Searching by Source in Lexis-Nexis & Factiva

From Library Reference

Lexis-Nexis

To limit your search to a particular source in Lexis-Nexis, use the following method:

Click on the "Sources" link at the top of the screen.

Type the name of the source you want to search in the "Find A Source" box on the right, for instance New York Times and Journal Star*, and click on "GO".

• The Peoria Journal Star is listed in Lexis-Nexis as "Journal Star".

In the search results, the second box read "McClatchy-Tribune Business News". Click on this list, and then click on "OK- Continue" at the top right.

When the search box comes up, type in "pub (Journal Star) and", then enter your search term. You will now be searching the Peoria Journal Star.

Factiva

To limit your search to a particular magazine, journal, or newspaper in Factiva, click on the word "Source" in the blue vertical bar near the center of the screen. After you click on the word "Source", a search box will pop up, labeled "Find a Source"

Type the name of your selected source (such as Peoria Journal Star) into the box, then hit the "enter" key or click on the button to the right of the search box. A list of source results will pop up, beneath the "Find a Source" box.

If you click on the name of your source, it will turn pink, and the "Source Name" will move up to the bar beneath the large search box.

At this point, any search terms you type into the large search box will be limited to your selected source.

There are several additional options for searching that you can choose, including time period (select using the drop down box, next to the word Date), industry, etc. There are some particularly useful "Exclude" options at the bottom of the page.

 Among the "Exclude" options is a check box for "Obituaries,
 sports, calendars, ..."
 that is very useful if you are searching for a company name or some other term that is likely
 to turn up in the obituary of every person who worked at that company, played on that 
 softball team, etc. Because the Factiva database is so large (every issue of nearly
 ten thousand journals) the "Exclude" options help to get rid of extraneous information, such
 as obituary entries, republications of wire service stories, and recurring data.

--Johnson@bradley 10:46, 30 August 2006 (CDT)