If you are considering using newspapers as a source for your research you are strongly advised to check that you can obtain access to source material before committing yourself to a particular newspaper title. This guide gives a detailed description of Bournemouth University holdings.
You are advised to consider the following points:
Do you require the text of the printed version?
This is available from Nexis Uni and Lexis Library databases for a range of UK broadsheets, tabloids and regional newspapers, and some foreign newspapers. Library databases have a number of advantages:
Do you require a facsimile?
A facsimile format is the text in its original layout. For recent material you can access PressReader. In the case of older material you may need to locate print or microfilmed copies of newspapers.
Europeana Collections gives access to explore more than 4 million newspaper records from across Europe. Help guides explain how to navigate, search, browse and find the newspaper content you’re looking for. This page shows how to:
Over 2013-14 the British Library moved the national newspaper collection from Colindale in North London (which closed in Nov 2013) to a purpose-built Newspaper Storage Building (NSB) in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire.
Access to the collection is via a dedicated Newspaper Reading Room at the British Library’s main site at St Pancras in London, where microfilm and digital copies will satisfy the majority of requests.
Researching television and radio news
The British Library has also been recording television and radio news programmes broadcast in the UK since May 2010. These programmes are available on the Broadcast News service, which is only accessible in the Reading Rooms.