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History: Newspapers

Newspapers as historical sources

Newspaper articles are important primary sources for the study of history.  They can be particularly valuable in providing insight into the views and attitudes that were prevalent at the time that they were published.  See our Newspaper Guide for full details of all our newspaper collections, or see below for details of the main historical news databases.

The Times Digital Archive

  • Subject coverage: news.
  • Size/scope: an excellent resource for historical and biographical research. TDA provides a full facsimile of The Times enabling you to see the pages as they were published. The paper of record, it is an authoritative source of contemporary reporting and commentary on events for the past 200 years.
  • Type of content: newspaper articles.
  • Date range: 1785-2019.
  • Level of access: full text available.

​The contents of this database are included in mySearch.

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