News & magazines

Also on this page: Online news | Finding aids | London newspapers | Searchable broadsheets | Magazines | Historical journals

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Key links

News UK [24/7]

Searchable archive of national & regional newspapers and magazines. [more information on NewsUK]

Library Pressdisplay [24/7]

Newspapers in facsimile from around the world, available online at the same time as, or before, the print version. Enlarge an article, print it, or listen to it being read to you.

Infotrac Custom Journals [24/7]

Archive of 50 specialist and trade titles (40 full-text) [Infotrac titles listed here]

Times Digital Archive [24/7]

Fully searchable facsimile edition of the Times covering 1785-1985.

Illustrated London News [24/7]

This archive of the famous magazine covers over 160 years of images and stories from London and beyond. 1842 - 2003.

The Guardian & The Observer [24/7]

Fully searchable facsimile editions of The Guardian & Observer covering 1791-2003.

UK Press Online [24/7]

(this link takes you to our Exclusive Resources page. Click on 'UK Press Online' to reach the database). Fully searchable facsimile edition of the Daily Mirror from 1903 until the current issue; also the Daily & Sunday Express, and the Daily Star.

The Economist Archive [24/7]

Fully searchable facsimile edition of the Economist covering 1843-2006.

Willings Press Guide from KnowUK [24/7]

Directory of 20,000 newspapers, magazines, publishers and broadcasters.

[Can't get in to the above resources?]

WULOP - newspapers, magazines and journals in Westminster Libraries

Search for titles held throughout Westminster's network of libraries and archives.

NiLL - Newspapers in London Libraries

Formerly HOSNILL this is a PDF listing of newspapers in London libraries compiled by the City of London Libraries.

Media UK Internet Directory

Directory of UK TV & radio stations, newspapers and magazines, with links to their websites.

British Library Newspaper Library Catalogue

Search the holdings of the country's largest collection of local, national and overseas newspapers.

MediaLens

Independent and alternative analysis of current news topics by many influential journalists and intellectuals.

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Online news

BBC News

Up-to-the-minute news and exploration of current affairs, with a searchable archive. With World Service news available in 43 languages

Google News

An up-to-the-minute, international news search engine from the premier search service.

Online newspapers

Links to online newspapers throughout the world.

Newseum

An interactive museum of news, with today's and archived front pages from around the World

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Finding aids

Find articles

Full text journal articles which can be searched or browsed by subject and/or by name. Strong American base, but with some important British titles.

Google Scholar

Google's search engine designed specifically to search for scholarly material. Finds full text articles, papers etc. and abstracts with references.

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London newspapers

The Evening Standard

London's daily newspaper. The day's news and sport, plus information about many aspects of life in London - restaurants, pubs, shopping, transport and local listings. Paid subscription required for detailed film/theatre listings and reviews.

Loot

Online version of the free ads paper.

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Searchable broadsheets

The Guardian | The Independent | The Telegraph | The Times

Don't forget that NewsUK, an online archive of all the above newspapers and more, is available to Westminster library members.

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Magazines

PubList

Database of 150,000 journals and magazines, giving details of publishers, frequency, and contact details. Requires (free) registration. Strong U.S. bias - use Media UK Internet Directory (see the Key Links above) for British publications.

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Historical journals

Internet Library of Early Journals

Fully searchable full text images of 18th and 19th Century journals including the Gentleman's Magazine, The Annual Register, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Notes and Queries, The Builder and Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.