Find electronic newspapers
The State Library subscribes to many newspapers in electronic format. The titles include regional Western Australian newspapers, a selection of Australian newspapers and numerous titles from overseas. All titles are available on the catalogue computers throughout the library.
Our e-Resources for Public Library Members service provides access to some electronic newspaper articles in Australia New Zealand Reference Centre. All you need is your public library card number and you can begin accessing a world of information from your home computer.
Search our catalogue for electronic newspapers
Newspapers electronic formats may be found through our library catalogue.
You may search for a newspaper by e.g. Australian, Sydney Morning Herald but may need to limit the search to find the one you want:
Click Limit/Sort Search
Click Serial from the Monograph/SERIAL/index option box
Click A > Alexander Library Building in the WHERE Item is located options box
Click Submit
An exact record or a list of possible matches for the title entered in the Title search box will appear on screen
Click the item title to open a full view record
Click the Request button if the newspaper is held in a Stack location to arrange a time to view newspapers
Catalogue records for newspapers in electronic format will include links to the electronic resources in which the newspapers are held.
Newspaper sites on the internet
The following are a few useful Australian and foreign newspaper sites on the internet.
Western Australian sites
Community Newspapers
Digital editions of Perth metropolitan community newspapers. Issues are able to be selected by title and date from drop down menus. Archive available back to 2006.
Australian sites
INFOQUICK
is a selective index to The Sydney Morning Herald and its supplements from 1 January 1988 to 30 June 2005.
Australian Newspapers Online
is the National Library of Australia's comprehensive list of Australian newspapers available on the Internet.
Newspapers.com.au
is a searchable listing of Australian and New Zealand newspapers, including a directory of local and regional newspapers.
International sites
refdesk.com/paper.html
Provides access to newspapers from the USA and worldwide. It includes searchable newspaper archives for the USA.
world-newspapers.com
Provides country-by-country access to world newspapers, magazines, and news sites in English.
Index New Zealand
Contains descriptions of articles from approximately 1000 publications from 1987 onwards. The database is updated daily by the National Library of New Zealand.
United States Newspaper Program
A cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalogue and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present. The web site includes links to repositories that have indexed the content of newspapers.
For further assistance and information please ask a staff member at one of our service desks, via telephone on 08 9427 3111, or email us at askus@slwa.wa.gov.au.
Page last updated: Thursday 11 August 2011