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For more information: Ask a librarian! | (512) 974-7400
March 1, 2010
Read today’s Austin America-Statesman
(and hundreds of other papers from around the world)
in full-color, full-page format with PressDisplay!
www.cityofaustin.org/library/databases.htm
Read today’s newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page newspaper format with the PressDisplay database from the Austin Public Library! Browse selected news, editorial, business, sports, and entertainment stories on the home page or select a paper to read cover to cover.
PressDisplay provides online access to today's newspapers from more than 80 countries in more than 35 languages. The collection includes 1,400 U.S. and international titles. Just like reading the familiar print edition, you can browse articles, pictures, comics, advertisements, classifieds, and notices.
PressDisplay provides up to a 60-day backfile and the ability to perform keyword searches across all titles and the entire backfile. Read today’s Austin American-Statesman, Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, Irish Times, or La Jornada with your morning coffee!
You can select titles by language or country. More than 35 newspapers are available in Spanish from Latin America, Europe, and the US. Titles are available in Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Gujarati, Hindi, and Tamil, as well as in French, German, Italian, Russian, Hungarian, and many other languages.
Major US newspapers available include the Washington Post, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times. Also available are the Baltimore Sun, Boston Herald, Detroit News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Nashville Commercial Appeal, New York Daily News, New York Post, Oklahoman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Richmond Times-Dispatch, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Seattle Times, Tampa Tribune, Washington Times and many more! Some small town newspapers are available including the Dripping Springs Century News, Kyle-Buda Eagle, and Wimberley View. Many more English-language papers are available from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and from non-English speaking countries. Check the title list online at PressDisplay for the most current listings since new papers are added frequently.
PressDisplay is available to everyone at all Austin Public Library locations. APL cardholders can access the database 24 hours a day from home or office computers. To find out more call 974-7400 or stop by and ask any of your neighborhood librarians for more information.
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Please direct press inquiries to:
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Public Information Specialist
Austin Public Library
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