internet Resources

The Internet provides access to a large range of resources for Journalism newswriting and inquriy. However, the quality of the resources varies, and as part of your research process, you will need to evaluate each web site. There are guidelines for evaluating information which can help you with the evaluation process.