Best databases for recent newspapers
These databases generally cover time periods starting from the 1990s or early 2000s onward. Starting date of coverage for individual newspaper titles or newswires within each database varies, so check within the database for details.
They contain the full-text of news stories. Newspaper images are not included in these particular UOW databases.
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Australia & New Zealand NewsstreamUse this for searching just within Australian newspapers and newswires (it is a subset of the larger News & Newspapers database from Proquest). Includes over 370 fulltext titles from Fairfax, News Ltd, the ABC and leading regional and local news providers. Coverage dates vary for each title. Earliest titles start from mid 1996+.
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News and Newspapers (ProQuest)Use this for searching newspapers and newswires from countries worldwide or within specific regions such as Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, Canada and the US. Includes over 2000 fulltext titles in total. Coverage dates vary for each title. Majority of titles start from 2000s+ but some major publications start earlier.
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FactivaTry this if you need to do more complex searches or if you can't find the newspaper title and/or publication year you want in our Proquest news databases (in many cases Factiva has earlier starting dates than Proquest). Includes over 3000 fulltext newspapers and news media publications from countries worldwide. Dates vary. Search tip: You may need to look for a specific paper under more than one publication title as Factiva lists some editions separately (eg. The Australian (print) and The Australian - Online are listed as two separate Source titles). Access to Factiva is enabled for five concurrent users.
How to access recent news articles with images
For recent news content, UOW databases do not contain images such as photos, graphs, cartoons, advertisements.
If you're looking for recent news stories or content try:
- a newspaper's own website to see what is freely available to you without using their (fee-based) paywall
- news aggregator websites (such as Google News) which combine syndicated content from various news agencies and, in some cases, let you limit results to a specific newspaper title
- your local public, state or national library 'digital edition' (print replica) newspaper databases.
