AccessingnewspapersandGovernmentGazettes

onTrove

ChristineYeatsSeniorVicePresident

RoyalAustralianHistoricalSociety

Awordaboutlibrarye-Resources�  InadditiontoTrovetheNationalLibraryofAustraliaandtheStateLibraryofNSW(plusotherstatelibraries)haveaselectionofmaterial-includingoverseasandAustraliannewspapers-thatlibrarycardholderscanaccessonlinefreeofchargeviaeResourceoptions.

� Thesee-Resourcescanincludesubscriptiondatabasesgivingaccesstofamilyhistoryresources,ebooksanddigitisedtext.

� Note:theydonotincludeAncestryandFindmyPast.

GettingtoknowTrove’s“tools”

• WhenyouclickontheresultsfornewspapersandGovernmentGazettesyouwillnoticesymbolsforsomeofTrove’susefultoolsrunningdownthelefthandsideofthepage.• TakeanoteofthemandrefertothemasyoumakeuseofthenewspaperandGovernmentGazettezones.

Benefitsofse7ngupaTroveaccount� YoucancreateanaccountonTrove.It’sfree.� Youcankeeparecordofyourcontributions.�  Ifyou’resignedinwhenyoucorrectthetextinthedigitisednewspapers,addtagsorcomments,orcreateliststhatinformationwillappearinyouruserprofile.

� Whenyoulogonyouwillseeaseriesoftabs.ClickoneachtabtoseewhatyouhaveaddedorhowyouhavebeenusingTrove.�  Inparticular,youcanseetherecentcorrectionsyouhavemadetothenewspapersandGovernmentGazettes.

SimplesearchonTrove�  ThesimplesearchboxisatthetopofeachTrovepage.�  Thedefaultsearchis“All”(allzones).AsearchbyawordorphrasewillgiveresultsfromallTrovezonesunlessyouspecifythezoneyouwant.

�  Insimplesearchesusekeywordsasaphrase,ratherthanasseparatewords,andenclosetheminquotationmarks(“SarahHynes”).

�  Youcanuse‘AND’,‘OR’,‘NOT’�  Othersearchtools:

�  Wildcard*(atleast3charactersbeforeaddingthewildcardsymbol)

�  Searchforwordsneareachotherusingthe~(tilde)symbol�  Tagsuser-addedtags,eg.publictag:”sarahhynes”�  SeeTroveonlinehelpformoretips

RefiningyourTroveresults� Usethe‘Refineyourresults’menu� The‘Refineyoursearchresults’menuislocatedonthelefthandsideofsearchresultpages.� Usingthese“facets”filteryourresults.

� YoucanalsorefineyoursearchresultswhenusingeithertheSimpleortheAdvancedsearchoptions.

AdvancedsearchonTrove� TheoptiontoselectAdvancedsearchisunderthegreenSearchbutton

� AdvancedsearchdefaultstoasearchofalltheTrovezonessodon’tforgettoselectthezoneyouwant.

� AnAdvancedsearchallowsyoutospecifywhatyouwanttosearch–keyword,format,date,tofindaniteminyourlibraryorfinditonline.�  Tip:Someartisticworksmayhavecopyrightrestrictionsontheirusesodon’tforgettocheckthis.

NewspaperresourcesonTrove�  ““DigitisedNewspapersandGazettesformthelargestofTrove’scollectionswith…over18.5millionpagesfrommorethan1000Australiannewspapers.”(Trove).

�  TheSydneyMorningHeraldgoesupto1954.TheCanberraTimesistheonlymajornewspaperavailablebeyond1957.

�  TheimagesoftheoriginalarticlesandthefullysearchableElectronicallyTranslatedText,iscreatedthroughtheprocessofOpticalCharacterRecognition(OCR).

�  Theoftenpoorconditionoftheimagesandthesmallfontsmeanerrorsofinterpretationaremade.Thecorrectionofthetextbyenthusiastshelpsimprovesearchresults.

SearchingfornewspapersonTrove�  Searchesofdigitisednewspapersreturnamaximumof2000results(100pageswith20resultsperpage).

�  Searchoptions:�  Simplesearching�  Advancedsearching�  Browsingthenewspapers

� Howtorefineyoursearch� Usingthe“facets”ontheleft-handsideoftheresultsscreentofilteryourresults.

GovernmentGazeBes�  Officialpublicationsforthepurposeofnotifyingtheactionsanddecisionsofthegovernment.�  AllAustraliangovernments(Commonwealth,StateandTerritory)publishofficialgazettes.

�  “Noticespublishedingovernmentgazettescoverallaspectsofgovernmentconcernandregulation,andmostarepublishedbecauseofarequirementoflaw.�  Acts,regulationsandothersubordinatelegislationarenotifiedinallgazettes.”(NLA)

�  GovernmentGazettesareaboutpeoplebecauseeventuallygovernmentdecisionsrelatetothem.

WhendidtheGazeBesbegin?�  TheSydneyGazetteandNewSouthWalesAdvertiserwasthefirstnewspaperprintedinAustralia.�  Itranfrom5March1803until20October1842.

�  ItwasalsothefirstofficialgazettepublishedinAustralia-servingasageneralnewspaperaswellasagovernmentgazetteuntil1832.

�  FromMarch1832toDecember1900,theNewSouthWalesGovernmentGazettebecametheofficialsourceforthepublicationofgovernmentnotices.ItwasknownastheGovernmentGazetteoftheStateofNewSouthWalesafterJanuary1901.

What’sintheGovernmentGazeBes?�  proclamationsbringingActsintooperation�  governmentorders�  PublicServicevacancies,appointmentsandpromotions�  landnotices:acquisition,disposalandtransfersofproperty,leasesgranted

�  bankruptcies,companyregistrationsandwindings-up,probate

�  governmenttendersandgovernmentpurchasingmatters�  localgovernmentmatters�  registersofmedicalprofessionals

RecordsassociatedwithGazeBenoFces� TherewillbeotherrecordsassociatedwiththenoticesintheGovernmentGazettes.

� WhatappearsintheGazetteistheofficialnoticeandcan/willprovideastartingpointforyourresearch.

� ThiswilltakeyoutogovernmentwebsitessuchasStateArchivesandLandandPropertyInformationandotherresources.

SearchingGovernmentGazeBesonTrove�  YoucanuseSimpleorAdvancedsearchesusingkeywordsorbrowsetofindaspecificissue.

�  It’sbesttobeginwithwhatyouknow-aperson'sname,occupation,dates,landtenures.

� DoyouknowthenameoftheAct?Ifyoudothismayassistyoursearch.

�  Tip:YoucanfindinformationaboutprintcopiesofNewSouthWalesandGovernmentGazettesandthosefromotherstatesintheAustralianGovernmentPublicationGuide(https://www.nla.gov.au/govpubs/)

�  Atagcanbeanythingyouwant-atopic,aplace,anevent,aperson,yourresearchprogress.�  Clickon‘Tags’intheUseractivityboxtotherightoftheitem’stitle(ThisisoneoftheTroveTools)

�  Clickonthe‘Addatagbutton’�  ClickonthebuttonnexttoPublicorPrivate.Youmustbeloggedintoaddaprivatetag.

�  Typeyourkeywordintothetextbox.Toincludeacommainyourtag,surroundthetagwithdoublequotes.

�  Click‘Addatag’.Ifyouarenotsignedinyouwillhavetocompleteashort‘captcha’test.

MakinguseofTagsonTrove

�  Commentsareannotationsaddedbyusers.Thesecanhelpyouandotherusersfindoutmoreinformationaboutanitem,suchasthenamesofthepeopleinaphotograph,ortoprovideareviewoftheitem.�  Click‘Comments’intheUseractivityboxtotherightoftherecord’stitle.

�  Click‘Addacomment’�  ClickonthebuttonnexttoPublicorPrivate.Youmustbeloggedintoaddaprivatecomment.

�  Typecommentintothetextbox�  Click‘Addcomment’.Ifyouarenotsignedinyouwillhavetocompleteashort‘captcha’test.

CommentsonTrove

Searchingfortagsandcomments�  Searchforuser-addedtagsinthesimplesearchboxusingtheterm“publictag:”andaddingyourkeyword(withnospace)forexamplepublictag:sarahhynes.

� Alternativelyusingthesimplesearchboxyoucanlimityourresultstoitemsthathavetagsorcommentsattachedtothem.Forexample:�  wraggehas:tags�  geelonghas:comments

CreaFngListsonTrove� Youtocollectthingstogethertohelpyouorganiseyourownworkandtohelpothers.

� Theycanbepublic(visiblebyeveryone)orprivate(visibleonlytoyou).

� Publiclistscanstillonlybeupdatedbyyou,butanyonecancommentonthemortagthem.

�  ListsareidentifiedwiththepersonwhocreatedthemsoyoumustlogintoTrovebeforecreatingormaintainingalist.

� Toseeallthepubliclistsgotothe“Lists”zoneatthetopofanyscreen.