Newspapers can provide the latest developments in the field, and current opinion on developing events and controversial topics.
There are a number of websites giving access to UK newspapers. 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 2004,
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 1888-2016
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper covering the latest news, sport, business, comment and analysis. Includes print and online content. Covers 1984 to the present day.
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper covering the latest news, sport, business, comment and analysis. Includes print and online content. Covers August 1992 to the present day.
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper covering the latest news, sport, business, comment and analysis. Includes print and online content. Covers 1990 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 2016.
Archive of this important British newspaper. Covers 1855-2016. 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 2014
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 1822-2016.
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.
Covers the years 1877-2004. The complete digital edition, containing full facsimile images of specific articles or complete pages.
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 our many of our subscriptions. Search for a topic in the box below. You can Refine your results by publication year to see the most recent articles, or to find out how that topic was portrayed in earlier times.
The Library still has subscriptions to printed newspapers, which it keeps for a limited period of time. All of these can be viewed in the Enterprise Catalogue.
Current issues are in Quiet study and Holds on the Ground Floor of the Library.
Current physical subscriptions which are kept for two months are:
Current physical subscriptions which are kept for 6 months are:
Current physical subscriptions which are kept for 1 year are:
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 September 2021).
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 September 2021).
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.