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 (via Senate House) This link opens in a new window
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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
Daily Mail Historical Archive,
The Economist Historical Archive,
The Illustrated London News Historical Archive,
Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals (Series 2, Empire),
Political Extremism and Radicalism,
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 (via Senate House) This link opens in a new window
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Fully searchable full text of 200 years of articles from The Times newspaper, from 1785-2019.
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.
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.