<p><br />
We hold:</p>

<ul>
	<li>Queensland</li>
	<li>interstate</li>
	<li>national and</li>
	<li>international newspapers.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

<p>Current and historical newspapers are available, with many collections dating back to the first issue.</p>

<p>Become a <a href="https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/get-involved/become-member">State Library member</a>. Read free newspapers from around the world or relax with your favourite magazines using <a href="https://www-pressreader-com.ezproxy.slq.qld.gov.au/catalog">PressReader</a>. Watch our video (opposite) for how to log in and browse <a href="https://www-pressreader-com.ezproxy.slq.qld.gov.au/catalog">PressReader</a>.</p>

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<h3>NewsBank Access Global</h3>

<ul>
	<li>Colour, full-page issues of today's newspapers from around the world, including The Courier Mail</li>
	<li>Over 8,000&nbsp;titles from 200&nbsp;countries covering a combination of global, regional and local news.&nbsp;</li>
	<li>Formats include full-text articles, web-only content, PDF image editions.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://infoweb-newsbank-com.ezproxy.slq.qld.gov.au/apps/news/?p=AWGLNB">Read more</a></p>

<h3>PressReader</h3>

<ul>
	<li>Colour, full-page issues of today's newspapers from around the world</li>
	<li>Over 2,000&nbsp;titles from 70 countries in 37 languages</li>
	<li>Issues can be searched or browsed</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://www-pressreader-com.ezproxy.slq.qld.gov.au/catalog">Read more</a></p>

<h3>Australia &amp; New Zealand Newsstream (ProQuest)</h3>

<ul>
	<li>Issues from the late 1990s to now</li>
	<li>Approximately 400 Australian and New Zealand newspapers</li>
	<li>Includes all Queensland regionals</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.slq.qld.gov.au/anznews?accountid=13378">Read more</a></p>

<h3>Age (Melbourne) library edition (2006-) (Fairfax Media)</h3>

<ul>
	<li>An exact replica of&nbsp;<em>The Age&nbsp;</em>printed edition</li>
	<li>
	<p>2006 content is limited to the News, Business and Sport sections</p>
	</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="http://libraryedition.com.au.ezproxy.slq.qld.gov.au/">Read more </a> - select the "Click here for direct access" button on the top right hand corner of the page.</p>

<h3>Sydney Morning Herald library edition (2006-) (Fairfax Media)</h3>

<ul>
	<li>An exact replica of&nbsp;<em>The Sydney Morning Herald </em>printed edition</li>
	<li>2006 content is limited to the News, Business and Sport sections</li>
	<li>This product defaults to&nbsp;<em>The Age</em>. To change to the&nbsp;<em>Sydney Morning Herald</em>&nbsp;use the "Select title" dropdown.</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="http://libraryedition.com.au.ezproxy.slq.qld.gov.au/">Read more </a> - select the "Access the archives" button on the top right hand corner of the page.</p>

<h3>Canadian Newsstream (ProQuest)</h3>

<ul>
	<li>Full text of nearly 300 newspapers from Canada's leading publishers, including&nbsp;<em>The Globe</em> <em>Mail</em></li>
	<li>Some issues date back to the late 1970s</li>
	<li>Updated daily</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.slq.qld.gov.au/canadiannews?accountid=13378">Read more</a></p>

<h3>JTA Jewish News Archive</h3>

<ul>
	<li>A comprehensive record of modern Jewish history through the eyes of journalists</li>
	<li>Over 250,000 articles of stories and issues affecting Jews around the globe from 1917 to today</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="http://archive.jta.org/">Read more</a></p>


Contemporary online newspapers

<p>Historical newspaper databases available through State Library provide access to hundreds of newspapers from around the world. Most are available 24/7 away from State Library using your State Library membership.</p>

<h2>Australia</h2>

<h3>Trove&nbsp;Newspapers (1803-1954)</h3>

<ul>
	<li>Full-text access to a selection of out-of-copyright historic Australian newspapers</li>
	<li>More recent years are still within copyright and will be made available when copyright lapses</li>
	<li>Free for anyone to search (you don't need to be a member of State Library)</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper" target="_blank">Read more</a></p>

<h3>Sydney Morning Herald archives (1955-1995) (Fairfax Media)</h3>

<ul>
	<li>820,000 pages in almost 13,000 issues of&nbsp;<em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Sun-Herald</em></li>
	<li>1 January 1955 to 2 February 1995</li>
	<li>All articles, captions and advertisements are fully keyword searchable</li>
	<li>Full-text results are an exact digital reproduction of the printed pages as they were originally published</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="http://archives.smh.com.au.ezproxy.slq.qld.gov.au/">Read more</a></p>

<h2>New Zealand</h2>

<h3>Index New Zealand</h3>

<ul>
	<li>Indexes nearly 300 journals and newspapers, and some South Pacific journals</li>
	<li>The key New Zealand database for social sciences, arts, humanities and general interest material</li>
	<li>Comprehensive coverage of titles from 1987</li>
	<li>Many New Zealand titles have also been retrospectively indexed</li>
	<li>Updated daily</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="http://natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?mode=Basic&amp;vid=NLNZ&amp;tab=innz&amp;">Read more</a></p>

<h3>Papers Past (1839-1945)</h3>

<ul>
	<li>Made available through the National Library of New Zealand</li>
	<li>More than one million pages of digitised newspapers and periodicals from all regions of New Zealand</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast" target="_blank">Read more</a></p>

<h2>Britain</h2>

<h3>Times digital archive (1785-2014)</h3>

<ul>
	<li>One of the most highly regarded resources for the study of 18th century history onward</li>
	<li>Complete digital edition of&nbsp;<em>The Times&nbsp;</em>(London) from 1785 to 2014</li>
	<li>Searchable by keyword</li>
	<li>Includes all articles, advertisements, illustrations and photos</li>
	<li>Divided into categories to facilitate searching</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="http://find.galegroup.com.ezproxy.slq.qld.gov.au/ttda/start.do?prodId=TTDA&amp;userGroupName=slq" target="_blank">Read more</a></p>

<h3>British Library newspapers&nbsp;(1732-1950)</h3>

<ul>
	<li>Full text national, regional and local 19th and 20th century British newspapers.</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Date Range</strong></p>

<p>Please note that the coverage of titles from Parts I and II does not extend beyond 1900, even if some of those individual titles continued to publish issues in the 20th century. A decision was taken by the British Library, primarily based around rights issues, to make the stop date for the series 1900.</p>

<p>For Parts III-V, a different approach was taken, with some titles extending into the 20th century.</p>

<p><a href="https://go-gale-com.ezproxy.slq.qld.gov.au/ps/start.do?p=BNCN&amp;fromProdId=BNCN&amp;u=slq">Read more</a></p>

<h3>The British newspaper archive (1708-)</h3>

<ul>
	<li>Available onsite only at State Library</li>
	<li>Fully searchable digital format across more than&nbsp;200 newspaper titles from every part of the UK and Ireland</li>
	<li>Mainly from the 19th century, with some dating back to the first half of the 18th century</li>
	<li>Users are required to create an account with The British Newspaper Archive to access search results.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://www-britishnewspaperarchive-co-uk.ezlocal.slq.qld.gov.au/">Read more</a></p>

<h3>Illustrated London News Historical Archive</h3>

<ul>
	<li>The full archive from 1842-2003</li>
	<li>Fully searchable digital format</li>
	<li>More than 100 years of social, political and cultural history</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="http://find.galegroup.com.ezproxy.slq.qld.gov.au/iln/start.do?prodId=ILN&amp;userGroupName=slq">Read more</a></p>

<h3>Irish Newspaper Archive</h3>

<ul>
	<li>Around 40 historical and current newspapers from Ireland dating back to the 18th century</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com.ezproxy.slq.qld.gov.au/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/Default.aspx#panel=home" target="_blank">Read more</a></p>


Historical online newspapers

<p>State Library microfilms Queensland newspapers to protect the print editions, yet still provide access to the information in them. Our collection includes the <em>Courier Mail</em>, and its predecessors, from the first issue of the <em>Moreton Bay Courier</em> in 1846. We also have many Australian, and some international, newspapers on microfilm. They are available for use on level 3 of the library.</p>

<p>Locate microfilm newspapers using our <a href="http://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/primo-explore/search?vid=SLQ&amp;lang=en_US&amp;sortby=rank">One Search catalogue</a>. There are also two printed lists at the desk on level 3: <em>Newspapers by place</em> and <em>Newspapers by title.</em></p>


Microfilmed newspapers

<p>Current editions of many Queensland, interstate, national and international&nbsp;newspapers are held in the Tim Fairfax Newspaper Reading Room on level 3 of the library. You can request past issues of some&nbsp;newspapers as well.</p>


Paper edition newspapers

two hands repairing a newspaper page with a tiny tool

<h2>Newspaper conservation</h2>

<p>Newspapers are an important resource for researching, preserving and sharing our stories. State Library has:</p>

<ul>
	<li>approximately three linear kilometres of original newspapers</li>
	<li>over 300 Queensland titles on&nbsp;microfilm, with some titles also on microfiche.</li>
</ul>

<p>The image (left) shows a Queensland newspaper undergoing conservation treatment.</p>


<p>State Library of Queensland’s newspaper collection includes historical and current editions available online, microfilm and paper.</p>


Man reading newspaper in the Caboolture public library.