SEARCHING MANUAL BLIS

(BERNAMA LIBRARY & INFOLINK SERVICE)

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blis@bernama.com

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http://blis.bernama.com/mailto:blis@bernama.com

1. Click (2X) “Internet Explorer” icon at “Windows” screen. 2. Type address : http://blis.bernama.com.

Modules 11 modules + 1 InfoLib Portal

2. Type Address - BLIS

MODULES 1 BERNAMA

News Collection of news items as reported by BERNAMA from 1996 to current. Berita Dalam Negeri; Berita Ekonomi; Economic News; Feature/Special Reports; General News; Siaran Akhbar; Press Release; & Rencana/Laporan Khas.

2 Archival News Collection of news clippings from the local newspapers and magazines from 1969 to current. Berita Harian; Utusan Malaysia; Malaysian Business; Bernama (1968-1995); New Straits Times; Miscellaneous; Business Times; & The Edge.

3 Foreign News Collection of foreign news from various news agencies from around the world like Kyodo of Japan, Yonhap of Korea, Xinhua from China, MAP from Moroccco, PTI from India, International Islamic News Agency(IINA) under the organization of the Islamic Conference(OIC), Antara of Indonesia and many others from the African nations.

4 Info. Providers Malaysian statistics on industry performance, commodity production and economic forecast provided by government research agencies.

5 Who’s Who Compilation of profiles of prominent persons in Malaysia. 6 Speeches Full text of speeches delivered by important political and corporate figures in

Malaysia. 7 Sectoral

Reports Compilation of various industries in Malaysia. Sourced from various organizations.

8 Databank Provides facts on diverse issues and events extracted from Malaysian newspapers and BERNAMA’s reports.

9 Facts & Figures Profile of Malaysia on its economy, government, industries, labor and business environment. State profiles cover projects, governments and industries. Details on primary commodities.

10 Directory Covers banks, finance companies, unit trusts, money brokers and insurance institutions.

11 Calendar of Events

Details of events - such as what is it about, venue, time, cost and contact persons.

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http://blis.bernama.com/

3. i) Type - Username. ii)Type - Password. iii) Click - Login.

ii)Type Password

i)Type - User name

iii)Click - Login

4. Simple Search

- Click – eg. BERNAMA News.

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Click - BERNAMA News

5. Simple Search - Click the chosen sub-module – eg. Berita Dalam Negeri.

Bernama News Listing (sub- modules)

Click - “Berita Dalam Negeri”

6. Latest headlines (articles).

- Click the chosen article.

Click -article

Latest headlines

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7. Full article.

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8. To highlights the word needed.

i) Press “Ctr F” - key board. ii) Type – eg. “saliran”.

Author/s

Slug – main point/s

Content

Source

Initial – author/sub-editor

Date

Title

-Enter @ Find Next to get to the next word.

i)“Ctr F”

The word “saliran” highlighted

- Enter @ Find Next to get to the next word

ii)Type eg. “saliran” - enter @ Find Next

9. Specific Search. Click Eg. - Bernama News. - Click “Advanced Search”.

Click eg. “Bernama News”

-Click “Advanced Search”

10. Advanced Search

i) Tick the chosen sub-module - eg. - General news. ii) Type search – eg. “Title” eg. – election. iii) Date – date picker (31/03/2007 – 06/03/2008). iv) Click - Search.

ii)Type -election

iii)Date (31/03/2007 to 06/03/2008)

iv)Click - Search

i)Tick “/” General News

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11. Search results - listing.

Total articles found -255

Search Results

12. Specific Search – Author

Click – Back – i) Click Reset – To clear the previous searches. ii)Type - “os” iii) Click Search.

i) Click - Reset

iii) Click - Search

ii) Click - Author “os”

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13. Search results - listing.

Search Results

Total articles found – 22186

14. Specific Search – Date only (Date picker)

Click eg. - Bernama New. i) Click - Date Search.

ii) Pick the date (eg. 04/03/2008) and Click.

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Click eg. “Bernama News”

i) Click - Date Search

ii) Click - Date Search - 04/03/2008

15. Search Results.

Total articles found – 277

Search results

16. Advanced Search

Click the chosen module – eg. Archival News

Listing of News papers from 1968 Text based BH – 1997 - current Utusan- 1996 - current NST- 1997 - current

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17. Advanced Search i) Click the chosen module – eg. Archival News ii) Tick – Utusan Malaysia iii) Type search – eg. “Subject” eg. – petronas iii) Type search – eg. “Key words” eg. – bunuh iv) Click - Search.

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18. Search results - listing.

Listing

i)Tick “/” Utusan Malaysia

ii)Subject Type -Petronas

iii) Key words Type - bunuh

iv)Click - Search

19. Advanced Search i) Click the chosen module – eg. Who’s who ii) Type search – eg. “Name” eg. – azmi. ii) Click - Search.

ii)Type - azmi

iii)Click - Search

20. Search results - listing.

Search Results

Total articles found -30

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21. Advanced Search i) Continue (Combination Search) – eg. Who’s who” ii) Type search – eg. “Name” eg. – azmi. “Subject” eg. – youth (current post

+ Names) iii)Click - Search.

ii)Type - azmi

ii)Type - youth

iii)Click - Search

22. Search results - listing.

Total articles found -1

Search Results

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23. Full content.

24. Advanced Search

i) Click the chosen module – eg. Databank ii) Type search – eg. “Title” eg. – puteri. iii) Click - Search.

iii)Click - Search

ii)Type - puteri

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25. Search results - listing.

Search Results

Total articles found -11

26. Full content.

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27. Advanced Search i) Back – eg. Databank

ii) Type search – eg. “Subject” eg. – bus. (headings + additional info.) iii) Click - Search.

ii)Type -bus

iii)Click - Search

28. Search results - listing.

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Search Results

Total articles found -6

29. Global Search – All modules. Type search – eg. – type election – Enter.

Type - election -enter

30. Search Results.

Scroll down for the results from all modules

Search results

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31. Click “Logout” to end.

Click - Logout

BLIS STATISTICS – as at 31 Jan 2010

NO MODULES TOTAL1 BERNAMA NEWS(1996 to date) 1,076527 -Berita Dlm Negeri -Economic News -General News -Press Release Eng -Rencana/Laporan khas -Berita Ekonomi – -Features/Special Reports -Press Release BM -Newspaper Summary 2 ARCHIVAL NEWS 2,722,6023 FOREIGN NEWS 58,8874 INFO. PROVIDERS 19,2155 WHO’S WHO 5,7436 SPEECHES 6,5097 SECTORAL REPORTS 4638 DATABANK 3,0149 FACTS & FIGURES 91810 DIRECTORY 1,37711 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2,530

JUMLAH 3,987,785(manual – last updated 23 Feb 2010)

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