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Newspapers and news sources

Newspapers and other news sources (such as magazines) provide reporting, analysis, and opinion on current affairs and historical events. Some news sources focus on a particular industry, geographical area, or topic.

Our news subscriptions offer a wide range of local, national, and international news sources. They are searchable and sometimes provide digital editions of publications. Many are updated daily with the latest news content. We also have archives dating back hundreds of years for historical research.

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Current newspaper collections

These databases are updated daily and can be used to search UK and international news from the 1980s onwards. You can search within one publication or save time by searching across a range of sources.

Nexis UK and Factiva let you access newspapers which are normally restricted by paywalls, such as The Times (London) and the New York Times.

Nexis UK
Is a news database which offers national, regional and international news from a range of sources on various subjects emphasising on business and industry, including company and industry reports. Its content is updated daily and many titles have a 20 year archive.

Limitation - You may only download a single copy of insubstantial portions of those Materials included in any individually searchable file or content source in the Online Services. Please note that the length of time to store a single copy of downloaded materials from this resource in machine readable form is limited to 90 days only. See details below for more information.

Nexis cannot be used for any non-academic purposes. Text data mining is not permitted within our Nexis UK licence.
The right to retrieve and store machine-readable copies of Materials is limited to the retrieval of a single copy of a reasonable portion of the Materials included in any individual file of the Online Services using the downloading commands of the Online Services or your web browser software and storage of that copy in machine readable form for no more than 90 days, primarily for one person’s exclusive use, to the extent the storage of those Materials is not further limited or prohibited by the Additional Terms.
Factiva
Provides access to current content of international newspapers including major world newspapers in different scripts and languages. Some archives dating back to 1980. Coverage includes market and industry reports, financial market data and trade press in business, economic, media, engineering and more.

Limitation - Please note that the length of time to store a single copy of downloaded materials from this resource in machine readable form is limited to 30 days only. Text data mining is not permitted within our Factiva UK licence. See details below for more information.

Accessibility information for Factiva
The right to retrieve and store machine-readable copies of Materials is limited to the retrieval of a single copy of a reasonable portion of the Materials included in any individual file of the Online Services using the downloading commands of the Online Services or your web browser software and storage of that copy in machine readable form for no more than 30 days, primarily for one person’s exclusive use, to the extent the storage of those Materials is not further limited or prohibited by the Additional Terms.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
Selection of the FBIS Daily Reports. The reports translated into English and covering the period 1974-1996 are transcripts of foreign radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals and government statements from countries around the world.

Accessibility information for Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
PressReader
PressReader provides interactive, digital access to thousands of newspapers and magazines from around the world including titles in over 50+ languages. Useful for studying page layout, advertisements, photographs, etc. PressReader archives provide access to the last year of most publications.

Limitation Please use the web version of PressReader, linked here.

Accessibility information for PressReader
FT.com
Gives access to the daily news focusing on international business and economics. It also provides access to company and market data as well as the FT ePaper which is the digital replica of the Financial Times printed newspaper from different countries including UK, Asia and USA.

Accessibility information for Financial Times
To sign up for a FT account, please see How to register/re-register for a FT account. Further details are available by emailing businesslibrary@city.ac.uk.

How to register and re-register for a Financial Times account

Digital archives

Library Services subscribes to a wide range of archives which come in a fully searchable and browsable digital format.

Cover of "The Times" from 1969, headline "Man takes first steps on the moon" Cover of "The New York Times". Headline "East Germany opens frontier to the West for emigration or visits; thousands cross"

Telegraph Historical Archive
Digitised archive of The Telegraph newspaper. This first release of the database contains 54% of content from across the 1855-2016 date range. Content from the 1980s onwards is almost complete, the main gap being between 1940 and 1952. Content will continue to be added until the archive is complete.

Accessibility information for Telegraph Historical Archive
Times Digital Archive; 1785-2019
Digitised pages of The Times complete from 1785-2019. Includes images, adverts etc in addition to text.

Accessibility information for Times Digital Archive, 1785-2019
See also: Sunday Times Digital Archive
Sunday Times Historical Archive, 1822-2016
Digitised pages of the Sunday Times complete from 1822-2006. Includes images, adverts etc. in addition to text.
Daily Mail Historical Archive 1896-2016
Digitised pages of the Daily Mail complete from 1896-2016. Includes images, adverts etc in addition to text

Accessibility information for Daily Mail Historical Archive 1896-2016
Independent Historical Archive, 1986-2016
Full digital archive of The Independent newspaper from 1986-2016.

Accessibility information for Independent Historical Archive, 1986-2016
Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2020
Covers weekly commentary and comprehensive analysis of global news including economics, political, business, scientific, technological and cultural developments. It provides access to every issue of ‘The Economist’ from 1843 to 2020.

Accessibility information for Economist Historical Archive 1843-2020
Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2016
Provides a complete access to the Financial Times newspaper from 1888-2016. Content includes UK & international business, finance, economic & political news, comments & analysis. A trusted research tool for everyone studying the economic and business history.

Accessibility information for Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2016
New York Times Archive with Index 1851-2018, The
Includes topics on wars, industrial developments, arts, culture, business, sports and more.
Guardian and Observer Archive, The
Searchable, full text access to The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003), includes topics on wars, industrial developments, arts, culture, business, sports and more.

Accessibility information for Historical Newspapers:The Guardian and the Observer, 1791-2003

Washington Post, The
Searchable full-text access from 1877 to 2006.

Accessibility information for Washington Post

Box of Broadcasts

Box of Broadcasts (BoB):

An off-air recording and media archive service which enables all staff and students to choose and record any broadcast programme from 60+ TV and radio channels.
The recorded programmes are then kept indefinitely and added to a growing media archive (currently at over 1 million programmes), with all content shared by users across all subscribing institutions.
Please note: Only available to users in the UK and for educational use only