General Business 360 Research Guide

Looking for a specific publication? Check out these step-by-step instructions for two examples.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (newspaper)

1. Go to the UW-Madison Libraries’ homepage

2. Select “Journals” from the drop-down menu above the search box

3. Type the name of the newspaper you are searching for in the search box, e.g. “Milwaukee Journal Sentinel”

4. Change the drop-down from “Keywords” to “Title” and check “Available Online” 

5. Select the “Submit” button
   

6. Locate the newspaper in the results and select the title to open a page with more information; you may see several editions or versions of the same newspaper, so pay attention to dates and descriptions such as “evening edition”
   

7. Select “View Online” to see online access options as well as the time span covered for each option (each option listed is a different database that provides access to that publication, e.g. Factiva, Newsbank Access World News, and US Newsstream)

8. Select one of the linked database names (e.g. Newsbank Access World News)
   

9. Click on your chosen database to search within the newspaper for a specific topic or to browse by date.

Nation's Restaurant News (trade publication)

1. Go to the UW-Madison Libraries’ homepage

2. Select “Journals” from the drop-down menu above the search box

3. Type the name of the journal you are searching for in the search box, e.g. “Nation’s Restaurant News”

4. Change drop-down from “Keywords” to “Title” and check “Available Online” 

5. Select the “Submit” button
   

6. Locate the publication in the results and select the title to open a page with more information
   

7. Select “View Online” to see online access options as well as the time span covered for each option (each option listed is a different database that provides access to that publication, e.g. Nexis Uni)
   

8. Click on your chosen database to search within the publication for a specific topic or to browse by date.