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.
Full-text coverage of national, regional and international news from a range of sources including newswires. Updated daily and with many titles having a 20 year archive, useful for current affairs and seeing how topics have been reported.
Accessibility statement for Nexis UK
Articles generally have no formatting or images.
Limitation - Users may print and download for personal use only single copies of up to ten documents in Full Text Format from the results of one search.
Users are prohibited from downloading substantial parts of the database and materials cannot be stored for longer than 90 days.
Nexis cannot be used for any non-academic purposes and text data mining is not permitted.
For further information please see Library Services’ Online Resource Policy.
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.
Offers full text from a range of sources including international newspapers, trade publications and magazines. Many titles have a 20 year archive and content is updated daily, making it useful for business, industry news and reports.
Accessibility statement for Factiva
Articles generally have no formatting or images.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. 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.
British weekly magazine of news and opinion, covering world politics, economics, business finance, science and technology. Full-text available from June 1997 to present.
Accessibility statement for Economist.com
The Economist Online also offers a variety of web-only content, including blogs, debates and audio/video programmes. Access is sponsored by The Worshipful Company of International Bankers.
Access global reporting, commentary and culture through nytimes.com and The New York Times News app. NYT Games, NYT Cooking, Wirecutter and The Athletic also available.
Accessibility statement for New York Times
Limitation - Registration required. Please use your City email to sign up and activate a digital pass before using this resource. For help with registration to access The New York Times please see these instructions.
Fully searchable and browsable digital archive. Includes images, adverts etc in addition to text.
Accessibility statement for Daily Mail Historical Archive
Fully searchable and browsable digital archive. Includes images, adverts etc in addition to text.
Accessibility statement for Economist Historical Archive
Fully searchable and browsable digital archive. Includes adverts, market listings etc in addition to text.
Accessibility statement for Financial Times Historical Archive
Fully searchable and browsable digital archive. Includes images, adverts etc in addition to text.
Accessibility statement for Historical Newspapers:The Guardian and the Observer, 1791-2003
Fully searchable and browsable digital archive. Includes images, adverts etc in addition to text.
Accessibility statement for Independent Historical Archive
Fully searchable and browsable digital archive. Includes images, adverts etc in addition to text.
Accessibility statement for New York Times Archive
Fully searchable and browsable digital archive. Includes images, adverts etc in addition to text.
Accessibility statement for Sunday Times Historical Archives
Fully searchable and browsable digital archive. Includes images, adverts etc in addition to text.
Accessibility statement for Telegraph Historical Archive
This archive includes both The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph (launched in 1961).
Fully searchable and browsable digital archive. Includes images, adverts etc in addition to text.
Accessibility statement for Times Digital Archive
See also: Sunday Times Digital Archive.
Searchable and browsable digital archive. Includes images, adverts etc in addition to text.
Accessibility statement for Washington Post