Access World News Map Search to Find Global News Sources
Shawna Thorup |
24 steps |
4 minutes
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Navigate to [https://library.nwacc.edu/home](https://library.nwacc.edu/home)
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Click "Research"
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Click "Databases"
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Limit by Type of source to see all news databases.
Skip this step and select [Access World News](https://library.nwacc.edu/accessworldnews) from the list if you prefer.
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Click "News / Newspapers" to filter the available databases down to the ones that specialize in news
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Click "Search" to apply the filter
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Click "Access World News"
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Click "Map Search"
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Click on the continent you want. This example will use "Asia"
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There will be a list of countries on the right and a map on the left. Use either. In this example, we clicked on "Kazakhstan"
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It selected the country from the list. Apply the filter by clicking "4 Sources"
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Check to see the dates included. In this example, there is coverage from "1998 - Current"
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Check the language the articles will be in. All of these sources will be in "English"
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Click the "Enter any keyword, such as a name, event or topic" field to search for a specific topic or event
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In this sample, we are searching for "Ukraine"
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Click the "Enter a date or date range" field if you want to specify a certain date or date range - This is optional
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Click this dropdown to see suggestions of how you can limit by date
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In this example, we will type "past 2 months"
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Click this button to search
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Browse your results and click the one you want to read/use