News

Finding news and newspapers

A range of different news resources are available via the library - from newspapers (both current and historical) to streaming media.

Key resources to search to find news and newspaper articles:

Newsbank This link opens in a new window
Access major newspapers and other media from Australia and the world. Newspaper coverage includes The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times.
Australia & New Zealand Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Access major Australian and international newspapers and other news media. Newspapers include The Advertiser, The Australian and The Age.
Gale OneFile: News This link opens in a new window
Gale OneFile: News provides access to more than two thousand major world newspapers, and includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts
International Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Access articles from the world's top newspapers
TVNews This link opens in a new window
Indexes Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks with links to the digitised video content in a compressed format. All individual stories from a particular broadcast are indexed with a detailed synopsis. It is updated daily. Items range from under 30 seconds for short stories, to an hour for documentaries.

Pathways for finding historical newspapers:

Historic Australian Newspapers 1803-1954 (Trove) This link opens in a new window
Search for newspapers published in each Australian state and territory from the 1800s to the mid-1950s.

Historical newspapers
View a list of historical newspaper resources available via the library. Newspaper titles include The Guardian, The Observer and The New York Times.

Tips for finding articles in newspapers post 1990

The library's newspapers are available in a variety of different formats: online, print and microfilm. To find out whether the library has access to a particular newspaper, search for the title of the newspaper in Library Search. Some newspapers may be available in more than one format, or in more than one online platform - always read the date range listed for each option to make sure the dates you need are covered.

Newspapers published since 1990 are likely to be available online via one of the newspaper databases listed in the key resources section above
Australian newspapers available in the library and published between 1955 and 1990 are often in microfilm format.
Historical Australian newspapers published prior to 1955 may be available in Trove Historic Australian Newspapers (see link in key historical resources section above).

Library Search
Use Library Search to find books (print and electronic), journal articles, newspapers and other items available via the library.