Newspapers can provide the latest developments in the field, and current opinion on developing events and controversial topics. They may also act as an historical record of events and opinion from the past. See below for information about access to specific newspaper titles, and databases containing several titles.
The Library subscribes to a number of online UK newspapers, giving access to both current and historical issues for many titles. All access options for these titles are given below, with the most recent access listed first.
Features and articles from the Daily Mail. Covers 1996 to the present day.
The complete digital edition of the Daily Mail containing full facsimile images of specific articles or complete pages. Covers 1896 to 2016.
Features and articles from The Economist. Covers 1988 to the present day.
Access to older issues of The Economist. It covers every issue since its inception in1843 to 2020.
Online access to features and articles published in the Financial Times. Covers 1996 to the present day.
Online access to features and articles published in the Financial Times. Covers 1888-2021.
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper covering the latest news, sport, business, comment and analysis. Covers 1984 to the present day.
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper covering the latest news, sport, business, comment and analysis. Covers August 1992 to the present day.
The complete digital edition of The Guardian and The Observer containing full facsimile images of specific articles or complete pages. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching. The Guardian covers 1821-2003, and The Observer covers 1791-2003. Also included is The Observer Magazine, from 1964-2003.
Full-text access to The Independent from 2004 to the present day.
Full-text access to The Independent Historical Archive from 1986 to 2021.
Features and articles from The Observer. Covers December 1995 to the present day.
Features and articles from The Observer. Covers 1993 to the present day.
Features and articles from The Observer. Covers 2021 to the present day.
The complete digital edition of The Guardian and The Observer containing full facsimile images of specific articles or complete pages. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching. The Guardian covers 1821-2003, and The Observer covers 1791-2003. Also included is The Observer Magazine, from 1964-2003.
Archive of this important British newspaper. Covers 1855-2021. Includes The Sunday Telegraph from 1961.
Online access to features, articles and other information published in The Times. Covers 1985 to the present day.
Online access to features, articles and other information published in The Sunday Times. Covers 1985 to the present day.
The complete digital edition of The Times (London) containing full facsimile images of specific articles or complete pages. Covers 1785 to 2024
The complete digital edition of The Sunday Times containing full facsimile images of specific articles or complete pages. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching. Covers 1822-2021.
Most of the following databases give access to several newspaper titles within each.
Factiva is a news resource with a broad collection of sources that reach across disciplines from business and finance, journalism, PR and communications, data science and technology to political science and more.
Use this resource to search across Gale's archival primary source content from a range of newspapers and journals. Click on Additional info to see a full list of the archives available to us.
Covers the years 1877-2004. The complete digital edition, containing full facsimile images of specific articles or complete pages.
Most of the following databases provide access to historical issues from several newspaper titles within each.
Covers the years 1877-2004. The complete digital edition, containing full facsimile images of specific articles or complete pages.
The Summon discovery service includes online newspaper articles covered by many of our subscriptions. Search for a topic in the box below. You may refine your search results, under 'Publication type', to show just 'Newspaper article', You may also refine by 'Publication date' to show the years you are interested in.
If accessed online: DOI or Available at: URL (Accessed: date)
Printed article
Reference list: Graham, K. (2020) 'The biggest tree and the smallest axe', The Guardian, 31 August, pp.21-22.
In-text citation: (Graham, 2020)
Online article
Reference list: Pinkstone, J. (2021) 'Mountains set the pace of evolution, not climate change, say scientists', The Daily Telegraph, 2 September. Available at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/09/02/mountains-set-pace-evolution-not-climate-change-say-scientists/ (Accessed: 3 June 2025).
In-text citation: (Pinkstone, 2021)
Elements to include:
Note: if you are using the online version of a newspaper, which often varies from the print edition, you would omit page reference and instead include Available at: URL (Accessed: date)
Printed article:
Reference list: The Daily Telegraph (2021) 'Walking on wooden floors could help to generate power', 2 September, p. 12.
In-text citation: (The Daily Telegraph, 2021, p. 12)
Online article:
Reference list: The Guardian (2021) 'We cannot allow inequality to increase within the education system', 2 September. Available at: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/inequality-education-exams-schools-private-b1900252.html (Accessed: 4 June 2025).
In-text citation: (The Guardian, 2021)
If you need help with finding information, then please contact your Academic Liaison Librarian for advice.
Newspapers are made up of very short articles usually written by journalists. There is no checking procedure and they may be biased. Academic journals are often peer-reviewed, focused on an academic discipline or subject, and include longer articles. These articles usually include abstracts, a literature review and bibliographies/reference lists. For more information on journals and how to find them, see our guide below.