Newspapers

Here are some basic search tips for using Factiva to find news sources. For more in-depth information, please visit this excellent guide on Factiva created by Carolyn Klotzbach-Russell at the University of Buffalo Libraries.

Introductory tips for searching in Factiva:

• Select "Search Builder" to start searching Factiva.

• Factiva defaults to search within the last 3 months only. Make sure to adjust the date if necessary!

• You can search by region if you want. Click on a region to add it to your search, or click the plus sign to open up each region to see more options. You can search broadly or narrow as far as province and some major cities.

• If it's relevant to your topic, you can also search for articles tagged as being about a specific industry. For example, if your topic is gold mining in Nova Scotia, you can search the list of Industries for "gold" and find Gold Ore Mining as an option. Then, you can select Gold Ore Mining and add it to your search.

• When you have found some relevant results, you can export them in a few different ways. First, tick the box beside the articles you want to save. You then have the following options:

  • Click the eye icon to view the articles. Factiva will display the full text of all the articles you selected.
  • Click the envelope icon to email the articles to yourself. 
  • Click the printer icon to print the articles. You can choose to print the full articles, the headlines only, or just a summary of your search.
  • Click to disk icon to select how you want to Save your results (print, download, save to PDF, etc.). You can choose to save the full articles, the headlines only, or just a summary of your search.
  • Click the RTF or PDF icons to export your results in one of those two formats. You can choose to export the full articles, the headlines only, or just a summary of your search. 

These Eureka search tips were adapted from the Newspapers guide developed by librarians at St Francis Xavier University.

Change the date range you are searching.

The default search in Eureka is for the last 30 days.

Make sure to adjust this if you would like to search for a different date range.

Change the region you are searching. 

By default you will be searching every news organization that Eureka indexes from around the world. You may only want to view Canadian news.

If you would like to narrow your search to a particular region, click "All content" to use the dropdown menu.

Search a specific newspaper

You can search a specific newspaper using Advanced Search.

Click on "Advanced search," then select "Source name."

Under "Available sources," search for publications by title and click on each one to add it to your search.

Save and export your results

When you have found some relevant results, click the box to the left of the item title and select the pushpin icon to save them.

Click on the pushpin icon in the top righthand corner of the page to access your saved results. From here, you have the option to print or export your results as a PDF or RTF.

A great feature to note about Eureka - many results include an image of the original document, which you can access by clicking on the search result.

These Eureka search tips were adapted from the Newspapers guide developed by librarians at St Francis Xavier University.

Introductory tips for searching in Eureka

• Change the date range you are searching

  • The default search in Eureka is for the last 30 days. Make sure to adjust this if you would like to search for a different date range.

• Change the region you are searching

  • By default you will be searching every news organization that Eureka indexes from around the world. You may only want to view Canadian news.

  • If you would like to narrow your search to a particular region, click "All content" to use the dropdown menu.

• Search a specific newspaper

  • To search a specific newspaper, click on "Advanced search" and then select "Source name."

  • Under "Available sources," search for publications by title and click on each one to add it to your search.

• Save and export your results

  • When you have found some relevant results, click the box to the left of the item title and select the ushpin icon to save them.

  • Click on the pushpin icon in the top righthand corner of the page to access your saved results. From here, you have the option to print or export your results as a PDF or RTF.

  • A great feature to note about Eureka - many results include an image of the original document, which you can access by clicking on the search result.