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Welcome!: 

Welcome! Facts On File News Services 512 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10018 800-363-7976 ext. 4245 info@facts.com The World Almanac Reference Database and The World Almanac Encyclopedia

Contact Info: 

Contact Info Site Address: www.2facts.com For Technical Support call: 800-363-7976 ext. 4300 Or Email: tech@facts.com Statistics Address: www.2facts.com/reportorder.htm

About Facts On File News Services: 

About Facts On File News Services A World Almanac Education Group company, owned by WRC Media Inc. Facts On File World News Digest first published in 1940 Publishers in print of: Facts On File World News Digest Issues & Controversies On File Today’s Science On File Editorials On File Software and CD-ROM Reviews On File The Facts On File World News Digest debuted in November 1940.

Who relies on Facts On File News Services?: 

Who relies on Facts On File News Services? Libraries Public University School Special Professional news organizations Newspapers News magazines Network news services U.S. Government The White House State Department Embassies USIA Military libraries around the world Authoritative! Walter Cronkite

World Almanac Reference Database: 

World Almanac Reference Database Content Complete content of The World Almanac and Book of Facts since 1999* Updated throughout the year Cumulative from year to year Easy-to-read tables Monthly research cover stories Test Yourself! pop questions Integrated with other databases through extensive linking Born This Day This Day in History Did You Know? * Except for the Colleges and Universities listings

World Almanac Encyclopedia: 

World Almanac Encyclopedia Based on the Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and updated by editors from Facts On File News Services and The World Almanac Features More than 100 updates and new articles monthly Special monthly reports Indexes Table of Contents Biographies Special Reports

Easy Navigation: 

Easy Navigation Search Options Text entry box Quick help Title field search option Database select or deselect Date range Search buttons

Menu Access: 

Menu Access Menus to indexes and special features

Article Display: 

Article Display Story Screen Tabs to other available databases Help Home (opening screen) Story subheads Story text Links to related stories and background information Easy access to printing, emailing, and citation Easy searching from within any article

Searching: 

Searching Search Operators Boolean Operators AND (default) OR NOT Quoted, or “phrase”, searches Parentheses link terms between operators Truncation (wildcard) search using *

Searching: 

Searching Sorting Sorting the Results List Set before executing the search Relevance rank (default) Encyclopedia allows alphabetical search (with any Special Reports displayed first) – logical for this database

Searching: 

Searching Title Field Search Hits have search term in title Boolean, keyword, or phrase searches searching the Title Field Reduces the “noise” in broad searches Keywords in titles indicate major development Focuses some types of search (e.g., name)

Searching: 

Easy to use for novices Searches are easy to construct and refine The interface is consistent between databases Search History allows user to repeat a search as is or with variations Hyperlinks can help for “simplistic” searching; one article can be the key to many stories Hyperlinks reveal the complexity of an event or issue Searching

Searching: 

Searching Too many hits? Make search argument more narrow Use “Title Search” Restrict number of databases searched Make use of date ranges Avoid using “OR” – more inclusive operator than “AND” so less focused search

Sample Searches: 

Sample Searches

Search Results: 

Search Results Number of documents found Retrieved documents

THANK YOU!: 

THANK YOU! Facts On File News Services 512 Seventh Avenue 22nd Floor New York, New York 10018 800-363-7976 ext. 4245 info@facts.com