Subject Guides: Postgraduate Researchers: News Sources

This is a brief list of news resources to get you started, make sure you check out your own subject guide to find out which are most useful for your studies.

Historical
Current News Sources

British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Contains full runs of influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of British society.
Access is via Gale Primary Sources.
The Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2015 This link opens in a new window
Online archive of The Economist, the weekly paper on politics, current affairs and all aspects of business and trade worldwide. Includes all issues from 1843 without the most recent 5 years, as well as various supplements, special reports and surveys.
Access is via Gale Primary Sources.
Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
A collection of historical archives (modern to present), newspapers and periodicals (17th to 19th centuries) including:
Archives Unbound (trial)
British Library Newspapers,
Daily Mail Historical Archive,
The Economist Historical Archive,
The Illustrated London News Historical Archive,
Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals,
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection,
The Times Digital Archive,
The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer (via Senate House) This link opens in a new window
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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. Content coverage is from 1791 to 2003.
Times Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
Fully searchable full text of 200 years of articles from The Times newspaper, from 1785-2019.
Access is via Gale Primary Sources.
Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive, 1902-2014 This link opens in a new window
Online archive of the TLS. As well as literature, the paper includes reviews of theatre, cinema, music, and exhibitions.
Access is via Gale Primary Sources.

The Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2015 This link opens in a new window
Online archive of The Economist, the weekly paper on politics, current affairs and all aspects of business and trade worldwide. Includes all issues from 1843 without the most recent 5 years, as well as various supplements, special reports and surveys.
Access is via Gale Primary Sources.
Financial Times This link opens in a new window
The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations which provides a broad range of information, news and services for the global business community.

To access the premium subscription, giving you full access to the content, you must register for an account using your Royal Holloway email address. Thereafter, you must log in using your Royal Holloway email address and the password you have created when registering directly with The Financial Times.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis provides access to a wide range of UK and international newspapers. It also includes a collection of in-depth company profiles and industry reports covering millions of public and private companies.