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Main Library, IIT (BHU), Varanasi User Guide HOW TO USE PRESSREADER APP PressReader has the largest selection of newspapers and magazines from over 120 countries in over 60 languages. That’s 7,000 trusted publications on a single platform. And readers can instantly translate articles in up to 18 languages. You can use the PressReader app on your smart devices (tablet, smart phone or app enabled laptop). Registration process (outside of campus): Steps 1: Login to Remote Access Portal (https://elibraryiitbhu.remotexs.in/user/login ) Steps 2: Go to down under E-Database click on PressReder:

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Page 1: Main Library, IIT (BHU), Varanasi User Guide

Main Library, IIT (BHU), Varanasi  User Guide 

HOW TO USE PRESSREADER APP

PressReader has the largest selection of newspapers and magazines from over 120 countries in over 60 languages. That’s 7,000 trusted publications on a single platform. And readers can instantly translate articles in up to 18 languages.

You can use the PressReader app on your smart devices (tablet, smart phone or app enabled laptop).

Registration process (outside of campus):

Steps 1: Login to Remote Access Portal (https://elibraryiitbhu.remotexs.in/user/login)

Steps 2: Go to down under E-Database click on PressReder:

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Main Library, IIT (BHU), Varanasi  User Guide 

Steps 3: After that you will get the home screen and cancel the pop up (X). Now you can able to access through

Steps 4: click on Sign-in and register yourself by using your Institutional email ID (@itbhu.ac.in or @iitbhu.ac.in) follows the below mention steps-

This authentication allows their users for 30 days offsite access by signing up their domain email address. Once the 30 days access expires, users can just easily re-authenticate by logging in their email credentials again to get another 30 days access. There’s no need to visit the library again to continue the access.

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4. Click on “Sign Up”

       

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Main Library, IIT (BHU), Varanasi  User Guide 

5. Enter your details and click on “Next”  

    

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Main Library, IIT (BHU), Varanasi  User Guide 

6. After creating the account, user will have to click on a verification link sent to their email.  

For more Information/help, visit to https://care.pressreader.com/hc/en-us/articles/218051783-how-to-guides

Navigating the newspaper  

1. Swipe your finger towards the left to turn the page and spread two fingers on the screen to zoom in for closer reading  

2. To read articles in text view rather than in newspaper layout tap on the title of the article  

3. To close the publication, tap on the screen (not on an article title) and then use the back arrow in the top left‐hand corner to shut the publication down  

How to find back copies  

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Main Library, IIT (BHU), Varanasi  User Guide 

Access  the  last  three months  of  publications  ‐  click  on  the  current  issue  and  then  on  the  date  bar underneath the image. This will launch a calendar ‐ select the date you wish to look at.  

Search facility  

1. To search for topics, open a publication, tap on the screen and tap on the magnifying glass in the top right‐hand corner. Choose a previous search or click on Advanced Search NB. The search facility may not be available on phones  

2. PressReader will  search  the  last  three days publications  and display  search  results on  screen.  The Advanced Search option will become available on the left‐hand side of the screen ‐ click on this to re‐run the search using a wider date range  

3. Click on Add to My Topics for your search to be run every day and to populate the For You section available from the main menu.  

Bookmarks 

 You can “bookmark” articles and save them  in folders by holding your finger down on the article you want to bookmark and selecting Save to Collection. Add  it to a collection you have already created or click on Create New Collection and then Create. Bookmarks are retrieved from the main menu bar  

To translate publications & articles  

Click on  the  three vertical circles  in  the  top  right corner and select Translate and select  the  language you’d like the article or publication translated into.  

NB. The translate facility may not be available on some phones.  

N.B.  If  you  try  to download more  than 20  titles  in one day  it will  give  you  the  cost of buying  the additional  titles.  You  can stream unlimited  title   b   switching  o  reading  them at 

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Feel free to contacts us for any queries email us to [email protected] or visit our webpage  

https://www.iitbhu.ac.in/cf/lib

We are welcome your feedback - https://www.iitbhu.ac.in/cf/lib/feedback

Main Library

IIT (BHU), Varanasi