Month: June 2015

PressDisplay becomes PressReader

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Pressdisplay, the platform for international newspapers and magazines has been relaunched and has now become PressReader. NewspaperDirect has optimized the website and app for a comfortable reading experience on mobile phones and tablets.

On PressReader you may enjoy  more than 3.000 newspapers and magazines from more than 100 countries in 60 languages online in full-colour, full-page format. Access includes classifieds and all supplements and all newspapers are updated daily and archived for 3 months.
The digital newspapers and magazines can be accessed on a Desktop PC or Mac via a web browser or on a mobile device using the PressReader app. Get the PressReader app and download and read the latest news on your mobile device. The PressReader app allows you to download up to five newspapers and read them offline for a 7 day period.

A few examples of newspapers available on PressReader:

  • Le Monde
  • Corriere della Sera
  • Le Figaro
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport
  • Libero
  • Der Tagesspiegel
  • The Washington Post
  • Tribune de Genève
  • Neue Zürcher Zeitung
  • The Guardian
  • Le Parisien (Paris)
  • IL Tempo – Nazionale
  • Le Figaro Magazine
  • Magazine M
  • Mundo Deportivo

Please note that PressReader can only be accessed inside the buildings of  the National Library and the University of Luxembourg!

Direct link to PressReader

All PressReader titles can also be found in a-z.lu.

pressreader-app

PressReader for Mobile – only in University!

  • Go to any of University of Luxembourg locations.
  • Connect your tablet or smartphone to University WI-FI
  • Download the latest version of “PressReader” Mobile App from your app store.
  • Launch PressReader, pick your title and enjoy reading!
    The titles can be read for 7 days. After 7 days return to University, re-authenticate and you may continue for another 7 days!

Please note that the only way to download PressReader newspapers and magazines is to use the PressReader App in University of Luxembourg’s WiFi.

More help
PressReader Walk Thru Guide
PressReader Help Videos

Ebooks Harmathèque

La Bibliothèque nationale propose désormais une cinquantaine d’ebooks en langue française sur la plateforme “Harmathèque”.
Ce portail donne accès à ebooks publiés essentiellement par les éditions L’Harmattan. En guise d’introduction, un choix d’ebooks sur l’économie, la langue et littérature française et romane sont disponibles dès maintenant.

Comment cela fonctionne-t-il ?
Pour pouvoir vous connecter au portail, vous devez être dans les locaux de la Bibliothèque nationale.
Les ebooks peuvent être téléchargés sur votre ordinateur, tablette ou smartphone pour une durée limitée, comme un emprunt de livre au format papier. Pour lire ces fichiers téléchargés, vous aurez besoin du logiciel “Adobe Digital Editions” qui gère les téléchargements, la lecture et la durée de l’emprunt et qui peut être téléchargé.
Télécharger “Adobe Digital Editions”

Pour lire un ebook en ligne, il n’est pas nécessaire d’avoir “Adobe Digital Editions”!

Vous trouvez la liste des ebooks disponibles ici: http://www.harmatheque.com.proxy.bnl.lu/ebooks

Aide pour télécharger un ebook

Tous les ebooks peuvent aussi être trouvés dans a-z.lu!

harmatheque-piketty         harmatheque-goeast            harmatheque-littfr  …voir tous les ebooks

PhilPapers: philosophical research online

Logo PhilPapersConsortium Luxembourg is happy to announce that we’re now offering remote access to PhilPapers, one of the major research tools in philosophy.
PhilPapers is a comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy maintained by the community of philosophers. Using advanced trawling techniques and large scale crowdsourcing, PhilPapers monitors all sources of research content in philosophy, including journals, books, open access archives, and personal pages maintained by academics. They also host the largest open access archive in philosophy.

Monitor current research

  • Browse new issues of over 1000 philosophy journals
  • View the latest papers from online archives and authors’ home pages

Explore the literature

You may access PhilPapers via a-z.lu.