Press Display
The Straits Times announced recently that they are opening up more of their content (breaking news) on their website. I took a look. The design is better, yes, but the amount of accessible content is still very limited, in my opinion.
Fed-up.
Actually, there are better alternatives such as this excellent site called "Press Display" (http://www.PressDisplay.com) which gives full-colour digital replications of hundreds of newspapers from around the globe.
This is fabulous if you are studying/working/travelling abroad but still want to keep in touch with the local news. You get full content and interactive access to newspapers from over 60 countries in over 30 languages.
A subscription is needed to see the full digitised copies (US$10 per
month vs ST's rate S$9.95 per month) BUT, wait!,
if you are a member of our Singapore National library, you will be able to access PressDisplay via the NLB website for FREE.
So how..?
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First, register for a digital library account (free) on http://www.nlb.gov.sg
After logging in with your id/pwd, on the blue menu bar, select
eRESOURCES> eDATABASES
Under SUBJECT, select NEWS > LIBRARY PRESSDISPLAY.
Click on LIBRARY PRESSDISPLAY which will take you to the pressdisplay website.
Example: for Straits Times - on the search bar section, look for the
blue button and click [SELECT TITLE]>
[BY COUNTRY]> [SINGAPORE].
The page will display the following scanned singapore papers of the day:
* Lianhe Zaobao
* The Straits Times
* The Wall Street Journal Asia
* Today
Archives are also available, accessible via the calendar icon.
[note: You still need to have a library membership for physical book loans, otherwise the digital account will not grant you access]
Have fun!
Fed-up.
Actually, there are better alternatives such as this excellent site called "Press Display" (http://www.PressDisplay.com) which gives full-colour digital replications of hundreds of newspapers from around the globe.
This is fabulous if you are studying/working/travelling abroad but still want to keep in touch with the local news. You get full content and interactive access to newspapers from over 60 countries in over 30 languages.
A subscription is needed to see the full digitised copies (US$10 per
month vs ST's rate S$9.95 per month) BUT, wait!,
if you are a member of our Singapore National library, you will be able to access PressDisplay via the NLB website for FREE.
So how..?
---------------
First, register for a digital library account (free) on http://www.nlb.gov.sg
After logging in with your id/pwd, on the blue menu bar, select
eRESOURCES> eDATABASES
Under SUBJECT, select NEWS > LIBRARY PRESSDISPLAY.
Click on LIBRARY PRESSDISPLAY which will take you to the pressdisplay website.
Example: for Straits Times - on the search bar section, look for the
blue button and click [SELECT TITLE]>
[BY COUNTRY]> [SINGAPORE].
The page will display the following scanned singapore papers of the day:
* Lianhe Zaobao
* The Straits Times
* The Wall Street Journal Asia
* Today
Archives are also available, accessible via the calendar icon.
[note: You still need to have a library membership for physical book loans, otherwise the digital account will not grant you access]
Have fun!
posted by Fiery at Monday, June 11, 2007
2 Comments:
Hi there,
You mention that the Newspapers are "scanned". This is actually in-correct, rather the titles on PressDisplay are all Exact Digital Replica's. Newspaper Direct has agreements with publishers around the world, publishers send their original newspaper files to NewspaperDirect to make available on the PressDisplay service.
yep, you are right.
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