Looking for a newspaper article?
Factiva (available from the alphabetical list of databases that can be accessed via the Library) lets you find articles published in any Australian newspaper and a huge selection of international papers, from The Washington Post to the Times of India.
By default Factiva searches across all the Australia metropolitan daily papers, in the last 3 months. You can change the date to search all issues in the database, usually from the early 1990s, and select individual papers such as The Age or The Australian. To search the news from other countries use the drop down menu to select “Publications by Region”.
Factiva has many other search features including language options, searching by author, headline, or headline and lead paragraph to refine your searches.
Hint: use and between your search terms (e.g. burma and cyclone and international aid). For more help just ask at the Research Help Desk.
6 comments
16/05/2009 at 6:07pm,
Has anyone tried to use Factiva? It seems to be really complicated! I may have to go to the library information booth to ask how to use it! Why is it so complicated?
18/05/2009 at 3:23pm,
it’s pretty easy
just select the dates and the collection of newspapers then type your search words
i think it’s great usually these article cost about $3
20/05/2009 at 9:27am,
Thanks Melissa. Do we still have to pay $3 if we use the La Trobe catalogue? My uninteresting question got 68 views or something! Shouldn’t all those people be busy working on essays or something at this time of the year? instead of browsing library blog sites without even intending to write anything? Hello everyone! I got my question answered thanks.:)
25/05/2009 at 4:26pm,
There is a very useful guide to Factiva available here:
http://latrobe.libguides.com/newspapers
25/05/2009 at 5:55pm,
Did you know that the Library Staff are there to teach you how to use Factiva. That is their job, and they are pretty friendly and willing to help.
05/06/2009 at 5:46pm,
If you use the databases through the library, there is no charge.
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