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 has Australian and overseas newspapers in both print and electronic form. The most recent print issues are held in the newspaper area (Level 3 South). Older issues are then moved to the Reserve Collection area until replaced by microfilm copies.

You can also search the 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 overseas newspapers. Search their catalogue by title and limit your search to the entire collection of magazines, journals and newspapers. Access to online databases in media and news is also available.

Newspapers on the Internet

International news online A select listing to online newspapers, particularly for international students at the University of Adelaide.

Google News Archive "provides an easy way to search and explore historical archives" of selected newspapers online. News archive search can also automatically create timelines, showing selected results from relevant time periods. This service was launched in September 2008.

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

Newseum: daily front pages of contributing newspapers (mainly US papers); some of these pages are archived.

world-newspapers.com   Provides country-by-country access to "World Newspapers, Magazines, and News Sites in English" 

NewsVoyager, "a gateway to your local newspapers" by the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) and gives links to newspaper websites around the world.

Australian newspapers online A list produced by the National Library of Australia.

onlinenewspapers.com  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
• afr.com - 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 (UK)
• Le Monde
• The New York Times
• The Times online (UK)
• Washington Post

Newspaper indexes

Factiva Provides access to global news and business information, including full text coverage of Australian newspapers, same-day news wires, and company reports. Note: Does not include the Australian Financial Review or BRW (Business Review Weekly).

eLibrary Australasia Includes a large amount of general news material in full-text, including Australian newspapers. 

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre This resource provides access to many Australian and New Zealand newspapers in full text. 

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 U.S. regional, national and international newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, etc. 

Printed indexes

New York times index 1851-
BSL Reference collection 05 N53y  

Time's index 1973-1992.
BSL Reference collection 05 T58a

See catalogue for location of earlier years.

BNI: British newspaper index on CD-ROM 1990-
Indexes The Times, Times Literary Supplement, Times Educational Supplement, Times Higher Education Supplement, Sunday Times, Financial Times, Independent.

News services

ABYZ News Links

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.)

Keesing's record of world events
BSL Reference collection 905 K2.2

Asian news digest
BSL Reference collection 950.5 A883.2

 

African chronicle
BSL Reference collection 960.5 A26.2

 

Annual register (of world events) 1954-

 

BSL Reference collection 940.05 A61