The Library has access to a wide range of historic newspapers, most of which have been digitised and made available online. Our strength is in British and Irish newspapers, but we do have some historic international collections as well (please choose the International News Sources button to view these).
Our collections date from the earliest date of news books and pamphlets of the 17th century right up to the present day. We have access to the individual archives of all the national broadsheet newspapers back to their first issue, as well as collections of regional newspapers, particularly from the 19th century. Access to these individual newspaper archives can be found below.
If you want to search across a range of newspapers, we suggest you start with Gale Primary Sources, as this gives access to nearly all our British newspaper archives, except for The Guardian and The Observer.
A large collection of seventeenth and eighteenth century English news media including pamphlets, proclamations, newsbooks and newspapers. The collection charts the development of the newspaper, and relates political, educational and economic situations from select cities in England, Ireland, Scotland and some British Colonies in the Americas and Asia.
For further guidance visit the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection Learning Centre.
A significant digital collection of British historic newspapers, covering regional and national titles, mainly from 18th and 19th centuries. (We have access to parts I-III and part V.)
A collection of searchable, full text copies of British periodicals from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century. Topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the social sciences, music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture. Useful for exploring a range of themes, such as popular culture, historic events, literary criticism and reviews, political satire, advertisements, and more.
This collection charts the rise and fall of fascism in Britain during the 1930s and 1940s, with a particular focus on Oswald Mosley’s blackshirt movement. The bulk of the documents are official BUF publications, including Fascist Week¸ The Blackshirt, The East London Pioneer, and Action. In addition, there are hundreds of Government documents relating to Mosley’s internment during the Second World War, including Cabinet Office, Home Office and Prime Ministerial papers.
One of the best-known and most-respected newspapers in the world. Every article, advertisement and market listing is included, making it a highly valuable to anyone studying the economic and business history and current affairs of the last 120 years.
An extensive cover-to-cover collection of the long-running business magazine dating from its very first issue in February 1930 through December 2000. Fortune Magazine Archive is valuable to researchers of 20th-Century current events, politics and culture, as well as those interested in the history of business, advertising, and popular culture.