Factiva provides access to the full text of thousands of newspapers, newswires, magazines, and TV and radio transcripts from 152 countries in 22 languages. The News Pages offer the most current issues of publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. Select custom news pages for industries and regions worldwide. Pictures from Reuters and the McClatchy-Tribune Photo Service are included. See a database tip for instructions on limiting your search to a specific source.

To search for all the articles on a specific date and in a specific publication, you will need to know the publication's source code (rst=).
To Find the source code

• Click on Source in the blue frame under the search boxes in the Free Text Search
• Type the name of the publication and click on the small blue arrow to search
• Under Source Results click on the small button with the i in the center for information on the publication
• The Source Code is listed after the description. You can also find the most recent issue, first issue, frequency, update schedule, online availability and coverage.
• The source code for the Austin American Statesman is AAS
• The format for searching for date is : date mm/dd/yyyy
• Now that you know the source code type rst=AAS and date 04/14/2009 in the free text search box.

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