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AccessingnewspapersandGovernmentGazettes
onTrove
ChristineYeatsSeniorVicePresident
RoyalAustralianHistoricalSociety
Awordaboutlibrarye-Resources� InadditiontoTrovetheNationalLibraryofAustraliaandtheStateLibraryofNSW(plusotherstatelibraries)haveaselectionofmaterial-includingoverseasandAustraliannewspapers-thatlibrarycardholderscanaccessonlinefreeofchargeviaeResourceoptions.
� Thesee-Resourcescanincludesubscriptiondatabasesgivingaccesstofamilyhistoryresources,ebooksanddigitisedtext.
� Note:theydonotincludeAncestryandFindmyPast.
GettingtoknowTrove’s“tools”
• WhenyouclickontheresultsfornewspapersandGovernmentGazettesyouwillnoticesymbolsforsomeofTrove’susefultoolsrunningdownthelefthandsideofthepage.• TakeanoteofthemandrefertothemasyoumakeuseofthenewspaperandGovernmentGazettezones.
Benefitsofse7ngupaTroveaccount� YoucancreateanaccountonTrove.It’sfree.� Youcankeeparecordofyourcontributions.� Ifyou’resignedinwhenyoucorrectthetextinthedigitisednewspapers,addtagsorcomments,orcreateliststhatinformationwillappearinyouruserprofile.
� Whenyoulogonyouwillseeaseriesoftabs.ClickoneachtabtoseewhatyouhaveaddedorhowyouhavebeenusingTrove.� Inparticular,youcanseetherecentcorrectionsyouhavemadetothenewspapersandGovernmentGazettes.
SimplesearchonTrove� ThesimplesearchboxisatthetopofeachTrovepage.� Thedefaultsearchis“All”(allzones).AsearchbyawordorphrasewillgiveresultsfromallTrovezonesunlessyouspecifythezoneyouwant.
� Insimplesearchesusekeywordsasaphrase,ratherthanasseparatewords,andenclosetheminquotationmarks(“SarahHynes”).
� Youcanuse‘AND’,‘OR’,‘NOT’� Othersearchtools:
� Wildcard*(atleast3charactersbeforeaddingthewildcardsymbol)
� Searchforwordsneareachotherusingthe~(tilde)symbol� Tagsuser-addedtags,eg.publictag:”sarahhynes”� SeeTroveonlinehelpformoretips
RefiningyourTroveresults� Usethe‘Refineyourresults’menu� The‘Refineyoursearchresults’menuislocatedonthelefthandsideofsearchresultpages.� Usingthese“facets”filteryourresults.
� YoucanalsorefineyoursearchresultswhenusingeithertheSimpleortheAdvancedsearchoptions.
AdvancedsearchonTrove� TheoptiontoselectAdvancedsearchisunderthegreenSearchbutton
� AdvancedsearchdefaultstoasearchofalltheTrovezonessodon’tforgettoselectthezoneyouwant.
� AnAdvancedsearchallowsyoutospecifywhatyouwanttosearch–keyword,format,date,tofindaniteminyourlibraryorfinditonline.� Tip:Someartisticworksmayhavecopyrightrestrictionsontheirusesodon’tforgettocheckthis.
NewspaperresourcesonTrove� ““DigitisedNewspapersandGazettesformthelargestofTrove’scollectionswith…over18.5millionpagesfrommorethan1000Australiannewspapers.”(Trove).
� TheSydneyMorningHeraldgoesupto1954.TheCanberraTimesistheonlymajornewspaperavailablebeyond1957.
� TheimagesoftheoriginalarticlesandthefullysearchableElectronicallyTranslatedText,iscreatedthroughtheprocessofOpticalCharacterRecognition(OCR).
� Theoftenpoorconditionoftheimagesandthesmallfontsmeanerrorsofinterpretationaremade.Thecorrectionofthetextbyenthusiastshelpsimprovesearchresults.
SearchingfornewspapersonTrove� Searchesofdigitisednewspapersreturnamaximumof2000results(100pageswith20resultsperpage).
� Searchoptions:� Simplesearching� Advancedsearching� Browsingthenewspapers
� Howtorefineyoursearch� Usingthe“facets”ontheleft-handsideoftheresultsscreentofilteryourresults.
GovernmentGazeBes� Officialpublicationsforthepurposeofnotifyingtheactionsanddecisionsofthegovernment.� AllAustraliangovernments(Commonwealth,StateandTerritory)publishofficialgazettes.
� “Noticespublishedingovernmentgazettescoverallaspectsofgovernmentconcernandregulation,andmostarepublishedbecauseofarequirementoflaw.� Acts,regulationsandothersubordinatelegislationarenotifiedinallgazettes.”(NLA)
� GovernmentGazettesareaboutpeoplebecauseeventuallygovernmentdecisionsrelatetothem.
WhendidtheGazeBesbegin?� TheSydneyGazetteandNewSouthWalesAdvertiserwasthefirstnewspaperprintedinAustralia.� Itranfrom5March1803until20October1842.
� ItwasalsothefirstofficialgazettepublishedinAustralia-servingasageneralnewspaperaswellasagovernmentgazetteuntil1832.
� FromMarch1832toDecember1900,theNewSouthWalesGovernmentGazettebecametheofficialsourceforthepublicationofgovernmentnotices.ItwasknownastheGovernmentGazetteoftheStateofNewSouthWalesafterJanuary1901.
What’sintheGovernmentGazeBes?� proclamationsbringingActsintooperation� governmentorders� PublicServicevacancies,appointmentsandpromotions� landnotices:acquisition,disposalandtransfersofproperty,leasesgranted
� bankruptcies,companyregistrationsandwindings-up,probate
� governmenttendersandgovernmentpurchasingmatters� localgovernmentmatters� registersofmedicalprofessionals
RecordsassociatedwithGazeBenoFces� TherewillbeotherrecordsassociatedwiththenoticesintheGovernmentGazettes.
� WhatappearsintheGazetteistheofficialnoticeandcan/willprovideastartingpointforyourresearch.
� ThiswilltakeyoutogovernmentwebsitessuchasStateArchivesandLandandPropertyInformationandotherresources.
SearchingGovernmentGazeBesonTrove� YoucanuseSimpleorAdvancedsearchesusingkeywordsorbrowsetofindaspecificissue.
� It’sbesttobeginwithwhatyouknow-aperson'sname,occupation,dates,landtenures.
� DoyouknowthenameoftheAct?Ifyoudothismayassistyoursearch.
� Tip:YoucanfindinformationaboutprintcopiesofNewSouthWalesandGovernmentGazettesandthosefromotherstatesintheAustralianGovernmentPublicationGuide(https://www.nla.gov.au/govpubs/)
� Atagcanbeanythingyouwant-atopic,aplace,anevent,aperson,yourresearchprogress.� Clickon‘Tags’intheUseractivityboxtotherightoftheitem’stitle(ThisisoneoftheTroveTools)
� Clickonthe‘Addatagbutton’� ClickonthebuttonnexttoPublicorPrivate.Youmustbeloggedintoaddaprivatetag.
� Typeyourkeywordintothetextbox.Toincludeacommainyourtag,surroundthetagwithdoublequotes.
� Click‘Addatag’.Ifyouarenotsignedinyouwillhavetocompleteashort‘captcha’test.
MakinguseofTagsonTrove
� Commentsareannotationsaddedbyusers.Thesecanhelpyouandotherusersfindoutmoreinformationaboutanitem,suchasthenamesofthepeopleinaphotograph,ortoprovideareviewoftheitem.� Click‘Comments’intheUseractivityboxtotherightoftherecord’stitle.
� Click‘Addacomment’� ClickonthebuttonnexttoPublicorPrivate.Youmustbeloggedintoaddaprivatecomment.
� Typecommentintothetextbox� Click‘Addcomment’.Ifyouarenotsignedinyouwillhavetocompleteashort‘captcha’test.
CommentsonTrove
Searchingfortagsandcomments� Searchforuser-addedtagsinthesimplesearchboxusingtheterm“publictag:”andaddingyourkeyword(withnospace)forexamplepublictag:sarahhynes.
� Alternativelyusingthesimplesearchboxyoucanlimityourresultstoitemsthathavetagsorcommentsattachedtothem.Forexample:� wraggehas:tags� geelonghas:comments
CreaFngListsonTrove� Youtocollectthingstogethertohelpyouorganiseyourownworkandtohelpothers.
� Theycanbepublic(visiblebyeveryone)orprivate(visibleonlytoyou).
� Publiclistscanstillonlybeupdatedbyyou,butanyonecancommentonthemortagthem.
� ListsareidentifiedwiththepersonwhocreatedthemsoyoumustlogintoTrovebeforecreatingormaintainingalist.
� Toseeallthepubliclistsgotothe“Lists”zoneatthetopofanyscreen.