How to search for information in Newspapers

Using LibraryPressDisplay

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Go to: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za

Hover your mouse over ‘Search & Find’

Choose ‘Databases’

Click on ‘L’ to find LibraryPressDisplay

• Find ‘’LibraryPressDisplay” on the page.• Click on the link.

LibraryPressDisplay

Click on the Down arrow in the menu to choose the time period you want to searche.g. click on ‘Anytime’ to search over all time periods

This is the search screen

From the ‘In Publications’ section click ‘Select’

• Use the scroll bar to choose a Country. E.g. South Africa. • Click in the box next to South Africa.• Click OK

From the language section click ‘Select’

Use the scroll bar to choose a language. E.g. English. Click in the box next to English.Click OK

Type your search term in the ‘Find results’ box.E.g. Genetics

Click the Search button

Hover your mouse over the article you want to read and then Click on it to read it.

Full text of article

Date of article (2014) - Name of Newspaper (International NY Times) - Author Gina Kolata

Need more help?Email: Jen.Eidelman@uct.ac.za