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Newspapers

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Discover a variety of newspapers on library search, and gain insights into current affairs and historical events tailored for research and learning.

 

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Newspapers are a great way to find out what is happening in the world. They show what people care about now and in the past.

  • The quality of newspaper articles can differ, so it鈥檚 important to check if they are fair and accurate. Still, newspapers can be very useful if you think carefully about what you read.
  • They can show you what people thought about an event when it happened, like a film review, a protest, or a new law.
  • Newspapers give different opinions and points of view. They can help you compare ideas and themes, which you can explore more with other sources.
  • They also help you understand the details of an event, the background, and how things have changed over time.
  • Newspapers can help with research for academic projects and job hunting. For example, websites like Factiva and FT.com can help you learn about companies before an interview.

Many UK newspapers let you read recent articles for free on their websites. The Library also has great tools that make it easy to search many newspapers at once.

Newspaper sources

These resources are available in .

- Contains articles from major British and American national newspapers, and local and regional newspapers. It has an extensive collection of global publications. Watch our video, for help and advice.

- Primarily a source for legal information, but also a key resource for articles from UK national and regional newspapers. Select the Content tab from the bar across the top of the home page. Then select Newspapers, to limit your search. For further help watch the video .

- We provide full access.鈥疪egister for a personal FT.com account when you first access it. The registration form asks for your email address - please use your 海角乱伦 email address. Once registered you can follow topics of interest, set up alerts. And save stories to read later. Take the to find out more about it.

- This covers the US, Canada and international newspapers, including some British titles. They include:

  • The Bangkok Post
  • El Norte
  • Jerusalem Post
  • South China Morning Post
  • Chicago Tribune
  • Los Angeles Times
  • New York Times
  • The Wall Street Journal 
  • The Washington Post

 Please note: the most recent issues are not available for some titles.

- Provides access to global news sources. There is a business focus, though it can be used to search for any information on any current news topic. Factiva allows you to mark and export multiple news stories into a single file for easy data analysis.

Historical newspapers and archives

Found within Library Search:

provides access to a huge number of historical newspapers and archives including:

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Free online newspaper archives:

  • covers US newspapers between 1789 and 1963.
  • is an ever-expanding archive of historical newspapers, providing mostly UK content (dating from 1700), with some international coverage.

Print newspapers - to be read in the Library

Clifford Whitworth

  • The Times
  • The Guardian

 Find them on the ground floor, on the tables in the seating area next to the Tech Bar.

MediaCityUK

  • The Times 
  • The Guardian
  • The Telegraph 
  • The Daily Mail 

All located opposite the Enquiry Desk on the 3rd floor.

Explore our newspaper databases on Library Search

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Contact your Academic Support Librarian if you need further help.