Newspapers and news services

• Newspapers held in the Barr Smith Library
• Newspapers on the Internet
• Newspaper indexes (how to search for information in newspapers)
• News services
• Media guides

Newspapers held in the Barr Smith Library

The Barr Smith Library holds Australian and overseas newspapers in both print and electronic form. The most recent print issues are held in the International Lounge (Level 3 South) and then moved to the back of the Reserve and Multimedia Collection until they are replaced by microfilm copies.You can check the library catalogue for the location of the newspaper you are looking for; if we have access to the electronic version of the newspaper, it will be available through the "Link to e-Resource."

You can also search our electronic database Factiva for information in newspapers.

Newspapers in the Barr Smith Library: a finding list

 

Includes lists of paper, microfilm and electronic database newspapers by newspaper title and by Australian state or country.

 

 

The State Library of South Australia has a larger collection of newspapers including South Australian country newspapers and full-text CD-ROM versions of the Age, Australian financial review, Sydney Morning Herald from January 1994. They have a separate listing in their catalogue of Newspapers currently received.

Newspapers on the Internet

DailyEarth: the global newspaper directory : organized by US and country list. "Search for news articles, blogs and podcasts"

world-newspapers.com   has been cited in the American Library Association's 2002 list of "Best free reference websites" It provides country-by-country access to "World Newspapers, Magazines, and News Sites in English" 

NewsVoyager, "a gateway to your local newspapers" is provided; by the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) and gives links to newspaper websites around the world. The site includes a; map for locating newspapers by geographical area, and drop-down; menus giving access to a range of sites (including International newspapers, Weekly newspapers, College newspapers, Newspaper archives, groups and associations.)

Australia's newspapers online

A list produced by the National Library of Australia.

Online newspapers  maintains an extensive listing of online newspapers, divided by country of publication and title.
 
 

Australian newspapers (Quick links to selected titles)

• The Advertiser
• Australian
• Sydney morning herald
• The Age
• Australian financial review

See also the listing Australia's newspapers online for access to other Australian online newspapers
.

International newspapers (Quick links to selected titles)

• Asia Times Online
• The Guardian
• Le Monde
• The New York Times
• The Times and Sunday Times
• Washington Post

Newspaper indexes

Factiva

Factiva provides access to global news and business information, including full text coverage of Australian 
newspapers, same-day news wires, and company reports. Investment analyst reports, market research 
reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles, and historical market data are also provided.

"From 1st April 2007, Fairfax will remove all AFR (Australian Financial Review) and BRW (Business Review weekly) content from Factiva. More information here."

Elibrary (Electric Library Australasia)

Factiva is supplemented by ELibrary - a resource which includes a large amount of general news material in full-text, including the Australian newspapers published by News Corp (such as The Australian and The Advertiser.)
 

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre

This resource provides access to many Australian and New Zealand newspapers in full text, including News Ltd. publications.
 

APA-FT (Australian public affairs - full text)

Selected Australian newspaper articles are indexed in this database, mainly in the fields of  "business, health, current affairs,
economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences."

Newspaper Source

Newspaper Source provides selected full text for 25 regional, national (U.S.) and international newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR.
 
 

Printed indexes

New York times index 1851-

Reference collection 05 N53y

 

Guardian index (1986 - 1992)

 

Database: full text of the Guardian and the Observer (1990-

 

Times index

 

 

Palmer's index to the Times 1790-1905

Database

 

Financial times index.

Reference collection 332.05 F495a

 

BNI: British newspaper index on CD-ROM 1990-

Database

Indexes The Times, Times literary supplement, Times Educational supplement, Times higher education supplement, Sunday times, Financial times, Independent.

 

 

 

News services

ABYZ News Links

"Abyz News Links is a portal to online news sources from around the world.  It is primarily composed of  newspapers but also includes many broadcast stations, internet services, magazines, and press agencies."

Google News "searches and browses 4,500 news sources, updated continuously." Includes a News archive search option and video clips.

Online services of major national broadcasters such as ABC Online News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) CNN Interactive, and BBC Online continually update current stories and include audio and videoclips relating to selected major stories. CNN Europe offers excellent coverage of regional issues (in English, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and Spanish.)
 

There are also a number of printed news and current affairs digests in the Reference collection:
 

Keesings record of world events

Reference collection 905 K2.2

 

Asian news digest

Reference collection 950.5 A883.2

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African chronicle

Reference collection 960.5 A26.2

 

Annual register of world events

 

           Reference collection 940.05 A61

 

Australian public affairs collection. 1952-81

Government and politics of Australia. 1982-89

Commonwealth government of Australia. 1990-92.

Microfiche per 44

Newspaper cuttings collection on microfiche.

 

Facts on file world news digest CD-ROM

           Reference Library, State Library of South Australia

Media guides

Willings press guide

Reference collection 070.5 W73p

 

Benns media

Reference collection 070.5 B469w

          (Last issue received in Barr Smith Library: 1999)
          Latest issue of  Benns media available at the Reference Library, State Library of South Australia