Links to newspaper content can be found on the subject databases list and the newspapers page.
An authoritative resource for legal research. Coverage of recent national and regional news sources in the UK.
Further advice on using Lexis Library to access newspaper content is available on the Library newspapers webpage.
Digital newsstand featuring 7000+ of the world's most popular newspapers & magazines. Please send any feedback to: Subject-Librarians@bristol.ac.uk
The library provides access to various newspaper archives - these cover historical editions and for copyright reasons do not cover recent editions. These are digital versions of printed newspapers with exact copies of each page including images, formatting and layout. Titles include:
The Daily Mail Historical Archive, 1896-2004 includes more than one hundred years of this major UK national newspaper, viewable in full digital facsimile form, with copious advertisements, news stories, and images that capture twentieth-century culture and society.
This archive contains digital images of the full text of the Guardian and Observer newspapers.
The Telegraph Historical Archive contains full digital coverage of issues from the first in 1855 to 2000.
The Times Digital Archive includes digital images of every issue from its launch in 1785. The last three years of issues are not included in this archive.
Comprehensive online content of every issue from 1838-2010.
You can watch documentaries, feature films and TV broadcasts via the Library's film and TV databases.
Enables staff and students to record and watch freeview broadcasts, create clips from new and archived TV and radio broadcasts, and embed them into Blackboard/ presentations. Please note: it can only be accessed in the UK. It is each user’s responsibility to ensure that the materials made available are used strictly within the terms and conditions of the licence.
Movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films and educational videos.
The Library has guidance for people looking to use newspaper archives for their research. Most newspapers can be found through Library Search. Historical newspapers may also be found in our Special collections, for example press cuttings and articles about historical figures.
Platform allowing cross searching of primary source database provided by Gale, covering newspapers, historic journals and other material.
Platform allowing cross searching of primary source database provided by Gale, covering newspapers, historic journals and other material.
Gale Primary Sources is the platform for many of the newspaper archives.
Use visual tools, such as the 'topic finder' to find resources, find new topics or keywords and to discover new connections in the results.