
The National Library (BN) makes free part of the collection available in digital format on the web. With literary works and old newspapers, the collection has titles in the public domain and productions authorized by the authors. The site works as a research tool for historians, students, journalists and other professionals who need old records or classic books and can be accessed on computers with Windows, macOS and Linux.
The National Library’s Digital Library is a section for journals and magazines that allows searches for specific terms. With the search tool it is possible to consult old editions that contain these keywords. Non-commercial use of the records offered by the BN memory is free. However, use for commercial purposes must go through authorizations and tariffs defined by the agency.
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Tutorial shows how to access, do research and browse old newspapers in the National Library’s digital collection – Photo: Reproduction / Eduardo Manhães
Check the tutorial below on how to search for editions of old newspapers in the digital collection of the National Library.
Step 1. Access the National Digital Library website (http://bndigital.bn.gov.br/) to consult the collection. In this example, we will use the «Hemeroteca Digital» catalog, with old editions of Brazilian newspapers;
Access the digital library catalog of the National Library by computer – Photo: Reproduction / Marvin Costa
Step 2. Enter the name of the desired newspaper and touch the corresponding result offered by the website;
Define the newspaper to be searched in the digital library of the National Library – Photo: Reproduction / Marvin Costa
Step 3. Define the search period and the term you want to find in editions of the newspaper. Then click on «Search»;
Start a search for a term in a newspaper in the digital catalog of the National Library – Photo: Reproduction / Marvin Costa
Step 4. You will then be redirected to the search results page. The search term will be highlighted in green. To check other results, click on the arrows next to the «Occurrences» option;
Site search result screen with the National Library’s digital acerco – Photo: Reproduction / Marvin Costa
Step 5. In addition to reading the titles of the collection, it is possible to share on social networks and in e-mail from the reader. As in a digital book platform, the visualization allows you to enlarge or reduce the text, use the full screen mode, the screen filled by the width, the screen filled by the height, original size mode, double page and multiple pages. The options are highlighted below.
Options for sharing and visualization tools for the text tool of the National Library’s digital collection – Photo: Reproduction / Marvin Costa
Use the tip to take advantage of the newspaper collection in research on old facts of the country with the library of the National Library.