Recommended Databases

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Explore more than 650 influential Australian news sources from every state and territory covering the 1980s to the present day. Fully searchable text includes articles, editorials, obituaries, classifieds and more. Includes The Age (1991— ), Herald Sun (1999— ), The Australian (1998— ) and many local newspapers and news websites.
Coverage varies between titles. Mostly text only. Full-image format available for recent major newspapers.
Note: download limits apply.

Browse complete newspaper content including ads and images, usually up to today’s edition.

Browse international and Australian coverage of full-text news and journal articles on a wide range of topics across all subjects, plus encyclopaedias and reference ebooks.

Search Australian magazines, journals and newspapers on all topics including public affairs, law, education, business, engineering, health, families and humanities. See our Informit Guide for further details.

Search full-text scholarly journals on all subjects published from 1700 up until 1–5 years ago. Articles published before 1923 in United States journals, or before 1870 elsewhere, are freely accessible.

View the complete content of over 6000 current newspapers and popular magazines from 97 countries, including ads, images and tables.
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Access a huge range of international and Australian content on business, education, humanities, medicine, social sciences, science and technology topics.