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Tips for Searching Newspapers

The following help exercises relate to all newspapers listed on our newspapers page.
  • Go to Newspapers

Browse Newspapers | Find articles from a particular day | Find articles on a particular person | More info?

Browse Newspapers

A view of ACT Virtual Library Newspaper resources
  • Follow one of the full-text links on our Newspaper page as illustrated by the circled link above;
  • Enter your borrower number if required;
  • Choose from the results.

Find articles from a particular day

Follow these steps to find articles from a particular day/issue:

  • Follow one of the full-text links on our Newspaper page;
  • Enter your borrower number if required;
  • In the search box above the results, after the journal name (eg. JN "Herald Sun (Melbourne)") enter the following: and DT followed by the date in the order of YYYYMMDD eg. 20040927 for the 27th September 2004; and
  • Click Search and view results.

See below for illustration of the above steps.

A view of the search box within EBSCO Host

Find articles on a particular person

Follow these steps to find articles on a particular person or thing:

  • Follow one of the full text links in our Newspaper page;
  • Enter your borrower number if required;
  • In the search box above the results, after the journal name (eg. JN "Herald Sun (Melbourne)") enter the following: and followed by what you are looking for eg. Shane Warne; and
  • Click Search and view results.

See below for illustration of the above steps.

A view of the search box within EBSCO Host

Note. The results for the above search will be listed most recent articles first. In the top right hand corner of the search results, the order of the results can be changed to Relevance first.

More info?

For further assistance searching newspapers contact our Customer Information Centre

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