Step by Step Accessing the Wall Street Journal

ProQuest offers full text access to the Wall Street Journal, the United States' definitive, business newspaper, which is also a great source for articles on science and technology, regulation, and innovation. To find articles in the Wall Street Journal...

1) open GALILEO from http://www.galileo.usg.edu or use the big, blue box on the the library web page.

2) Choose Databases A-Z, and select W or select W from the alphabet below the big search box on the library web site.



3) Scroll down and click Wall Street Journal.
4) A typical college level search often involves two ideas, for example genetic modification of salmon.

You need to turn this topic into a statement that The Wall Street Journalunderstands by combining the main ideas with AND. Genetic modification of salmon becomes genetically modified AND salmon. Note: you can substitute fish for salmon if you think you need more results. Using similar search terms is called using synonyms.

5) Type in your search. Click the white magnifying glass in the turquoise box to start your search.

6) Proquest presents results in groups of 20.

7) There are hints for improved searching in the light gray box at the top of the results list. Click View all to see all the "hints."

8) To see only the most current news on your subject, remove older articles, by sliding the knob toward the right in the turquoise date graph in the facet box on the left of the page. 9) You can move between pages with the Next Page and Previous Pagelinks at the bottom of the window, or you can choose a page number.

p> 10) Open articles by clicking on their blue titles.

11) To see PDF versions of articles, select the PDF icon.  

12) To revise your search, edit what is in the search box at the top of the page and click the white magnifying glass.

13) To print your article, click the blue print link in the light gray box on the right of the page.