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Newspapers

Finding newspapers in print or microfilm

To find out if we have individual newspapers available, go to iFind, click on Advanced Search and select the Title field. Then type in the title of the newspaper you are looking for.

Newspaper archives

Chronicling America : Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
The 'Chronicling America' site includes over 10 million pages of digitized historic newspaper content dating from 1836 to 1922. It is a Library of Congress and National Endowment for the Humanities (part of the National Digital Newspaper Program - NDNP) project.

FT.com This link opens in a new window
The Financial Times, one of the world’s leading business news organisations, is recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy. It provides essential news, comment, data and analysis for the global business community.
You will need to create a personal account for which FT will be the data controller. Swansea University Library provides the subscription to this resource but does not control the registration process.

Gale Primary Sources Platform This link opens in a new window
Cross searches the 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection, 19th Century UK Periodicals, British Library Newspapers, Picture Post and Times Digital Archive.

Lexis Plus UK This link opens in a new window
Complete online service giving access to all of the LexisNexis Butterworths online services that Swansea University subscribes to through one interface. Namely - All England Direct, Legislation Direct, Halsbury's Laws Direct, Employment Law Online, Family and Child Law Direct, Crime Online, Civil Procedure Online, Stone's Justice Manual Direct, Corporate Law Direct and Insolvency Law Direct, PI [Personal Injury] Online, Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents.

Mirror Historical Archive 1903-2000 This link opens in a new window
The Mirror Historical Archive provides access to the full text (full page facsimiles) of the Mirror and Sunday Mirror from 1903 to 2000.

Nexis This link opens in a new window
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Access to hundreds of newspapers and other news sources from many countries around the world, including the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the USA. Nexis contains the text of many newspaper articles from the early 1990s onwards. Some newspapers are available full text from the 1970s and 1980s.
To search Newspapers, click on News on the toolbar at the top. Or you can click on “All Content Types” and then select News before searching.
To search Newspapers, click on News on the toolbar at the top. Or you can click on “All Content Types” and then select News before searching.

Economist Historical Archive This link opens in a new window
The Economist Historical Archive 1843-2020 provides the entire paper, from 1843 – 2020 complete with photos. It includes special country and industry reports, surveys, etc. Selected tables are available to download into Excel.

17th-18th century Burney Collection newspapers This link opens in a new window
The British Library's collection of the newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817). At more than twelve hundred titles, this is the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media.
When accessing this resource off campus, a webpage with a login box will appear. Rather than entering your details, look for the link called “Shibboleth users click here” towards the bottom left of the Screen. Click on it and then click “Login via your home institution”.

A guide to 19th Century British Library Newspapers

19th century British Library newspapers This link opens in a new window
The 19th Century British Library Newspapers collection contains full runs of 70 newspapers selected by the British Library to represent nineteenth century Britain. It includes national and regional newspapers and can be particularly useful if you are researching local or family history.
When accessing this resource off campus, a webpage with a login box will appear. Rather than entering your details, look for the link called “Shibboleth users click here” towards the bottom left of the Screen. Click on it and then click “Login via your home institution”.

PressReader This link opens in a new window
PressReader is Swansea public libraries eNewspaper service. It provides access to a growing list of 8,000+ full-content newspapers and magazines. It includes the Guardian, The South Wales Evening Post and Y Cymro. If you are already a member of Swansea public libraries, you will automatically have access to this service - you will just need to download the PressReader app from your app store. If you are not a member of the public libraries, you can apply to join online. Click the PressReader link above for more information.

Proquest US Newsstream This link opens in a new window
US Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1950s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format. For academic and public libraries, US Newsstream offers exclusive access to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and co-exclusive access (with Factiva) to The Wall Street Journal. US Newsstream also offers one of the largest collections of local and regional newspapers, and is cross-searchable on the ProQuest platform.
Proquest International Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Provides the most recent news and extensive backfiles from outside of the U.S. and Canada. The comprehensive collection features over 800 newspapers, newswires, transcripts, and digital-only news sites in full-text format.

Times Digital Archive, 1785-2019 This link opens in a new window
The Times Archive provides the entire Times newspaper, from its beginning in 1785 up to 2019, including articles, photographs, letters and advertisements.

UKPressOnline This link opens in a new window
The UKPressOnline site provides access to the full text of the Daily Express from 1900 to the present. It also includes the Sunday Express, Daily Star and Star Sunday. Full page facsimiles are provided so each issue can be viewed as it would have originally appeared (complete with photos, pictures, adverts etc.).

Welsh Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Welsh Newspapers Online provides free access to about 120 Welsh newspaper publications up to 1919. It includes most of The Cambrian from 1804 to 1910.

Cambrian Index Online This link opens in a new window
The Cambrian Index database contains hundreds of thousands of entries from newspapers relating to people and events.

Searching newspaper databases

Newspaper Archives
This PowerPoint outlines the newspaper databases available to you. It also provides search tips on searching The Times, The Mirror, UKPressOnline and Nexis.

Newspapers: Newspapers

Newspapers available to you

Newspapers

Finding newspapers in print or microfilm

Newspaper archives

Searching newspaper databases

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