La Trobe University Library, Introduction to using ANZ Newstand to find Articles

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Finding Newspaper Articles
Use these slides to learn how to:
 Find newspaper articles
 Use ANZ Newsstand Database
 Search for a particular article
 Search for articles by topic
 Find more information
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How to find newspaper articles
1. From the Library homepage click on
Databases
2. Select ‘A’ for ANZ Newsstand
3. Find the name of the database in the list
Login with your University username and
password
Use the database ANZ Newsstand through the Library website to search for newspaper articles.

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Using ANZ Newsstand
1. The default search field is Anywhere except full text – ALL. It is best to leave this as the
default for your initial searching.
2. Ticking the full text limit will retrieve results with a full text document.
3. The default date range is All dates. You can change this if you need only recent articles.

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Search for a particular article
1. Type the title of the article into the search box.
2. Use the drop-down arrow to open the search field menu and select Document title – TI. This
tells the database to search for your keywords in the title of a document.
3. Click Search
4. On the results page you will see the citation for your article
5. To see the whole article, click on the Full text link

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Search for any article
1. Type in your search terms, with a
keyword or concept or phrase per
search box
2. Leave AND in between search
boxes to ensure your search terms
are combined together
3. In the example “first home buyers
grant” is in parentheses so the
database will search for a phrase
4. In the example australia* has an
asterisk next to it so the database
will retrieve alternate endings of
the word, e.g. Australia, Australian,
Australia’s
5. Click Search
6. This search retrieved 36 results
7. To view an article, click on Full text

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Need more information?
 Online videos for this slide:
• Finding Newspaper Articles Using the ANZ Newsstand Database
 How to search – see the Business and Management Library Skills Module
http://latrobe.libguides.com/content.php?pid=184702&sid=1611449
 Other Australian news sources – see the online Library Guide about Newspaper
Articles http://latrobe.libguides.com/content.php?pid=25880&sid=186794
 Referencing – see the Academic Referencing Tool for examples of how to
reference your sources using the Harvard Referencing Style
http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/help/style-guides.php