Hastings District Libraries

Databases provide access to a huge range of journal and newspaper articles in full text, national and international, greatly extending our collections. 

Our main news databases are:

• Press Display

(Access in the library only)
Latest edition, full colour, full page format, fully searchable, access to thousands of newspapers, both international & New Zealand

• Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre

(Access in the library or from home)
Fully searchable, full text articles from thousands of newspapers and journals, both international & New Zealand

• General OneFile

(Access in the library or from home)
Fully searchable, full text articles from thousands of newspapers and journals, both international & New Zealand

• Masterfile Premier

 

(Access in the library or from home)
Fully searchable, full text articles from thousands of newspapers and journals, both international & New Zealand

• Newztext

(Access in the library only)
Fully searchable, full text articles from most New Zealand newspapers (generally from the mid 1990s to present). 
Includes Hawke's Bay Today (2008 to present) 

• Index New Zealand

(Access in the library or from home)
Not full text.  Search for articles in New Zealand newspaper by using indexes amd abstracts