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The University Library Basel offers access to various national and international newspapers.

Online access to newspapers

In the network of the University of Basel you can find a large selection of Swiss and international newspapers. Details on access authorization can be found here.

Financial Times: 

Access to the website or app (Android or IOS) after registering with your Unibas e-mail address.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Access to the FAZ archive from 1993 up to the current issue.

New York Times

Access to the website within the University of Basel’s network, or via VPN. In addition to the browser version, you can create your own free account with your Unibas e-mail address at https://www.nytimes.com/passes to use the app (Android oder IOS) or receive the daily news briefing in your inbox.

Süddeutsche Zeitung

Access to the SZ archive up to the current issue.
 

Portals with several newspapers and magazines

Factiva: Worldwide, comprehensive press and business database. Provides access to international daily and weekly newspapers such as Die Zeit, Die Welt, New York Times, and others.

Nexis Uni: Access to company, financial and press information, including more than 15 000 worldwide news sources such as Tages-Anzeiger, Le Monde, FAZ, Washington Post, Der Spiegel, and others

PressReader: Approx. 7000 newspapers and magazines in 60 languages. Provides access to NZZ, Tagesspiegel, The Guardian, Le Figaro, amongst others. The inventory covers approximately the last three months up to the current date. Use of the app after registration with Edu-ID.

Swissdox: Archive of the Swiss media landscape. Articles can be searched back to the 1990s and some are available as full text (PDF).

[Translate to English:] Open Access

Access authorisation

Who can access what?

[Translate to English:] Key Image Zeitungsausschnitte SWA

Swiss Economic Archives

Search portal newspaper cuttings

Newspaper cuttings on topics and people relevant to the Swiss economy.

Newspapers (latest issue in the reading corner next to the infodesk, older issues in the newspaper reading room)
  • Basler Zeitung
  • bz Basel
  • Tages-Anzeiger
  • NZZ
  • Der Bund
  • WoZ
  • La Liberté
  • Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
  • Weltwoche
  • Die Zeit
  • SonntagsZeitung
  • NZZ am Sonntag
Newspaper supplements (latest issue in the reading corner, older issues in the newspaper reading room)
  • Das Magazin (Supplement to BaZ, Tagi, Der Bund on Saturdays)
  • NZZ Folio (Supplement in NZZ on the first Monday of the month)
  • Züri Tipp (Supplement on Thursdays in the „Tagi“)
  • Zeit Magazin (Supplement on Thursdays in the „Zeit“)
  • Le Monde Diplomatique (Supplement every second Thursday of the month in the WoZ)
More (in the journals reading room)
  • Kirche heute
  • Kirchenbote
  • Allschwiler Wochenblatt
  • Riehener Zeitung
  • Journal officiel de la République et Canton du Jura
  • Vorwärts

Newspapers

  • Basler Zeitung
  • Financial Times
  • NZZ
  • Finanz und Wirtschaft
  • Handelszeitung
  • Das Parlament
  • Weltwoche
  • WoZ

Supplements

  • NZZ Folio
  • Das Magazin

Consumer and member magazines

  • Coop-Zeitung
  • Schweizerische Gewerbezeitung
  • Vorwärts
  • Kirchenbote BS und BL

    and also various magazines, for example:
  • Amnesty: Magazin der Menschenrechte
  • Kirche + Volk : Zeitschrift für christliche Besinnung und Orientierung
  • Tachles : das jüdische Wochenmagazin
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