You can search for news items in Google, of course -- but you can do it much more comprehensively by searching either LibrarySearch or Nexis Uni.
Most major newspapers are available in Nexis Uni. Find out how to get the best from it!
Go to LibrarySearch
Type some search terms into the search box
Occasionally items in Nexis Uni may take you no further than the correct newspaper, without retrieving the article. This is usually EASILY FIXED by pasting some text from the title of the article you wanted into the Nexis Uni search box.
Nexis Uni is a very comprehensive database of worldwide newspapers and is well worth the time spent in finding out how it works. Please see the next box.
You can search for individual online newspapers in LibrarySearch
This will probably only find a selection all the titles available. Searching for a newspaper in Nexis Uni will probably have more comprehensive results. Please see the next box.
To access Nexis Uni, go to LibrarySearch and click on the Databases tab at the top.
You may get a message saying More than 3000 results - you can view the top 1000 immediately, or edit your search further
Nexis Uni can search a range of magazines and websites as well as News sources - select the Home tab to search everything, or explore some of the other tabs available, e,.g. Companies, Biographies, Market Insight.
To access Nexis, go to LibrarySearch and click on the Databases tab at the top.
To browse a particular day of a newspaper:
If you have left the main search box blank you should see all the articles in your chosen date of the newspaper.
Nexis Uni provides extensive online help.
Click on Help in the top right hand area of the screen to access to the help menu, or click on Search tips in the blue search box.
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