News & magazines
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Key links
Newsbank [24/7]
Searchable archive of national & regional newspapers and magazines. [More about Newsbank]
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. [More information about Library Pressdisplay]
Times Digital Archive [24/7]
Fully searchable database of scanned pages from The Times newspaper dating from 1785 to 2006. [more information on the TDA]
Financial Times Historical Archive [24/7]
Fully searchable facsimile of the Financial Times covering 1888-2007. [More about the FT archive]
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. [More information on Illustrated London News]
Picture Post [24/7]
Facsimile archive of the iconic photo-journalism magazine chronicling life in Britain throughout the Second World War and the years of austerity following it, 1938-1957. [More about Picture Post]
The Guardian & The Observer [24/7]
Fully searchable facsimile editions of The Guardian & Observer covering 1791-2003. [More information about the Guardian and Observer archive]
UK Press Online [24/7]
Fully searchable facsimile edition of the Daily Mirror from 1903 until the current issue; also the Daily & Sunday Express, and the Daily Star. [More about UK Press Online]
The Economist Archive [24/7]
Fully searchable facsimile edition of the Economist covering 1843-2006. [More about the Economist Archive]
Willings Press Guide from KnowUK [24/7]
Directory of 20,000 newspapers, magazines, publishers and broadcasters.
[Can't get in to the above 24/7 resources?]
Google's news archive
An achive of news from newspapers, magazines and the internet covering a vast number of years from the USA and beyond.
WULOP - newspapers, magazines and journals in Westminster Libraries
Search for titles held throughout Westminster's network of libraries and archives.
Periodicals for loan in Westminster Libraries
Magazines for loan are listed on the e-library catalogue, not WULOP. To search for a particular one, use a keyword search and type the title, adding 'and periodical' to the search.
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.
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
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.
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. You need to sign up for the E-Edition which is the same as the one which is available via Library PressDisplay.
Wood and Vale
The local paper for the St John's Wood and Maida Vale area has an online version which looks identical to that available in print. You can also see the the Ham and High via the company's website (or sign-up to receive them).
Loot
Online version of the free ads paper.
Other local newspapers
In the Westminster area other local papers include: The Westminster Chronicle and West End Extra. For others around London there are lists on the BBC Website. Many are linked to from iWitness24 London as well a site where you can also send in your own photos and stories.
Searchable broadsheets
The Guardian | The Independent | The Telegraph
Don't forget that Newsbank, an online archive of all the above newspapers and more, is available to Westminster library members. Plus you can view the current issues by using Library Press Display!
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.
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