Uiversity Library Library and Learning Services How to find Newspaper articles on Nexis and FT.com Why read Newspaper articles?  Provides current / historical opinion on a topic, event, company or person– a snapshot  Can be used to show media hype or bias in relation to a person or event  Newspapers are not subject to the same checks as journal articles –watch for bias  Awareness of current events and how this relates to your business modules - you may be ask to comment on real events based on your studies

Uiversity Library Library and Learning Services Why read the trade press  Less academic and theory based – shows the practical side of applications and theories.  Keeping up to date with latest ideas and techniques  Awareness of what is happening right now in that sector or industry.  What are the key issues affecting them?  Key changes in strategy of companies

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Uiversity Library Library and Learning Services FT.com Financial Times  Key business newspaper  Only covers the FT (Financial Times)  access to the most recent five years via the FT.com.  Access from 1982 to the present via Nexis UK

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Uiversity Library Library and Learning Services FT.com Flash demo  default.asp?source=3 default.asp?source=3  Explains key features of the website  Start at Number 1 only takes 5 minutes.  If this does not work see the next 3 slides for help

Uiversity Library Library and Learning Services Read todays news or type in keywords to look for a specific article or topic

Uiversity Library Library and Learning Services Refine your search by changing the date You can also target articles by people or companies Or you could add more search terms and rerun the search again Click on a headline to read the full text of the article.

Uiversity Library Library and Learning Services Print or or bookmark the article. If you intend to use this for an assignment note the day you accessed the article and the URL as this is part of your reference

Uiversity Library Library and Learning Services Searching the FT via Nexis  It can be a little tricky to find the FT in Nexis. Follow these instructions if you want to search the FT in Nexis  007/llspdf/ftvianora.pdf 007/llspdf/ftvianora.pdf

Uiversity Library Library and Learning Services Nexis UK  Key UK quality newspapers eg Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Telegraph, Sunday Business etc.  International press eg Le Monde, Washington Post, South China Morning Post  Trade press / practitioner press eg Caterer and Hotelkeeper, Marketing, Investors Chronicle, Personnel Today

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Uiversity Library Library and Learning Services 4. If possible choose a date range to narrow down your search 1. Choose your search terms and where in the article they are found. 3. Click on the drop down menu to choose ‘sets’ of publications Click on the ‘I’ to see the criteria of the ‘set’ and a full list of all the publications 5. Lastly Click on ‘search’ 2. Combine the search terms

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Uiversity Library Library and Learning Services Edit your search eg add or change keywords Group results together eg by publication Click on article to see full text Resort your results eg date or relevance

Uiversity Library Library and Learning Services Print, or Save the article Number of results found and the article number you are viewing View more or less of the article Words which match your search terms are marked in red

Uiversity Library Library and Learning Services Article Indexing information – useful to pick up other search terms to use. Percentage indicates the amount the article is about these terms Words which match your search terms are marked in red

Uiversity Library Library and Learning Services Other resources for news Click on the ‘All resources’ tab Click on the ‘News Services and Newspapers category on the left

Uiversity Library Library and Learning Services Now try it out for yourself! All the resources are accessible via NORA Remember if you have any problems:

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