PressReader, available through IEU Library, offers more than a way to keep up with the news. Its research features help students, faculty and researchers find relevant articles, organise references and follow developments across international newspapers and magazines.

Whether you are preparing an assignment, exploring a dissertation topic or gathering material for a research project, these tools can help you incorporate press coverage into your work and examine how different publications report on the same issue.

Refine your searches

PressReader supports extended search strings and Boolean operators such as AND, OR, NEAR and NOT. These allow you to combine keywords, include alternative terms or exclude unrelated results. By narrowing your search, you can identify coverage that is aligned with your research question.

Save references with Zotero

The Zotero Connector integration allows you to capture bibliographic metadata from PressReader content. This helps you organise the articles you consult and manage references when preparing reports, essays or other academic work.

Follow your research topics

With email alerts for saved topics, you can receive notifications when relevant content is published. Choose the frequency that suits your needs to follow debates, monitor emerging issues and stay informed throughout your project without repeating the same searches each time.

Explore content across languages

PressReader’s AutoTranslate feature enables readers to translate publications into their preferred language. This can help you explore perspectives and engage with reporting beyond the languages in which you usually read.

Together, these features make PressReader a useful resource for exploring current affairs, comparing media perspectives and following the public discussion surrounding your subject. Newspaper and magazine articles can provide context and contemporary examples to complement the academic literature you use.

Access PressReader through IEU Library’s press resources page and discover how its search, reference management and reading tools can support your next research project.