SOME FREE ONLINE INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER RESOURCES

The following is a selection of international websites which provide free access to search and view historical newspaper resources:

France - Gallica

Germany - ZEFYS

New Zealand - Papers Past

The Netherlands - Delpher

United States - Chronicling America

A large range of current and historic overseas newspapers in digital format can be directly accessed online via our eResources portal.

eResources

The Library's eResources portal currently provides listings to 37 overseas Newspapers & Media subscription digital resources as well as freely accessible websites. Some subscriptions resources are only available for use within the Library but others can be accessed from home or work by Australian residents who are registered readers of the Library. These can be identified in eResources by the use of the 'key' Licenced symbol and include:

  • British Library Newspapers
  • Irish Newspaper Archive
  • ProQuest Recent Newspapers
  • Matichon e Library  
  • PressReader provides access to over 1000 newspapers from more than 80 countries. Coverage is provided for the last 3 months only.
  • Newsbank: Access Global is a collection of over 11,000 full-text newspapers from over 170 countries

You can access these databases by visiting our eResources portal and searching for the title under the Browse eResources tab. To browse our newspapers and media eResources, first select the Browse eResources tab, then click the Newspapers and Media button on the left in the category menu.

There are also some databases that you can only access at the Library.

Please visit our eResources page for more information and to view the full list of available databases.

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GOOGLE NEWS ARCHIVE

Google News Archive

The Google News Archive provides access to many mostly historic digitized U.S., Canadian, and other worldwide newspapers over varying date ranges.

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Cultural Notification

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this website contains a range of material which may be considered culturally sensitive including the records of people who have passed away.

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