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Newspapers & Grey Literature

Browse our newspapers and magazines

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Newspapers are available in a variety of formats:

  • print
  • microform
  • electronic

We have physical copies of some current newspapers and magazines on level 2 of the Library near the new books. Older editions of these newspapers are stored in our Automated Retrieval Collection. 

Current and older editions include:

Using Factiva

In Factiva, you can search within the paper you want by searching under 'Sources', or browsing by the first letter of the newspaper's title.

Factiva sources search screenshot

Once you have selected the newspaper you want, type your keywords into the search box to see articles from this paper. You can also limit your results to a certain time period.

Date drop-down menu

Key newspaper databases

To find newspaper articles on a particular subject, use one of the key Newspaper databases below. 

Fairfax titles

Access The Sydney Morning Herald via - 

  • Trove Digitised Newspapers Free (1842-1954)
  • ProQuest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream (1996-present) 
  • EbscoHost Newspaper Source Plus (1999-present) 
  • Factiva (1986-present) 

Access The Age via - 

  • Trove Digitised Newspapers Free (1842-1954)
  • ProQuest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream (1996-present) 
  • EbscoHost Newspaper Source Plus (1999-present) 
  • Factiva (1991-present) 

Access The Australian Financial Review via - 

  • Factiva (1987-present)