SEARCHING MANUAL

BLIS
(BERNAMA LIBRARY &
INFOLINK SERVICE)
http://blis.bernama.com
BLIS is an information-rich and convenient research
portal that provides access to news and significant
information on Malaysia.
∗ One-stop research
∗ Library portal
∗ Comprehensive
∗ Credible and reliable

Database & Corporate Division &

Library & Information Centre (INFOLIB)
BERNAMA
03-26939933
blis@bernama.com

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

Modules
11 modules
+ 1 InfoLib
Portal

MODULES
1 BERNAMA Collection of news items as reported by BERNAMA from 1996 to current. Berita
News 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 Compilation of various industries in Malaysia. Sourced from various
Reports 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 Details of events - such as what is it about, venue, time, cost and contact persons.
Events
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3. i) Type - Username. ii)Type - Password.
iii) Click - Login.

i)Type -
User name

ii)Type
Password

iii)Click -
Login

4. Simple Search
- Click – eg. BERNAMA News.

Click -
BERNAMA
News

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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.

Latest
headlines

Click -article

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7. Full article.

Title

Date

Author/s

Slug – main
point/s

Content

Source

Initial –
author/sub-
8. To highlights the word needed. editor
i) Press “Ctr F” - key board.
ii) Type – eg. “saliran”.
-Enter @ Find Next to get to the next word.
i)“Ctr F”

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

The word
“saliran”
highlighted

- Enter @
Find Next
to get to the
next word

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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.

i)Tick “/”
General
News

ii)Type
-election

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

iv)Click -
Search

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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

ii) Click
- Author
“os”

iii) Click -
Search

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13. Search results - listing.

Total articles
found –
22186

Search
Results

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.

Click eg.
“Bernama
News”

i) Click
- Date
Search

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

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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.

i)Tick “/”
Utusan
Malaysia

ii)Subject
Type
-Petronas

iii) Key
words
Type -
bunuh

iv)Click -
Search

18. Search results - listing.

Listing

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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.

Total articles
found -30

Search Results

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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.

ii)Type
- puteri

iii)Click -
Search

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25. Search results - listing.

Total articles
found -11

Search
Results

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.

Total articles
found -6

Search
Results

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

Type -
election
-enter

30. Search Results.

Search
results

Scroll down
for the results
from all
modules

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31. Click “Logout” to end.

Click -
Logout

BLIS STATISTICS – as at 31 Jan 2010

NO MODULES TOTAL
1 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 2,722,602
3 FOREIGN NEWS 58,887
4 INFO. PROVIDERS 19,215
5 WHO’S WHO 5,743
6 SPEECHES 6,509
7 SECTORAL REPORTS 463
8 DATABANK 3,014
9 FACTS & FIGURES 918
10 DIRECTORY 1,377
11 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2,530
JUMLAH 3,987,785
(manual – last updated 23 Feb 2010)

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