Newspapers and newspaper indexes

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The British Library Newspaper Library

The Newspaper Library Web catalogue

The collections of the British Library Newspaper Library include: all UK national daily and Sunday newspapers from 1801 to the present; most UK and Irish provincial newspapers, dating from 1699 onwards; selected newspapers from around the world in western and Slavonic languages from 1631 onwards, including extensive holdings from Commonwealth countries and many other nations. While full text records aren't yet available from this site, the Newspapers Digitisation Project: British newspapers, 1800-1900 plans to make available online over 2,000,000 pages of news text

For information on the Library’s collections of 17 th and 18 th century news books, news pamphlets, and newpapers see the Early Newspapers section of its website. See also the entry below for the microfilm collection of much of this material, Early English Newspapers.

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Crane, R. S. Census of British Newspapers and Periodicals, 1620-1800. (Studies in Philology, XXIV; January, 1927, 1-205). Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1927.

SML, Main Reference Room Z6956 E5 C73 (LC)

 

Concise history of the British newspaper since 1620 (British Library) A timeline of key dates in the history and development of the British newspaper.

Eighteenth century journals, newspapers, and periodicals (1699-1812)

Online journals from the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center collection of 17th and 18th century newspapers and periodicals. The titles chosen have been screened against Early English books online, Early English newspapers and Eighteenth century collections online to avoid duplication. See the list of titles.

Early English newspapers. New Haven, CT: Research Publications, 1978-

SML, Microform Room Film S1460

Guide: Early English newspapers; immediate title availability.
Microform Reference Z6956 G6 E27 Index (LC)
A comprehensive collection of more than 800 early newspapers from London, areas outside of London, and colonial possessions excluding America. Most are from the 18th century. The set preserves much of the British Library's Burney Newspaper Collection, supplemented by holdings from the Bodleian.

Historical Newspapers Online

Historical Newspapers Online provides the complete index to The Times (London) from 1790 to 1980, consolidating entries from the two Times printed indexes, Palmer's Index to the Times (1790-1905) and the Official Index to the Times (1906-1980). It permits searches for names, events, and concepts occurring across a period of almost two hundred years of "the nation's daily diary".

List of United Kingdom newspapers on the Internet (through Yahoo)

The Times of London: Indexes:

The London, Belfast, and Edinburgh Gazettes

The official newspapers of record in the United Kingdom. Each title offers an Archive search that includes: all editions of the paper from the war years (1914-1920, 1939-1948) and all Honours and Awards granted in the 20th century. Current coverage for each title begins with January 1, 1998 and continues to the present.

Nelson, Carolyn. British newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700: a short title catalog of serials printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, and British America. New York: Modern Language Association, 1987.

SML, Main Reference Room Z6956 G6 +N44 1987 (LC)
SML, Microform Desk Z6956 G6 +N44 1987 (LC)
Beinecke, Reference Z6956 G6 +N44 1987 (LC)

Willings press guide. London: Willing Service, 1899- Annual. SML, Main Reference Room Z6956 E5 +W55 (LC)

SML, Microform Desk Z6956 E5 +W55 (LC)

Beinecke, Reference Z6956 E5 +W55 (LC)

Also available online through KnowUK

One of the world's best print and broadcast media directories, and especially strong for Britain, including the world's best-read media directory for over 125 years. The UK edition, which is published annually, contains almost 20,000 entries covering print media titles, publishers and broadcasters. Coverage includes: named contacts in regional daily and weekly newspapers; E-zines and relevant websites hosted in the UK; special interest titles, journals & directories; national daily and Sunday newspapers; broadcast media; and magazines and other periodicals

The Waterloo directory of Victorian periodicals, YUL035174-1900. Waterloo, Ont.: North Waterloo Academic Press, 1976- .

SML, Main Reference Room Z6956 G6 W38 (LC)

Yale University. Library. Newspapers on microform Newspaper holdings. Foreign newspapers. New Haven.

SML Reference Desk and at the service desk in the SML Microform Room.

A database of all newspapers published in the U.S. and foreign countries held on microfilm by the Yale libraries, with the exception of those held at the Beinecke, those bound and in the Sterling stacks, and those which may appear as part of larger microform collections. It does, however, include those titles which are included in Early English Newspapers (above).