Newspapers Resource Guide, page 3

Electronic resources

The following items are a selection of electronic materials that are available for research and study when you visit the Library. Most of these items can be accessed at computer workstations throughout the Library. Staff at the information desks can help you locate these resources.

Australia and New Zealand Reference Centre

Australian and New Zealand newspapers, magazines and newswire sources. Includes News Ltd. newspapers such as Herald-Sun, Australian, Courier-Mail. Does not include Fairfax Press titles.  Coverage of major papers from October 2000 onwards.

Individual Newspaper Databases
Searchable full-text editions for major Australian newspapers, including:
Age, (Melbourne), 1993-
Herald-Sun, (Melbourne), 1992-1999.
Australian Financial Review (Sydney), 1992-2001.  
Sydney Morning Herald, 1992-

Databases include all major articles. Databases do not include images, graphs and tables, general and classified advertisements, or personal notices.

Times Literary Supplement Archive 1994-

Full-text archive of the London weekly literary journal, also known as the TLS. Content includes book reviews, stories, poetry, essays and letters.

Wall Street Journal
Full access to online edition of the authoritative American financial journal. Includes 30 day archive of articles.
 
Newspaper Indexes
Citations and abstracts to newspaper articles. Searches can be made by topic, keyword, headline, author etc to find citations and abstracts.

Indexes include:

British Newspaper Index, 1990-2000
Provides citations to major British newspapers.

Echo Online, 1994-
Index to Victorian major daily newspapers.

Media Scan, 1991-
An index to major Australian newspapers. Covers Melbourne newspapers The Age and Herald-Sun from 1991 onwards.

Coverage of other  major Australian newspapers begins from the mid 1990s.

Palmer's Index to the Times, 1790-1905.
A searchable database for the London Times.

Smartbix, 1981-
Australian business and company index. Indexes business news articles in major Australian newspapers, and in business and news magazines.