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Vanderbilt Television News Archive Patron Tutorials: Advanced Search

A how to guide for account creation, finding content, ordering news episodes or segments, creating a Media Account, and receiving content in the Media Account.

how to perform an advanced search

This tutorial shows the advanced search functions. Navigate to TV News Archive. To start, be sure you have created an account and are logged in.   Once you are logged in, click search at the top of the page.

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This opens the Search page.

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To right side of the search box, click advanced

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This opens the advanced search options.

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Here you can limit your search to a specific date or range of dates, limit to reporter or anchor, limit by network, limit be search type “word search” or “phrase search” You can sort by most recent, newest, oldest. You can search by specific network. You can also filter your search by commercials, news segments, program introduction, good night segments, specials, or evening news.   Enter any keywords, dates, reporter or anchor, search type, sort by, specific network, or what type of clip or news program you prefer.

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Click Search

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This returns the advanced search results

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From the results page you may click on the title of the program or details/video to display the record for the results.

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Doing so will display the record.   The records displays metadata for the specific record and a viewer that will allow you to view the specific clip

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The record displays metadata for the specific record and a viewer that will allow you to view the specific clip.

Note: if you are not affiliated with and on an authorized network for Vanderbilt, or a sponsoring institution, you will not be able to view the video. If you wish to borrow the clip, click Add Clip

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This will add the clip to your cart.

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Click on the cart to view the contents of your cart.

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This displays the contents of your cart.

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