Library Press Display: Read all about it!

So what is “Library Press Display” you ask? Well, it is an online database that provides you with access to a range of newspapers. To access this database there is a link to choose for either “in the library” use or home use. If you are in the Library you will be connected to the database main page.
From the home use link you will b e prompted to enter your library card number . This is the eight -digit number located on the reverse of your library card (under the barcode), beginning with the numbers 200. After you enter the number you will then be given access to the database main page. From the main page you can then choose from the extensive range of newspaper titles available. There are daily national and international titles to choose from as well as weekly newspapers and tabloids. You can choose a paper by country, language or alphabetically. Navigation aids are on the top, bottom and right hand side of the screen within the database. The first page of the newspaper shows as a single page and then the second and third show as a doublespread as with the hard copy paper. If you are searching within the New Zealand newspaper titles you will see
that papers that start with the word “the” such as The Southland Times are all listed together alphabetically after the word “the” in the “T’s”. Please remember that as comprehensive as the database is, not all newspapers are included, for example, the Otago Daily Times is not included. From within the operational features of the database you can email or print off pages or articles. You have the ability to use the magnification tool to decrease or increase
For those people who wish to print off a family notice, for example, you can use the selection tool that puts a red line border around the exact notice that you require and print off just that small piece of text. The newspapers are on a 60-day cycle, so there are approximately two months worth of issues for a particular title to choose from in the issue archive. There is a calendar navigation option that you can use to select a specific issue. A point to note is that the international newspapers all depend on the various time zones for their respective publication times. So bear this in mind when
searching those titles. So go forth and seek out the news to your hearts content. Solve all your current events information needs in one hit and keep informed!

By Vanessa