Subject guides: Newspapers archived version: United Kingdom

Databases & Indexes

Newspaper Indexes and Databases

Access world news : research collection (NewsBank) This link opens in a new window This comprehensive news collection from NewsBank is ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, regional, national [Australian] and international level. Its diverse source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos. Use it to explore a specific event or to compare a wide variety of viewpoints on topics such as politics, business, health, sports, cultural activities and people.
Factiva This link opens in a new window Factiva provides full text access to Australian newspapers, and newspapers and news wires from around the world. Besides newspapers, the database allows users to browse through a collection of global content sources from 200 countries – including continuously updated newswires from Dow Jones and Reuters, journals and magazines, websites, blogs, and multimedia. Factiva also includes brief company and industry profiles, financial information for listed companies worldwide, and global coverage of financial market data.
Gale NewsVault (via Gale primary sources) This link opens in a new window
Titles include:
17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
19th Century U.S. Newspapers
19th Century UK Periodicals: Empire
19th Century UK Periodicals: New Readerships
British Library Newspapers (1732-1950)
Daily Mail Historical Archive
Economist Historical Archive
Financial Times Historical Archive
Illustrated London News Historical Archive
Independent Digital Archive
Listener Historical Archive
Sunday Times Digital Archive
Times Digital Archive
Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive
British humanities index : BHI. This link opens in a new window See: Humanities index

Europeana Newspapers Access to full text historic newspapers in European collections
Google News Archive Searches Newspapers from Australia and the World over the past 200 years. Limited coverage of Australian newspapers.

Current Newspapers

Daily Mirror, (London, England)
Publication Date: 1903 - current
Library Holdings: Available online from 1996
Times, (London, England)
Call Number: See Library Holdings
Publication Date: 1788 - current
Earlier Title: Times, or, Daily Universal Register
Library Holdings: Current Newspapers - shelved by title MICROFILM 3605, 1785 - Mar. 2016
Current Newspapers - shelved by title, [Paper] : Latest 3 months

Daily Telegraph
Publication Date: 1969 - current
Library Holdings: Available online from 1998

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Historical Newspapers

Daily Mail (London, England)
Publication Date: 1896 - current
Library Holdings: Available online from 1896 to 2004
The Examiner, (London, England)
Call Number: See Library Holdings
Publication Date: 1808 - 1881
Library Holdings: Microform: MICROFILM 4357, No. 1 (Jan. 1808) - No. 3191 (1869)
Offsite Store Rare Books: 052 E96, No. 53 (1809) - No. 470 (1816)
Manchester Guardian (Manchester, England)
Publication Date: 1828 - 1959
Library Holdings: Available online from 1821 until 1959

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