Searching for newspapers by country in LexisNexis

Posted to the LN-Academic listserv in October, after the new interface was launched.  Beware, however, that results seem to vary depending on the search route you take; "barack obama" in newspapers of "africa" from the "previous 2 years" demonstrates this inconsistency. 

A. You can use the Sources tab to impose geographic restrictions.

1. Click on Sources to open the Browse Sources form
2. At the top of the form, make sure that Publication Type is selected
3. Use the Filter By dropdown to pick Europe (or a specific country)
4. Click on the News folders in the bottom portion of the screen
5. You will now see that a new drop down box appears at the top, allowing you to choose "Multiple/Single Sources." If you choose "Multiple" it will give you a nice selection of the big group files for Europe such as "Toute la Presse - Français"
6. Choose the source(s) you want and click OK - Continue to run your search

B. You can search international news sources on the News tab.

1. Click on the News tab
2. Select a broad source such as "All News, English" or "Major World Newspapers"
3. Run your search
4. In the results set, switch the clustering from Publication Type to Geography

C. You can search international news sources via Power Search.

1. From the General search screen (not our system default), click on the Power Search tab.
2. Select one broad news sources from the dropdown box, such as "All News (English)" or "Major World Publications (Non-English)"
3. Use the Add keywords option below the search box to pop up our taxonomy selector tool
4. Use the dropdown box to switch to the geographic taxonomy and browse to the country or region you want
5. Add the index terms to your search
6. Run the search
7. In the results set, switch the clustering to Geography