NewsUK is an online service developed to provide national and
regional news, combining the most popular British newspaper
titles in one database. As a member of East Lothian Libraries
you have free access to the NewsUK service.
What can NewsUK help me do?
NewsUK is the ideal tool to keep up-to-date with day-to-day
information, looking through various established newspapers
and magazines giving the user an array of views and opinions
on one story line or subject.
Our subscribers use us to:
- Research college assignments.
- Answer queries at the reference desk.
- Find reports about schools performance.
- Keep up to date with current business trends.
- Read the latest book reviews.
- Follow the latest political debates.
- Discover the nearest art exhibitions in your area.
- Read travel articles about specific destinations in the
UK or abroad.
What does NewsUK contain?
NewsUK contains 68 newspapers falling under two categories
- National newspapers
- Regional newspapers
A small number of articles cannot be reproduced in NewsUK;
articles that, for legal reasons, have to be removed or articles
that were originally syndicated from other sources in the print
copy. Newspapers' supplements are included in NewsUK but not
pictures, graphics, cartoons or adverts. We only include the
main edition of regional newspapers and not supplementary local
editions.
How does NewsUK work?
NewsUK is easy to use. Users can:
- Search across the titles in NewsUK for information on a
person, a headline, a place, etc.
- Get a broad range of views and opinions on a particular
news story.
- Find information on local and national events.
- News topics enable you to get in-depth background information
on a range of contemporary issues.
- When subscribing to both NewsUK and KnowUK, you can cross-search
both products.
News articles are fully keyword-searchable and can either be
printed off in a user-friendly format or e-mailed for later
reference. NewsUK also enables you to bookmark each article
individually with the help of durable links.
How often is NewsUK updated?
NewsUK is updated every weekday. Most newspapers are added
to the service the day after publication, so there will always
be a time lag between an article appearing in the print edition
of a newspaper and its appearance in this service. Headlines
on the home page are selected from amongst the latest articles
added to the service.
News Topics pages are updated once a week with recent headlines,
and with new images and background reading once a month.
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