Open a session in Factiva. If the screen that appears does not look like this screen, click on the Look up link located near the top of the page on the bar labelled "Select Factiva Intelligent Indexing."

Type the title of the periodical in the box and click on "Look up."

STEP THREE

Select the periodical title you want from the list. It should now be highlighted in a green box and listed in the box lablled "Indexing" in the "Source" section.

STEP FOUR

Type a key word or phrase from the title of the article that you need in the "Free text" box.. Choose "Enter date range" from the drop-down menu in the "Date" section and enter as much of the date as you have. Leave the free-text search option at "Headline" and click Run Search.

Authored by Laurie Preston