Newspapers and Current Affairs Resources in The Library

Remember also for historic local newspapers there are the following resources;

and there are more current local newspapers with selected full-text from 1982- on LexisLibrary (onsite access at Senate House Library for current staff and students of the University of London.)

  • Atlantic Monthly
    Library holdings
    Online edition available with a searchable archive from 1857 onwards. Fee charged for access to full text.
    Indexed in: Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature.
  • Daily Mail
    Selected Full-text from 1982- on LexisLibrary Onsite access at SHL for current staff and students of the University of London
  • Daily Telegraph
    Full-text archive from 2000- available through Proquest Newspapers.
    Full-text from 2000- available through LexisLibrary (Note: documents from September 1988 through October 29, 2000 have been temporarily removed by LexisLibrary at the publisher's request.)

    • Onsite access at SHL for current staff and students of the University of London. Indexed 1978-1981 in the Times Index
  • Economist
    Library holdings
    Online edition available with searchable archive from June 1997 onwards (password required).
    Indexed in: British Humanities Index (selected articles only) and Social Sciences Index.
  • Guardian
    Library holdings
    Full-text archive from 1992- available through Proquest Newspapers.
    Online edition available with searchable archive from September 1998 onwards.
    Guardian Index for 1986-1990 held in Periodicals Room Gallery. Also indexed in: British Humanities Index (selected articles only).
    Selected Full-text from 1982- on LexisLibrary Onsite access at SHL for current staff and students of the University of London
  • Independent
    Library holdings
    Full-text archive from 1993- available through Proquest Newspapers.
    Online edition available with searchable archive from mid-1999 onwards.
    Indexed in: British Humanities Index (selected articles only).
    Selected Full-text from 1982- on LexisLibrary Onsite access at SHL for current staff and students of the University of London
  • Independent on Sunday
    1990 to date included on Independent CD-ROM.
    Full-text archive from 2002- available through Proquest Newspapers.
    Online edition available with searchable archive from mid-1999 onwards.
    Indexed in: British Humanities Index (selected articles only).
    Selected Full-text from 1982- on LexisLibrary Onsite access at SHL for current staff and students of the University of London
  • London Review of Books
    Library holdings
    Online edition available with searchable archive from volume 20 (1998) onwards (full text available for selected articles only). Requires registration.
    Indexed in: British Humanities Index (selected articles only).
  • Nation
    Library holdings
    Online edition available with searchable archive from October 2000 onwards with a selection of earlier issues (full text available for selected articles only).
    Indexed in: Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature.
  • National Review
    Library holdings
    Online edition available with searchable archive from 1988 onwards. Fee charged for access to full text.
    Indexed in: Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature.
  • New Republic
    Library holdings
    Online edition available with searchable archive (full text available for selected articles only).
    Indexed in: Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature.
  • New Statesman
    Library holdings
    Online edition available with searchable archive from January 1995. Fee charged for access to full text.
    Indexed in: British Humanities Index (selected articles only).
  • New York Review of Books
    Library holdings
    Online edition available with searchable archive from 1963. Free access to a selection of articles. Access to the full archive available for a fee.
    Indexed in: Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature.
  • New York Times
    Library holdings
    Online edition available with searchable archive from 1851 onwards. Free access to full text 1851-1922, 1987-. Fee charged for some articles published 1923-86.
  • News of the World
    Selected Full-text from 1982- on LexisLibrary Onsite access at SHL for current staff and students of the University of London
  • Newsweek
    Library holdings
    Online edition available with searchable archive from January 1993 (U.S. edition) and January 1999 (International edition). Full text available for a fee.
    Indexed in: Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature.
  • Observer
    Library holdings
    Full-text archive from 1995- available through Proquest Newspapers.
    Online edition available with searchable archive from September 1998 onwards.
    Indexed in: British Humanities Index (selected articles only).
    Selected Full-text from 1982- on LexisLibrary Onsite access at SHL for current staff and students of the University of London
  • Point
    Library holdings
    Online edition available with searchable archive from January 1995 onwards. A fee is charged for some articles.
  • Scotsman & Scotland on Sunday
    Selected Full-text from 1982- on LexisLibrary Onsite access at SHL for current staff and students of the University of London
  • Spectator
    Library holdings
    Online edition available with access to back issues from September 16 2000 onwards (full text available for selected articles only).
  • Sun
    Selected Full-text from 1982- on LexisLibrary Onsite access at SHL for current staff and students of the University of London
  • Sunday Times
    Library holdings
    Full-text archive from 1996- available through Proquest Newspapers.
    Online edition with archive from 1985 onwards. Fee charged for access to full text.
    Indexed in: British Humanities Index (selected articles only) and Times Index (1973-)
    Selected Full-text from 1982- on LexisLibrary Onsite access at SHL for current staff and students of the University of London
  • Time
    Library holdings
    Online edition available with searchable archive from 1985 (U.S. edition only). Fee charged for access to full text of articles published more than two weeks ago. Asia, Europe, and Pacific editions also available. See relevant edition for details of electronic archives.