LibGuides: Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology: Newspapers &amp; Dissertations

Newspapers

Nexis This link opens in a new window 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. NexisUK contains the text of many newspaper articles from the early 1990s onwards. Some newspapers are available full text from the 1970s and 1980s.
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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.
Times Digital Archive, 1785-2019 This link opens in a new window 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”. The Times Archive provides the entire Times newspaper, from its beginning in 1785 up to 2010, including articles, photographs, letters and advertisements.
17th-18th century Burney Collection newspapers This link opens in a new window
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”.
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”.

Keeping up to date

JournalTOCs JournalTOCs is the biggest searchable collection of scholarly journal Tables of Contents (TOCs). It contains article details for over 19,500 journals directly collected from over 1115 publishers. JournalTOCs has taken special care to include all the highest rated journals in their fields, guaranteeing quality results. You can search it or use RSS feeds to keep up to date. The site allows you to go directly into articles where we have a subscription.
Scout Report Archives The Scout Report is published on the web every two weeks by the Internet Scout Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. You can register your details and receive the report by email, free of charge. The website catalogues and indexes quality academic resources for effective searching and browsing.

Dissertations & Theses

Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
Dissertations & Theses incorporates two databases which can be searched individually or cross searched. Dissertations & Theses: UK & Ireland covers theses accepted for higher degrees by the universities of Great Britain and Ireland. It covers the years from 1716 up to almost the present. Dissertations & Theses: A&I covers American and International theses from 1861 to the present date. Dissertations & Theses: A & I is strong on theses from the USA but poor for the rest of the world. For post 1997 theses, 24 page previews are included in both databases. For a minority of theses, links to the full text are provided.
EThOS This link opens in a new window
Search over 400,000 doctoral theses. Download instantly for your research, or order a scanned copy quickly and easily.

Guide to Finding Theses

Try our online guide to finding Theses.

Finding theses