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Access World News
News Bank
http://www.newsbank.com/libraries/schools/solutions/us-international/access-world-news
About Access World News:
Access World News is a searchable news database that includes a variety of news
publications from nearly 200 countries worldwide in a wide variety of subject
areas. These sources include major national and international newspapers, local
and regional titles, newswires, blogs, videos, journals, magazines, government
documents, etc. Includes Special Reports series on topical areas.
Dates of Coverage: 1978—present; Updated daily
Access:
Types of searches:
1) From the Funk Library ACES homepage (http://www.library.illinois.
edu/funkaces/), click the “Online Journals & Databases” link on the
and search for “Access World News” then follow the links.
**When off campus, log in with your UIUC NetID and password.
Access World news allows for searching under 10 different search field
categories, however as the website only supports up to 5 search boxes
at a time they cannot all be used simultaneously.
 All Text. A search of the entire text for the selected term
 First Paragraph. A search of only the first paragraph of an article
 Title. Constrains search to only the title or headline of an article
 Author. Searches only the Author or Byline fields of an article
 Source. Searches names of the source publication, e.g. New York Times
 Section. Searches the title of the newspaper section, e.g. Sports, Comics
 Caption. Searches text accompanying photos or images in an article
 Page. Searches the page number, e.g. A1, B2 of an article
 Word Count. Limits to greater or less than 50, 100, or 500 words
 Date. Clicking the field box produces a drop down menu of date choices,
or enter in a single date or date range, e.g. 2014, or 12/2/2012--2/9/2013
Choosing search terms
1. Choose specific terms
closely related to your research topic.
2. Choose terms that you
might use when discussing your topic with a colleague, including current
jargon.
3. Include synonyms and abbreviations.
4. This search is not case
sensitive.
5. Access World News does
not search for variant
spellings and forms of a
word so try the alternatives
Boolean Operators: Boolean searches consists of using AND, OR, or NOT within your search
phrase. Select from the search operator drop down box.
Use AND to find those results that contain all the search terms. For example, (Cats AND Dogs) will find results that contain only both of those
terms in the document.
Use OR between search terms to return documents that contain either of
the terms. For example, (Cats OR Dogs) will find results that contain either “cats” or “dogs” in the document.
Use NOT between search terms to return documents that do not contain
any of the terms following it. For example, (Cats NOT Dogs) will find results that contain “cats” but not “dogs”.
Important: AND takes priority over OR if both are in a search phrase. To
fix this, use parentheses to nest search terms. For example, (Cats OR
Dogs) AND Food)) will return results that contain either the word (Cats
AND food) or (dogs AND food) within the document.
If you need assistance,
contact a
Funk Library librarian!
Phone:
217.333.2416
E-mail:
aceslib@library.illinois.edu
Hours:
http://www.library.illinois.edu/
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Proximity operators
and phrase searching:
Proximity operators allow search terms to be searched close together in individual articles increasing
search precision when searching large full text documents.
ADJ[x] — Finds articles where search terms appear within x words of each other and in the same order.
Example: Hillary ADJ2 Clinton
NEAR[x] — Finds publications where search terms appear within x words of each other, in any order. Where
x is not specified, this proximity operator defaults to 1.
Example 2: Petraeus NEAR15 report
Note: This strategy is good to search for names as names may or may not include middle initials or middle names. Specifying that the first and last names appear within 2 words of each other, rather than
right next to each other, ensures complete retrieval of articles that name Hillary Rodham Clinton, regardless of the absence or presence of the middle name.
Example 1: Hillary NEAR2 Clinton
Use quotation marks around 2 or more words to find specific phrase, e.g., “National Institutes of Health”
Browse by:
To browse click a Limiter link (e.g., Source Type, Publication, World Region) in the left column under
“Browse by.”
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Filter by:
Click links of interest until results reached.
You may also enter terms in search boxes at top of page and search within your browse results.
Once in the results you can filter the list by placing a value term in the Filter box at the top of the “Browse
by” section in the middle pane (e.g., Filter for “Brazil” in the “Publication” limiter which = 9 publications
from Brazil).
Save and access articles, print, email, export, cite, etc.
To save and access
articles:
Articles can be saved from either the results page or the individual article page by clicking on Save as PDF.
Articles may also be gathered for later access by clicking on “Add to My Collection” beneath the citation in
the Results list, or at the top of the individual citation record. When done gathering articles, click “Add to
My Collection” in the blue bar at top of page. Select box(s) at left to print, email, export link(s), or cite selection(s). Delete by by clicking ‘X’ on right.
To save an article from the results page simply click the check box directly to the left of the article title. You
can also choose to save multiple articles from the same search by checking multiple boxes.
To save an article from an articles page you also click a checkbox, this time located above the title and to
the left of the article number.
To access saved arti- To access previously saved articles, select the “Saved Articles” link from the navigation bar at the top of the
cles:
page. From here simply click the article title to access it. To remove an article from the saved list, first click
the check box to the left of the title and then select “Delete Selected Article” from the drop down menu on
the right.
To save or print cita- To email or print from a single article record simply choose the option from the blue bar at the top of the
tions:
record dropdown box along the right side of the page. Emailing requires the user enter an email address.
To email or print from the “Add to my Collection” saved articles list, first navigate to “Add to my Collection”
the blue bar at the top of the page saved articles page by using the site navigation bar. Then select the articles you wish to email or print, next select the desired action from the dropdown box to the right. Choosing
email will require the entry of an email address
To export citations:
To cite articles:
To export citations from a single article record simply choose the option from the blue bar at the top of the
record dropdown box along the right side of the page. Then select either your citation management software or preferred citation format if being copy pasted to a word processor or text editor.
To export citations from the saved articles list, first navigate Add to my Collection” saved articles page by
using the site navigation bar. Then select the articles you wish to email or print, choose the option from the
dropdown box along the right side of the page. Then select either your citation management software or
preferred citation format if being copy pasted to a word processor or text editor.
This guide is available online at: http://www.library.illinois.edu/funkaces/handouts/AWNews.pdf
Created 8/8/2014 by ta; updated 05/12/15 by ma