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Factiva

Provides fulltext access to significant news items from thousands of Australian and international sources.

• Fulltext electronic newspaper collections
• Free newspaper collections online
• Free online news sites
• Index to international news sources
• Newspapers in print and on microfilm

Full Text Electronic Newspaper Collections

• Australian Newspapers: Historic Australian Newspapers 1803-1954 - A free online service that will enable full-text searching of newspaper articles. This will include newspapers published in each state and territory from the 1800s to the mid-1950s, when copyright applies. List of included titles.
• Factiva.com
  Provides fulltext access to significant news items from over 6000 international sources, including more than 100 Australasian sources. Coverage includes articles from newspapers, news wires, press releases, company announcements and journals. Also provides information on companies and industries.
  Off campus access is available for current Murdoch staff and students only.
• Google News Archive 
  Also provides access to historic newspapers from the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program (beta) and Papers Past (New Zealand)
• Papers Past
  Contains more than one million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers and periodicals. The collection covers the years 1839 to 1920 and includes publications from all regions of New Zealand.
• Proquest
  Abstracting, full-text and image database which includes ABI/INFORM Global and Academic Research Newspapers.
  Off campus access is available for current Murdoch staff and students only.
• The Times Digital Archive
  Facsimile images of the complete digital edition of The Times (London) for the period 1785-1985. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.
  Off campus access is available for current Murdoch staff and students only.

Free Newspaper Collections Online

• Australian Newspapers Online
  National Library of Australia site. Provides access to the home pages and in some cases recent full text of Australian newspapers. Links to many regional newspapers are available. Select by title, state or town.
• ABYZ News Links
  Portal to online news sources from around the world. Primarily newspapers but also many broadcast stations, internet services, magazines, and press agencies.
• onlinenewspapers.com
  Newspapers worldwide, by country.

Free Online News Sites

• ABC Newsonline
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation news.
• BBC News
  British Broadcasting Corporation news.
• CNN.com
  News from the United States and other countries.
• Inter Press Service News Agency
  News service focussing on environmental, sustainability, human rights and globalisation issues.    
• Newseum: World's Most Interactive Museum - Innovative site that displays daily newspaper front pages from around the world in their original, unedited form.

Index to International News Sources

• Keesing's Record of World Events
  Printed index to national and international current affairs based on information obtained from press, broadcasting, official and other sources.
  Held in the Reference Collection in the Main Library of the Murdoch campus at R 905 K26 1.

Newspapers in Print and on Microfilm

• Murdoch Library newspaper holdings
  Murdoch Library holds a number of newspaper titles in print and in some cases on microfilm. Most are in the Main Library on the Murdoch campus and some are in the Rockingham Campus Library.