For those who are aware of the SMH on CDROM that we subscribe to, there has been a technological change for 2006 and beyond. Fairfax is discontinuing the production of the CDROM and it has been replaced by a "Digital Archive" website. The digital archive covers from January 2006 onwards and, unlike the CDROM version, includes ALL of the newspaper - classifieds, advertisements, photographs etc.
There is a search facility that can be limited by date, articles, ads or photos as well as being able to browse by date. When you select a date you will see the front page of the paper and it is then possible to "turn" the pages to read the entire paper if you wish to. When in this browse mode you will notice that moving your mouse cursor over an article, photo, ad etc.turns that section of the paper pale yellow. Clicking on this section will load the selected article into a new window for printing.This preview pane offers two menu options 'Article' and 'View' - in 'view' you can toggle between a "quick view" and "Newspaper view" - newspaper view presents the article exactly as it appeared in the newspaper.
You can access the Digital Archive link from our Virtual Reference Desk page under the "Newspapers & Journals" link. The direct address for the site is http://archive.quarterlies.com.au/ .
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