In this part we wants to introduce different English newspapers on CD-ROM and on the internet, as well as show usage possibilities in linguistic research. Linguistic Research Introduction CD-ROMs store newspapers in a systematic way and enable and facilitate topic research. Their advantages are that they are small and compact and cover at least a one-year edition. The user can make a quick search and, therefore, CD-ROMs save time. Some newspapers have only the latest edition on-line whereas others cover previous issues as well.
Few newspapers offer an on-line archive to search for special topics within a range of years.
The CD-ROM version of The Times and The Sunday Times from the year 1992 is available in the English department library. The disc contains articles published from the 1st of January 1 to the 31st of December 1992 and has a total of 85,309 selected stories. The stories and features contained on the CD-ROM are organized into sections in the same way as the printed version of The Times or The Sunday Times. From the tool bar that appears on the top of the screen one can choose 'section', 'options' and 'help'. Options' allows the user to define the search.