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Finding Journal Articles

Quicksearch news databases using Supersearch

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e.g., south australia politics

  • This quicksearch option searches across a number of databases.
  • It is useful for conducting an introductory search on a topic.
  • To link to the full-text of articles (if available), click on the SFX button :

Newspaper Databases

Databases with Full Text

  • Australia New Zealand Reference Centre on EBSCOhost
    Full text articles from selected Australian newspapers including The Age, The Australian and the Herald-Sun.
  • Factiva
    Full text articles from hundreds of major newspapers and news magazines from Australia and around the world including The Age, Herald-Sun, The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald. Note: Limit of 4 simultaneous users.
  • The Age
    Index and full text articles for The Age including Sunday Age and Good Weekend from 1993.
  • Electric Library
    Contains full text articles from selected Australian newspapers including The Australian and the Herald-Sun.

Indexing Databases

  • Media Scan on Informit
    Indexes Australian newspapers including The Age, Australian, Bulletin, Herald-Sun, Sydney Morning Herald.
  • TVNews in Informit
    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. Updated daily.

Finding a specific newspaper

Find full text newspapers in the Online Journals Page

Read the library's How to Find Newspaper Articles Guide (PDF).

Australian Newspaper Websites

You can usually view news articles and features for the current day only free of charge. You may need to register.

Other Australian & International Newspaper Sites

Australian Multicultural Media Websites

News Services

Major Events of Previous Years

  • Year in Review
    Annual review of notable people and events of the previous year, from Encyclopedia Britannica.

Author: Kim Hodgman