Find foreign newspapers
The State Library subscribes to a selection of foreign newspaper titles with a particular focus on titles from Asia. Newspapers are held in print, microfilm/microfiche and electronic formats.
Locations - current & back issues
Check the catalogue for the location of current and back issues. Additionally, you may access our electronic newspapers via all the catalogue computers throughout the Library.
You may search for a newspaper by e.g. Pravda 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.
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: YES - Your Enquiry Service.
Electronic resources
Many overseas newspapers and newswire services are available electronically via our e-newspapers page. These services may be accessed within the State Library building.
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.
Internet resources
There are many newspaper sites on the Internet that provide access to current news. Here are some useful sites providing links to:
Current online newspapers
world-newspapers.com
provides country-by-country access to "World Newspapers, Magazines, and News Sites in English".
Online newspapers
maintain an extensive listing of online newspapers, divided by country of publication and title.
Searchable newspaper archives
http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html
Provides access to newspapers from the USA and worldwide. It includes searchable newspaper archives for the USA.
Newspaper indexes
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.
Other
MyLanguage provides access to search engines, web directories and news in over sixty languages.
Page last updated: Monday 17 September 2012
