LibGuides@Southampton: Newspaper Resources: Newspapers

Newspaper Websites

The following websites are all freely accessible but you will not usually be able to access their archived material.

• The Independent
• Southern Daily Echo

Full Text Electronic Sources - Contemporary Newspapers

Financial Times This link opens in a new window
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The Financial Times website. Provides FT articles, in-depth 'Special Reports', facsimile of the newspaper from 2005 onwards, and company and financial information. Staff and students must create an FT account via the link above.
Creating an account is no longer necessary. If you have previously created an account you need to open this link in an incognito window, which will then take you directly to the sign-up page.
You will then be able to sign-up with their university login details.
http://ft.com/UniSouthampton copy and paste this link

Gale Journals and Newspapers
Gale Journals and Newspapers provides access to 4 different databases. A broad collection of news articles, magazines, books, academic journals, images and video that support general interest research and exploration.

Nexis This link opens in a new window
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An essential repository for news archives, company data and accurate research for every industry - with unique insights from over 40,000 sources, including trusted up-to-date and archived news, company profiles, public records, industry information and social media content. Further information
PressReader This link opens in a new window
PressReader provides digital access to over 7000 Top newspapers and magazines from more than 120 countries. (Access off-campus is currently only available via VPN but we are working with the supplier to enable access via Shibboleth).
For the best possible browsing experience we recommend using the Pressreader App available on Google Play and App Store

Full Text Electronic Sources - Historical Newspapers

17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Extensive collection of fully searchable English newspapers from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
The newspapers and news pamphlets gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757 - 1817) represent the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media. The 700 or so bound volumes of newspapers and news pamphlets were published mostly in London, however there are also some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and a few examples from the American colonies, Europe and India. Also listed under, Seventeenth-Eighteenth Century Burney Collection Newspapers.
19th Century British Newspapers This link opens in a new window
An extensive collection of fully searchable Nineteenth Century newspapers held at the British Library.
19th Century British Library Newspapers contains full runs of national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of the 19th century British society. Also listed under, Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers.
Daily Mail Historical Archive This link opens in a new window
The Daily Mail Historical Archive, 1896-2004 includes more than one hundred years of this major UK national newspaper, viewable in full digital facsimile form, with copious advertisements, news stories, and images that capture twentieth-century culture and society.
Economist Historical Archive 1843-2015 This link opens in a new window
Complete online archive of the weekly current affairs magazine, with a primary focus on world events, politics and business from 1843 to 2015. It includes news, analysis, commentary, editorials, statistics, demographics, letters to the editor, obituaries, and historical photographs; special surveys and supplements on countries and industries.
Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2016 This link opens in a new window
The Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2016 is a searchable, online, facsimile version of the Financial Times newspaper. It includes every article and advertisement printed in the newspaper, since it was first published in 1888 until 2016. You can either search for an article or browse the newspaper page by page.
The Guardian - Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage is between 1791 - 2003.
The Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003 This link opens in a new window
Includes every published issue, from the first in 1842 to the last in 2003, combining information and the power of pictures to provide unique perspective on virtually every aspect of modern life and those who helped shape it over more than 160 years.
Independent Digital Archive 1986-2016 This link opens in a new window
Featuring journalists and columnists from across the political spectrum, the paper is generally regarded as centrist, taking idiosyncratic views on the free market, social issues and culture.
The Irish Times This link opens in a new window
The Irish Times and the Weekly Irish Times includes coverage of 1859-2015 and 1876-1958, respectively, including news articles, photos, advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, cartoons, and more.
The Mirror Historical Archive This link opens in a new window
The Mirror Historical Archive features more than 800,000 pages of brand-new, full text searchable, scans of the complete run of the Mirror from 1903-2000, including the Sunday Mirror.
The Observer - Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage is between 1791 - 2003.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Atlanta Daily World (1931 - 2003) This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Defender (1909 - 1975) This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Cleveland Call & Post (1934 - 1991) This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Sentinel‎ (1934 - 2005) This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Michigan Chronicle This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Michigan Chronicle offers primary source material essential to the study of American history and African American culture, history, politics, and the arts. Examine major movements from the Great Migration and Civil Rights to the election of America’s first Black president.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Amsterdam News This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Tribune / Herald Tribune (1841 - 1962) This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Norfolk Journal and Guide (1916 - 2003) This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Philadelphia Tribune (1912 - 2001) This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Pittsburgh Courier (1911 - 2002) This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Baltimore Afro-American (1893 - 1988) This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Boston Globe (1872 - 1990) This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
The Scotsman This link opens in a new window
Study the progression of issues over time by browsing issues of The Scotsman, which offers coverage of 1817-1950, including news articles, photos, advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, cartoons, and more.
Sunday Times Digital Archive 1822-2006 This link opens in a new window
In more than 600,000 pages, The Sunday Times Digital Archive is a gateway to the greatest crimes, careers and culture of the last 180 years.
The Telegraph Historical Archive This link opens in a new window
The Telegraph Historical Archive has over 1 million pages of content and includes the Sunday edition from its inception in 1961. The archive offers a fundamental insight into domestic and international affairs and culture over a timespan of almost 150 years.
Times Digital Archive 1785-2014 This link opens in a new window
Digitised articles from The Times covering 1785-2014.
Welsh Newspapers Online This link opens in a new window
Welsh Newspapers Online (Beta), provided by the National Library of Wales, allows you to search articles from at least 40 Welsh newspapers, generally up to 1910.

Electronic Indexes

Indexes enable you to search for newspaper articles by keyword combinations or subject headings. Indexes provide references to articles but not the full text.

Palmer's Index to the Times This link opens in a new window
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Indexes The Times newspaper, 1790-1905
British Newspaper Archive This link opens in a new window
The British Newspaper Archive enables millions of newspaper articles held by the British Library to be searched by keyword, name, location, date or title.
The Library doesn't have a subscription to BNA. Although full-text is not available it is possible to use the database as an index.