How to search online for newspaper articles in the database LibraryPressDisplay

1. How to search for information in
Newspapers
Using
LibraryPressDisplay
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2. Go to: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za

3. Hover your mouse over ‘Search & Find’

4. Choose ‘Databases’

5. Click on ‘L’ to find LibraryPressDisplay

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

7. LibraryPressDisplay

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

9. This is the search screen

10. From the ‘In Publications’
section click ‘Select’

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

12. From the language section
click ‘Select’

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

14. Type your search term in the ‘Find results’ box.
E.g. Genetics
Click the Search button

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

17. Full text of article

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

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