Australian Newspapers: Print | Online
International Newspapers: Print | Online
Online News Services | Subject Indexes
to Newspapers
National Library to digitise newspapers for the nation
Australian Newspapers in the JCU Library collection
Print copies of current newspapers are held in both the Townsville and Cairns libraries.
Back copies are held on microfiche.
Townsville Cairns Print, current month
Foyer, ground floor
Ground floor
Print, last few months
Microform Room
Ground floor
Microform
Microform Room
First floor
To find if JCU holds a paper and at which location, do a title search on Tropicat by newspaper name, e.g. Townsville Bulletin. This will tell you the details of the years held and location. Ask at InfoHelp if you have further enquiries. You can also Download a Word file on locations for the Townsville Bulletin.
Major local and national titles held:
Cairns Post Australian Financial Review Townsville Bulletin (TVL, CNS 2003+) Courier Mail The Age Sydney Morning Herald The Australian North Queensland Newspapers
This guide tells you where north Queensland newspapers are held both within the James Cook University collection and other library collections.Australian Newspapers Online
Many newspapers and news services are available on the internet. Only the current issue of a newspaper may be online, and the availability and cost of archived issues varies greatly. The internet version may not include the full content of the print version.
Collections- Australian Newspapers Online National Library of Australia list
- Australian Newspapers' site The site will offer access to scanned images and text from historic Australian newspapers dating from 1803 to 1954.
- News Limited Newspapers Murdoch daily newspaper site
- Newstext Electronic archives of News Limited's Australian newspapers
- Queensland Public Library access
Access to several databases is open to all current members of Queensland public libraries, including Townsville and Thuringowa. Access is by using your Queensland public library membership number or your State Library eServices card number.
- Australia & New Zealand Reference Centre
Full-text access to Australasian newspapers and magazines, and some reference works. Australian newspapers include The Australian, The Adelaide Advertiser, The Courier Mail, Northern Territory News, The Mercury, the Herald Sun, The Weekly Times and the ABC TV's 7.30 Report transcripts.- NewsBank
Provides access to fulltext newspaper articles from more than 230 Queensland, Australian and international titles. Newspapers from approximately 98 countries are available with particular focus on Australian, American and English publications.
Individual Titles
Some titles include a search option and / or archives
- The Australian
- The Advertiser (Adelaide)
- The Age, Melbourne
- Australian Financial Review
- Cairns Post
- Canberra Times
- Courier Mail
- Daily Mercury (Mackay)
- The Mercury (Hobart)
- Sydney Morning Herald
- Townsville Bulletin
- West Australian
International Newspapers in Print
Major titles held:
The Times Current year in print (TSV MF Room ) ; Microfilm FZ 27 Guardian Weekly Current year in print (TSV 052 P15) ; Microfilm GB 17 The library also holds back-runs of a number of other newspapers. Details can be found in Tropicat. International Newspapers Online
Collections
- Internet Public Library: Online Newspapers
- OnlineNewspapers
- British Media Online Access to British national and regional newspapers online
- The Newspaper Society Large list of UK newspapers on the web
- Swedish Newspapers Online
- News Sources A selection of other links
Individual Titles
Some titles include a search option and / or archives
- New York Times homepage
- New York Times | Click here for full text via ProQuest 5000
- Time.com
- Washington Post
- The Times (London) and Sunday Times
- Electronic Telegraph (UK)
- The Guardian, Observer and Guardian Weekly
- Japan Times
- The National, PNG
Online News Services
- ABC News Online Current plus one year archive. Australian and international news and events covered by ABC radio and television
- BBC News Current plus one year archive. U.K. and international news and events
- BBC News: Country Profiles An "instant guide" to news, history, politics, event timelines, and economic background of world countries.
- CNN Interactive Current U.S. and international news
- Google News Search and browse 4,000 continuously updated news sources
Subject Indexes to Newspapers
- MediaScan An Informit database available to JCU staff and students only. Use Remote Access from off campus.
- Newstext Search for articles in News Limited's Australian, New Zealand and UK newspapers. Full text can be purchased.
- InfoQuick Index to articles about Australia and Australians, published in the Sydney Morning Herald and associated publications
- APAIS An Infomit database available to JCU staff and students only. Use Remote Access from off campus.
- Expanded Academic ASAP on InfoTrac Available to JCU staff and students only. Indexes some articles from a range of U.S. newspapers
- New York Times Index Search issues from 1996+
