Informit TVNews indexes the majority of TV news stories, current affairs and documentary series broadcast on Australian television. Individual stories may be downloaded to the desktop in a compressed video format.

Part of the Informit Media Databases, this database is available via the Informit Online platform.

From Saturday, 15 March 2008 you can also set up alerts based on search terms within this database. A list of all available video clips based on your search terms will be e-mailed to your selected e-mail address.

To set up an alert follow these steps:

• type in your search terms
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• run your search
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• click on the Create alert link showing above your search results list
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• follow the instructions on screen
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