Australia and New Zealand NewsStand

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NewsStand is primarily a newspaper database that contains searchable electronic copies of articles from leading Australian and New Zealand regional and local newspapers; such as The Australian, The Age, Herald Sun and Leader newspapers. It also indexes key ABC news resources, as well as transcripts of current affair TV and radio programs. NewsStand is invaluable for searching back issues of newspapers; either individually or collectively. The content is updated daily and the RSS feed and send alert option enables users to receive new information when it becomes available.


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Help topics are available at:
http://search.proquest.com/help/webframe.html?Help_Overview.html


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To access, go to the Information on the web link on the WML website, then choose either Magazines and Newspapers or Databases A-Z.
Go to
http://ezproxy.wev.vic.gov.au/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/?accountid=58750


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1. How far back can I search The Age newspaper? What about the Whitehorse Leader?
2. Find articles in The Australian relating to the “carbon tax” prior to the August 21, 2010 federal election.
3. Look up obituaries for Lionel Rose.
4. Find articles that mention “libraries” in the Manningham Leader from the last 12 months. Now create a “send alert” to receive any newly published articles mentioning libraries for a 2 month period.