Answered By: Adrian Pua
Last Updated: Oct 02, 2024     Views: 42

This FAQ is a companion to the Finding Newspaper Articles workshop. It includes a recording of the workshop and an outline of the demonstration. Please contact the library for more in-depth information and advice.

 

Finding Newspaper Articles

 

You can access newspapers through these databases

There are different ways to search for newspaper articles

 

Method 1: Keyword search using filters

Select Source type: Newspapers

 

Method 2: Searching within a known newspaper title

Search for the title your are looking for in the Library Catalogue

Follow the links till you can search within the publication

Search within the Sydney Morning Herald  

Search within these popular newspaper titles

 

Other tips

If you still can't find the article, try...

  • Do an advanced search for the Author in the publication
  • Search for the first sentence of the article rather than the title.

 

Referencing newspaper articles

You can use our Referencing Tool as a guide for referencing different types of readings. The guidelines for newspapers is here.

 

Bias and fact checking newspaper articles

Before using newspapers, you should check it for bias and inaccuracies. A quick way to get an idea of the bias and factual accuracy for each newspaper is to use Media Bias/Fact Check.

 

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