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How to Search Access U.K. &

Ireland Newspapers

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Starting from your home page, you’re one click away from a host of powerful search options.


You can search a specific newspaper...


You can search across a region...


You can search all newspapers from an entire country…


You can search all titles in the U.K. and Ireland at once…


You can search more than 100 of the top international news sources…


Or you can put it all together and search across a wealth of sources from the U.K., Ireland and around the world.

This tutorial details several display tools and effective search techniques available in Access U.K. & Ireland Newspapers. It also offers tips to help you find what you are looking for quickly and easily.Click here to skip i

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You will learn how to: Select sources by Location, Source Typ

e and from the Source List

Use the built-in connectors and Add/Remove rows on the search form

Research a topic or issue

View Results by Year/Month, Location, Source and Source Type

Browse a specific newspaper by date

Locate an obituary

Search for articles by a particular author

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Select sources by Location, Source Type and from the Source List

For perspectives on topics, people, issues and events, use the source selection tabs and the map to expand or narrow your search:

• Narrow your search from all of the U.K. and Ireland to specific countries or regions

• Click on the map to see a list of all sources from a specific country or region

• Choose specific sources by name from the Source List tab

• Use the Source Types tab to choose what kinds of sources to include in your search

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1. Search all sources across the U.K. and Ireland or check the boxes for the specific countries you want to search.

2. Click the name of a country in the list or its image on the map to get a list of all available sources from that country.


3. In this example, we clicked on Wales on the map. Notice the switch to the Source List tab to display the list of all available sources from Wales.

4. Check the boxes for the specific sources you want to search or click on the title to choose a single source.


Tip: For the greatest possible number of search results, search all possible sources. You can easily narrow your displayed results after you run your search.

5. Here, we have clicked on the South Wales Echo/Wales on Sunday to select a single source.

6. To expand your search back up to all of the U.K. and Ireland, click on the UK and Ireland link in the breadcrumb trail.

Tip: A breadcrumb trail is a list of links that track where you are in the product. You can use the links to move back to prior locations.


7. You can also use the Source Types tab to choose the types of sources that you want to include in your search. Check or uncheck the boxes to include or exclude different types of sources.

8. Or use your Shortcuts for one-click access to commonly searched sources. Note: The sources and shortcuts that you have available will depend on your library’s subscription and account setup.


Use the built-in connectors and Add/Remove rows on the search form

The flexible search form enables you to:

• Use the drop-down list of basic connectors and, or, not to connect your search terms

• Add up to five extra rows of search boxes to enter more search terms, field your terms separately and include special limiters such as date and word count

• Simplify the search form by removing rows of search boxes when you no longer need them


1. Your search form will typically have two rows of search boxes and one connector drop-down list.

2. Choose and, or, not from the connector drop-down list to connect your search terms.

3. Use the Add Row button to add extra rows to the search form for more complex search strategies.


Here is a sample search with two extra rows on the search form to allow for multiple search terms and specific limiters.

This search will find articles with either “global warming” or “climate change” in the Headline field, appearing within the past 6 months and greater than 500 words in length.

When you are ready to simplify the search form again, use the Remove Row button to remove the extra rows.

Tip: You can sort your results by Newest First, Best Matches First or Oldest First either before or after you search.Click here to return t

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Research a topic or issue

For example, you can research:


• Terrorism

• The Middle East

• Healthcare services

• SARS

• Education

• Assembly government

• Global warming

• Crime

• Football

• Parliament

• School funding

• The European Union

In this example, we are searching all sources.

1. Type your search term(s) to describe an issue, event, etc. Here, we’ve used terrorism.

2. Choose a date range from the Date field drop-down menu. For example, the past 12 months.


In another example, we’ll run a search with fielded terms.

1. Type your first search term into the first text-edit box and choose the Headline field from the drop-down list.

2. Choose the Lead/First Paragraph field from the second drop-down list, and type your terms into the second text-edit box.

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View Results by Year/Month, Location,

Source and Source Type Perform a basic search and then display your results according to:

• Year/Month• Location• Source• Source Type


1. To perform a broad search, type your search term(s) into the text-edit box(es). Here, we’re doing an All Text name search for Gordon adj2 Brown.

2. Click “Search” to get your results list.

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If there are too many hits, you can quickly and easily narrow your search results without having to modify your search.

Use the View Results tools on the left side of your results list to see the results from a specific Year, Location, Source and Source Type.

1. Let’s refine our displayed results to articles published in 2007 only.


Your display automatically refreshes to show only those articles that were published in 2007.

2. Now, let’s further refine our display to view the results from September 2007.

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3. Let’s further narrow the displayed results to a specific country – Scotland.

Your display changes automatically to reflect your all of your “View Results” selections so far, in this case 2007 and September.


With only a few clicks, we have narrowed our results from more than 239,000 hits to a much more focused group of articles published during September of 2007 in Scotland.

Again, your display will refresh to reflect your new selection, in this case Scotland.


… or, use the drop-down list and the breadcrumb trail links to change the set of results that you are displaying and move back up through your complete results set.

You can continue to narrow your displayed results by Source if you wish…


Browse a specific newspaper by date

For example:

• You remember reading an article in your local paper about a school that had been nearly destroyed by a fire last year and is now getting back on track

• Your local paper is the Coventry Telegraph

• You know that the article was published on the first of March, 2008

Note: The sources available to you will depend on your NewsBank subscription.


1. First, use the Locations and/or Source List tabs to select the newspaper you want to browse, the Coventry Telegraph.

2. Since the date that you want appears in the Recent Issues list, just click on it to get that day’s issue.


Tip: You can type any date you want into the Enter a Date box and click Go. Or, use the Jump to month drop-down to see a list of available dates for a specific month.

3. Browse through the alphabetical list of headlines and click on the article that you want.

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4. Use the Previous, Next and Back to Issue links to move from article to article or to go back to the complete list of articles for the date you are browsing.


5. At the issue level, you can move to the Previous date or the Next date by clicking the appropriate links.

6. Use the Date list link to get a list of all available dates for the month you are currently displaying.

7. Or type any date that you wish to browse in the Enter a Date box and click Go.

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Locate an obituary


For example:

• Welsh hero Eynon Hawkins, from December 2001

• A Yorkshire man, Binns, former pilot in the RAF and veteran of the Second World War

In your search, you might specify:

• The region or paper where an obituary might have been published

• The name of the deceased

• The approximate date of death, if known

Let’s search all U.K. and Ireland newspapers for “Eynon Hawkins.”


1. Here, we have typed the name of the deceased in the first search box and the term obit* in the second search box, which has been set to search “All Text.”

2. We know Mr. Hawkins died in December 2001, so we have added a row to the search form and entered an appropriate date range.

3. Choose Oldest First from the “Sort by” drop-down and click “Search” to get your results.

Tip: Use truncation (by adding an asterisk at the end of a root word) to search all forms of a word. Here, obit* will find obituary, obituaries, etc.

5. View your highly targeted results.



In our second example, let’s narrow our search from all of the U.K. and Ireland to England…


… and from all of England to Yorkshire.


Search all of the Yorkshire newspapers for Mr. Binns’ obituary.

1. Use the name of the deceased and some key terms that are likely to be included in the text.

2. Since you know the year that Mr. Binns died, you can include that in your search.

3. Click “Search” to get your results.


The results yield two articles from the West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications.

Tip: Since many people live in several places during their lives, obituaries may be listed in newspapers from two or more cities. Because obituaries often run on multiple days, it is helpful not to target your date too tightly.

Search for articles by a particular author


For example, find articles written by:

• Giles Smith

• Hafina Clywyd


1. Search all newspapers in the U.K. and Ireland for articles by Giles Smith. Use the field drop-down list to specify that your terms must appear in the “Author/Byline” field.

Tip: To avoid false hits, be sure to use the “Author/Byline” field, especially when searching for articles by an author with a common name.


View your substantial results list of articles written by Giles Smith.

Tip: You can re-sort your results without re-running your search. For example, click on “Oldest First” to see Giles Smith’s earliest articles at the top of the list.


Your results list will redisplay automatically showing the oldest articles at the top of the list.


At the bottom of each page of results you will find tools to control your results display and navigate through the list.

1. Use the “Article Preview” drop-down to set your display to First Paragraph, Keyword-in-Context or Headlines Only.

2. Use the “Results per page” control to display 10, 25 or 50 articles per page in your results list.

3. Use the page navigation bar to jump to the Previous, Next or a specific numbered page within your results list.


To see the full text of an article, click on its headline.


Notice that your search terms appear in the Author field, as specified.

Use the controls above the headline to move to the previous or next article in your results set, or to go back to the results list.


You might try a basic All Text search for columnist Hafina Clwyd.


A quick look at one of the results reveals that this article was not written by Hafina Clwyd.

Your search terms will be highlighted with bold text. As you can see, Hafina Clwyd’s name appears in the text of this article.


Try your search again, this time using the field drop-down to specify that your terms must appear in the “Author/Byline” field.


With this search, you are guaranteed that all the articles will be written by Hafina Clwyd.

Access U.K. & Ireland Newspapers

We hope this tutorial has helped you understand some of the techniques and strategies for successful research.

Remember to:• Select appropriate sources to search• Define your search terms• Use the View Results and sorting tools after you search to

narrow and focus your displayed results


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