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Nexis Uni: Searching for News Sources

Nexis Uni database tutorial.

Searching for News Sources

1. Using the main search bar, click on the drop-down arrow for All Content Types. Clicking on News to pull down an option of different news sources. Select the one that suits your research needs.

 

 

2. Let's say you wanted presidential election updates from the last week. Your search might look like this: 

 

3. Once you get to the results page, scroll through to see if you have relevant results. Under the article's title, you can see the location, word count, date, author, and source. 

 

 

4. Clicking on the article titles will direct you to the full text. Scroll to the bottom of the document to see more information on the article, including subject terms you might be able to use as new keywords. 

Additional Information

Opening an article also gives you multiple options for saving that article, such as emailing, downloading, or saving the document to Google Drive. If your search is not pulling up relevant articles, there are many options for narrowing your results to make them more useful for you. You can find these on the left-hand side of the results page. 

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