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WISER: Newspapers online :

This article provides an introduction to the scope and range of recent and current newspapers available on Oxlip, including hints on effective search techniques. It covers databases such as Westlaw Global News Service and Lexis Nexis News Service.

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  1. WISER: Newspapers online : an introduction to the scope and range of recent and current newspapers available on Oxlip, including hints on effective search techniques. Ruth Bird Bodleian Law Librarian

  2. Databases to be covered today: • Westlaw Global News Service (formerly Dialog) • Lexis Nexis News Service • not covered today – Factiva, a service based at Said Business School Library, and available from the Sainsbury Library

  3. Aim of this session • Demonstrate features of Westlaw and Lexis News services • Explain structure and searching on each database • Identify similar and varying features in each service

  4. Westlaw requires Athens login Lexis News uses IP recognition – no login required on campus, VPN off campus

  5. WESTLAW : - Initial Westlaw screen

  6. To change these tabs: 1. Choose Add/Remove tabs 3. Click next 2. Tick topics to select tabs

  7. Click Save and new tab will appear along top bar.

  8. Enter name or company, restrict dates & click GO.

  9. Results display most recent first, with search term highlighted. Search can be narrowed to locate items within the result

  10. By selecting Edit text on previous screen, you can add narrower terms to the existing query. Natural Language option is available.

  11. Options to print, save or email articles Mark selected articles

  12. Select this option for general searches

  13. Enter search terms and select where to search Find out which papers are included

  14. Select Research Trail option to track search process and obtain citations. This can be downloaded or emailed.

  15. FAVOURITE databases can be selected and added to this list

  16. Select Add to favourites from drop list on previous screen, then enter the name you wish to give the database, and the database identifier. Click Add Favourite. When you next look at your favourites list, the new database is listed.

  17. From the information button, Scope of databases is shown, with individual titles of papers & database name

  18. Able to select single/several titles for a search

  19. If a database name is selected, the search box is displayed, and search narrowed to one source

  20. To search by resource, select General News tab. Search can be limited, and duplicates eliminated. Term frequency can be specified, as well as case sensitivity

  21. Lexis Nexis news service Select the News Service from Oxlip

  22. Enter search term, select section; add further refinement using dialogue boxes Date restriction option

  23. Lexis has a results limit which will stop you if you are not specific enough in your search terms. If this screen appears, narrow your search term(s)

  24. Search can be limited by these options This list allows narrowing of search; multiple sources cannot be selected

  25. Sort by date or relevance; marked items are highlighted Source type can be listed; this pane can also be closed

  26. Various options for display; also ability to mark records for printing, emailing, saving.

  27. Narrowed search leads to smaller result set

  28. Move from keyword hit to hit

  29. By limiting same basic name search to ‘Headline’, only 5 articles are retrieved

  30. At the end of each article there is a box with relevant subjects that can be checked for related articles Search can be modified or narrowed

  31. History of search is listed here New results include the new terms

  32. Select search option to create your own search query Select Sources tab to add or identify content of sources

  33. Select a Source option – here, individual publications has been selected, and it brings a screen broken down alphabetically

  34. Information about a source – click the

  35. Select a country or region

  36. A whole group can be added to My Sources Remember to click Done to add item to My Sources

  37. Personal Source List Each time ‘Add’ is selected, the title appears in this listing. Individual titles can be added/removed at any time. The selected list needs to be given a name, and the

  38. Drop down list of your selected Sources

  39. Explanation of Connectors List of connectors by selecting View

  40. A sample search • The following search was conducted on June 11 – locate the words academic, pay and increase within proximity to each other, to find articles dealing with the recent industrial dispute. • In each database, the search used template, boolean and natural language search methods. • The results varied, not only between the two databases, but within the one database, depending on the search method. • The point of this is to alert users to the need to be exhaustive in their use of these resources to ensure they have exhausted all possibilities.

  41. 1. Lexis using General Search & Boolean search terms

  42. Search results – 23 articles

  43. 2. Natural language search

  44. Results – 250 articles

  45. 3. Using structured search template on News Select/exclude indexed items from these options

  46. Search results – 28 items

  47. Westlaw – restricted to UK Newspapers

  48. 1. Using the structured search template option

  49. A broad result set – over 800 documents

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