Searching Wall Street Journal in Factiva

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Searching Wall Street Journal in Factiva
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Next, click Add to Search.
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Constructing a Search
1. Enter search terms in the search box. 2.
Select Date options. 3. Select Source
options. 4. Select Fieldfor search. 5. Click
Run Search to start the search.
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Search Results
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Individual Article
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E-mailing, Printing or Saving
Output options
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More Factiva Search Features

• Indexing codes can be used to specify where
  Factiva will search for the topic word or phrase
  you have typed in.
• For example, type hdtoyota and all articles
  found will have toyota in the title or
  headline.
• Another example is hlptoyota. All articles
  found will have toyota in the article headline
  or leading paragraph.
• Search for free-text terms in must be changed
  to Full Article or the above two examples will
  not work.
• To find articles of certain lengths, the word
  count feature can be used. Example wcgt3000 will
  limit results on a topic to those longer than
  3000 words.
• It is sometimes advisable, depending on the
  search, to open the date range to all dates
  (dates vary by publication).

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Factiva with Default Settings
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Sample Search for articles with both companies
mentioned in headline more than 1500 Words in
Length
Headline Only
Word Count Greater Than 1500 Words
Must Change to Full Article for Special Features
Shown Above to work.
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Results for Sample Search Fedex UPS articles
Click to modify search criteria
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Article View with Indexing Codes Displayed
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Change default settings for search on merger
announcements
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Search Results for Merger Announcements
Display Order Reversed Sorted by Oldest First
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