Click on + sign next to Source. In Find a Source search box type title of desired source, for example: Wall Street Journal. Click on arrow to select. Click on Wall Street Journal. Type in Free Text search box key words for your topic.
Example: Microsoft and linus.
Click on Run Search.

OR

Click on Subject. Select subject terms. To combine subjects terms, use And, Or appropriately--radio buttons above industry on right hand side). Click on Run search.
Example : Select "Economic News/Euro Zone Currency". Click on "and". Select "Content types/Analysis". Click on Run Search.

Click on Industry. Click on industry of interest (ex. airlines). Type in Free text search box key words for your topic (ex. bankrupt*).
To narrow by region, click on Region. In Find a Region search box type: united states. Click on united states from result list: click on Run search.

OR

Select Industry. Click on And (radio button above industry on right hand side) to combine. Click on Subject. Select a subject term. Click Run Search.

Click on Company. In Find a Company search box type name of company, for example: Microsoft. Click on arrow to select. Click on Microsoft.

Type in Free Text search box key words for your topic. (ex: linux). Scroll down screen to Search for free-text terms in: search box. Click on down arrow to select: Headline. Click Run Search.

OR

Select Company Quick Search. Search by company name or symbol. Reports: Financial Snapshot plus Profile, Company, Analyst Report.

Type in Free Text search box search strategy.

Example: atleat5 coors and (advertis$ or market$) and wc>1000. (Coors has to appear in the full text of article at least 5 times, have the words advertise or advertising or advertisers as well as marketing or markets or marketable in the article and have a word count of at least 1000 words)

OR

Click on Subject. In Find a Subject search box type subject of interest, ex: branding. Click on branding. In Free Text search box type product name, ex. coors. Scroll down screen to Search for free-text terms in: search box. Click on down arrow to select Headline and Lead Paragraph. Click on Run search.

Click on Region. In Find a Region search box type country of interest, ex. China. Click on China to select. Type in Free text search box key words for your topic.
Example: (World Trade Organization or WTO)
Scroll down screen to Search for free-text terms in: search box. Click on down arrow to select Headline, or Headline and Lead Paragraph. Click on Run Search.

OR

Click on region. Click on region of interest. Click on Run Search.

Click on Source. Click on type of publication you want to search (ex. Major News and Business Publications). Type a person's name in Free text search box, ex. William Gates, Change date box to needed dates. Click on Run Search.

Atleast# at least # of words need to be in article. Hint: usually the more times the word is repeated in article the more the word is the focus of the article.

N/# , near# (# is a number)
Explanation : These words separated by # or less in any order.
Example : Tax/N2/Policy finds "policy of tax reform" or tax near3 policy finds "tax and fiscal policy"

TRUNCATION : $
Explanation : "$" is used as a right-handed truncator only; You must enter a minimum of 3 characters before using the $ sign. If no number is entered, the default is 5.
Example : Earn$4 finds "earnings".

WILDCARD : ?
Explanation : "?" is used to replace any single character. You must enter a minimum of 3 characters before using the ? sign.
Example : Wom?n finds "woman", "women"