20 resources
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Access U.K. & Scotland Newspapers
Alternative titles: also known as 'NewsBank Access U.K. & Scotland Newspapers'
Description: Hundreds of local and national newspapers from Scotland and the UK. Each newspaper has its own distinctive focus offering a variety of viewpoints on local and world issues. Paid advertisements are excluded and time coverage varies.
Publisher: Newsbank
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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African American Newspapers (series 1)
Description: Chronicles 150 years of African American history and culture from more than 280 newspapers. Created in partnership with historical societies and the Library of Congress, and taken from newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries, this resource documents African American experience
Please note that access is also available for Series 2, 1835-1956Coverage: 1827-1998
Publisher: Readex
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, History
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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African American Newspapers (series 2)
Description: Chronicles 150 years of African American history and culture from more than 70 newspapers. Created in partnership with historical societies and the Library of Congress, and taken from newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries, this resource documents African American experience
Please note that access is also available for Series 1, 1827-1998Coverage: 1835-1956
Publisher: Readex
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, History
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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Black Newspaper Collection
Alternative titles: also known as 'ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Black Newspaper Collection'
Description: Material from nine newspapers chronicling African American culture, history, civil rights and everyday life.The newspapers were published in the United States and cover more than 110 years of reporting.
Coverage: 1893-2005
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, History
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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British Library Newspapers, Parts 1 & 2
Alternative titles: previously known as '19th Century British Library Newspapers, Parts 1 & 2'
also known as 'Gale Primary Sources: British Library Newspapers'Description: More than 70 Scottish and UK national and local newspapers published in the 1800s. This full-text digital library of 19th century newspapers contains complete runs of national, regional and rural daily and weekly publications from Scotland, England, Ireland, and Wales.
Coverage: 1800 to 1900
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, History
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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British Newspaper Archive
Description: More than 600 British newspapers, dating from 1710 to the present day.
This resource has a concurrent user limit of 5 - please try again later if you cannot get access.
Please complete personal registration and login to access full-text.
Findmypast provided offsite access while Covid-19 restrictions applied but this is no longer available - more information about library access (opens in new window)Coverage: 1710 onwards
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, History, Family History
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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British Periodicals Collection I
Description: Digitised page images and access to the searchable full text of hundreds of magazines and journals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth. Topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the social sciences, music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture.
Publisher: Proquest
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, Journals, History
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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Caribbean newspapers, 1718-1876
Alternative titles: also known as 'Caribbean Newspapers, Series 1, 1718-1876: From the American Antiquarian Society'
Description: Over 60 newspapers from 22 Caribbean countries published in the 18th and 19th centuries. Created in partnership with the American Antiquarian Society.
Publisher: Readex
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Social Sciences, Newspapers, History
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2014
Description: Every issue of The Economist magazine from 1843 to 2014.
Coverage: 1843 to 2014
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Business, Newspapers, Journals, History
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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Factiva
Description: A news and business search service covering over 14,000 leading newspaper titles, news sources and company information from around the world. Click on publisher link below to view a list of the sources covered (you may need to save the document first).
Maximum of 3 concurrent users. Please try again later if you cannot access the resource.
Note: If using Chrome you may experience intermittent problems when accessing the resource outside our George IV Bridge building and Kelvin Hall.Coverage: 1997 onwards
Publisher: Proquest-Dow Jones
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Business, Newspapers
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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Gale Academic OneFile
Description: Provides articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources, including videos from BBC Worldwide Learning and podcasts and transcripts from CNN. It also includes:
- Full text of The Times and Financial Times, and The Economist from 1988 to the present, with no embargo
- Full text of The New York Times from 1985 to present, updated daily
- Elsevier abstracts from 1996 to present
Library users can access this resource until 20th July 2024Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, Journals
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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Gale General OneFile
Description: Includes more than 9,000 full-text titles, over 3,700 refereed journals, and hundreds of newspapers - a total of more than 14,500 titles (nearly half of which are unique to the database).
Access is also provided to:
- Full-text of the New York Times from 1985 to the present (updated daily)
- Full-text of The Economist from 1988 to the present, with no embargo
- Links to thousands of video files from providers including NYTimes.com Video Collection and Associated Press Video News
Library users can access this resource until 20th July 2024Coverage: 1980 to the present
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, Journals
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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Gale OneFile: News
Description: Provides access to more than 2,300 major world newspapers, and includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.
Library users can access this resource until 20th July 2024Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842–2003
Description: Includes every published issue, from the first in 1842 to the last in 2003. Covers a wide range of subject areas, combining information and the power of pictures to provide a unique perspective on many aspects of modern life.
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, Journals, History
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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Infotrac Custom Newspapers
Description: Over 70 newspapers from the UK and Ireland. It contains more than 30 newspapers from Scotland and many international titles.
Library users can access all of the over 2,300 titles in the Gale OneFile: News resource until 20th July 2024Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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Scotsman Digital Archive, 1817-1950
Description: Every issue of The Scotsman newspaper, from 1817 to 1950, in its original published context. This is a full-text digital archive.
Coverage: 1817 to 1950
Publisher: Proquest
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, History
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
Alternative titles: previously known as '17th and 18th Century Burney Newspapers Collection'
also known as 'Burney collection'
also known as 'Gale Primary Sources: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection'Description: 17th and 18th century newspapers, broadsides and news pamphlets from the Burney Collection. Gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757 - 1817), this collection represents the largest single collection of early English newspapers from London, the British Isles and the colonies, containing almost 1 million pages and 1,270 titles.
Until 31st December 2023, users affiliated to a further or higher education institution can access this resource outwith the LibraryCoverage: 1604 to 1804
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, History
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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Times Digital Archive, 1785 - 2014
Alternative titles: also known as 'The Times'
also known as 'The London Times'
also known as 'TDA'Description: A digital archive of The (London) Times newspaper containing pages from every issue from 1785 to 2014. This historical newspaper archive allows researchers an unparalleled opportunity to search and view the best-known and most cited newspaper in the world online in its original published context.
Coverage: 1785 to 2014
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, Journals, History
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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Times of India
Description: The world's most widely circulated English daily newspaper was founded in 1838 to serve British residents of western India. This archive contains material from the first issue up till 2010, covering a range of key historical events
Coverage: 1838-2007
Publisher: Proquest
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, History, Biography
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers & Periodicals, 1800-1900
Alternative titles: also known as 'Directory of English Newspapers & Periodicals, 1800-1900'
Description: Series 2: an online bibliographic database of 50,000 Victorian newspaper and periodical publications, with 48,000 personal names, 4,572 issuing bodies and 756 subjects.
Library users have extended access until 31 July 2024
This includes access to a further 23,000 publications, 20,000 personal names, 1,728 issuing bodies and 244 subjects through Series 3 (opens in new window), and Waterloo Directory of Scottish Newspapers & Periodicals, 1800-1900 (opens in new window)Publisher: North Waterloo Academic Press
Subjects: Newspapers, Reference Works, Journals, Catalogues & Bibliographies, History
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.