Staying Current: keeping up-to-date

You can stay aware of what is reported in the news using a range of simple methods as listed here.

1. Set a newspaper alert using Australia & New Zealand News Stream (Proquest)
2. Set a news alert using Nexis Uni (Lexis Nexis)
3. Bookmark a channel of interest via The Pursuit
4. Set a feed for one of the channels via The Conversation
5. Bookmark the University of Melbourne Newsroom page
6. Explore Informit TV News

Setting alerts using Nexis Uni

1. Access Nexis Uni - University of Melbourne users are automatically assigned a profile when accessing this via SSO
2. Enter a search via the basic or advanced search form. Be as specific as possible to effectively lead you to the best results.
3. Focus your search to either of these content types: News; Companies; Legal; or People
4. Set date range to your requirements
5. Set the search as a alert. Settings for Overview; Monitor (types of content); Delivery (start + end dates and frequency); Sharing with others

Bookmark one of the following Pursuit channels:

• Animals, Food & You
• Engineering & Technology
• Design
• Go figure
• Health & Wellbeing
• Humanities
• Inside Business
• Learning & Teaching
• Legal Affairs
• Music, Arts & Screen
• Public Affairs
• Science Matters
• Under the microscope

Available Podcasts:

• Eavesdrop on ideas
• The Policy Shop
• Eavesdrop on experts

We suggest you sign up for a weekly email digest via Pursuit.

Setting The Conversation feeds

1. Go to The Conversation
2. Sign up as a reader or sign in if you have done this before
3. Follow one/more of these channels:
   • Arts + Culture
   • Books + Ideas
   • Business + Economy
   • Education
   • Environment + Energy
   • Health
   • Politics + Society
   • Science + Technology
4. Find a list of available feeds to follow

• Fourteen topics
• Subscribe to an experts alert

The easiest way to find current TV News content via the Informit platform is to access TV News and follow the steps provided below.

Setting TV News RSS feeds