Segment Searching - Part Two

When searching the news through a Nexis product, users often save time by searching particular segments of the article, such as the headline, byline and length. A lesser-known segment to search by is the section of a publication.

The Nexis database contains information about which newspaper or magazine sections an article appeared in, helping you narrow your search to include (or exclude) particular sections of a publication.

Our most frequently searched local news source is 'The Australian'. Below are some of the sections available within it and the frequency with which they are published:

• Sport – daily
• Local – daily
• World – daily
• Features leader – daily
• Features opinion – Monday - Friday
• Features letters – daily
• Features IT– Tuesday
• Finance – daily
• Magazine – Saturday
• Review – Saturday
• Arts – Monday - Friday
• Education – Wednesday

If you don not want a certain section to be in your results, just use the 'and not' connector, e.g. headline(telstra) and not section(sport).

Are these search tips helpful?
Do you have some you would like to share?
Let us know at: upfront@lexisnexis.com.au