Library Guides: Newspapers and Magazines: Historical Newspapers

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

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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.

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

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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

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Independent Historical Archive, 1986-2016
Full digital archive of The Independent newspaper from 1986-2016.

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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.

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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.

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New York Times Archive with Index 1851-2018, The
Includes topics on wars, industrial developments, arts, culture, business, sports and more.

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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.

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

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Gale Primary Sources

Gale Primary Sources is a dynamic search platform which allows you to cross-search some of the newspaper archives that City subscribes to.

As well as options to print, email, and download your results, you can create an account with Primary Sources to save and tag your research.

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