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Newspapers: UK - Current

Nexis This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive newspaper database, updated daily, providing full text access to all UK national newspapers, plus regional newspapers, international news providers and a number of trade journals and magazines.

Nexis will help you find current newspapers within our collection. Access to The Business; The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday; Daily Record and Sunday Mail; Daily Star; Daily Star Sunday; The Guardian (London); The Independent; News of the World; The Observer; The Sun; Sunday Express; Sunday Times; Times Educational Supplement; The Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph and more. See the Video Guides tab to learn how to use Nexis.

The Economist
Full text access from Jan 4, 1992 - present.

Financial Times This link opens in a new window
Provides essential news, comments, data and analysis for the global business community. Registration is required. Click on "sign in, then register an account. App also available from iOS and Android app stores.
Times Higher Education This link opens in a new window
Times Higher Education (THE) provides analysis and insight on higher education.
In order to gain access, you'll need to register for a personal THE account, which you can then use to log in to the THE website and app. You must register using your full University of Sussex email address (i.e. use @sussex.ac.uk) so that your personal THE account is associated with the University's institutional subscription.

Historical Newspapers: UK (by title)

Daily Mail Historical Archive 1896-2004 This link opens in a new window
Access to more than 100 years of the Daily Mail newspaper online.
Economist Digital Archive 1843-2015 This link opens in a new window
Access to the Economist from the first issue in 1843 to 2013.
Financial Times Historical Archive 1888-2016 This link opens in a new window
A complete online, fully searchable facsimile, the Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2016* delivers the complete run of the London edition of this internationally known daily paper, from its first issue.
Guardian and Observer Historical Archive, 1821-2003 This link opens in a new window
A searchable digital archive containing articles from the first issues in 1821 for the Guardian and 1791 for the Observer.
Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842-2003 This link opens in a new window
The full facsimile run of the world’s most iconic illustrated newspaper.
Independent Digital Archive, 1986-2012 This link opens in a new window
Provides access to a UK daily national newspaper launched in 1986. Its freedom from party political affiliation and neutral ownership make it unique in British journalism
Telegraph Historical Archive, 1855-2016 This link opens in a new window
A fully searchable digital archive of content up to 2000, includes Sunday Telegraph from 1961.
Times Digital Archive 1785-2019 This link opens in a new window
Complete digital edition of The Times of London for the period 1785-2008. Includes all articles, advertisements and illustrations or photographs.
Times Higher Education This link opens in a new window
Times Higher Education (THE) provides analysis and insight on higher education.
In order to gain access, you'll need to register for a personal THE account, which you can then use to log in to the THE website and app. You must register using your full University of Sussex email address (i.e. use @sussex.ac.uk) so that your personal THE account is associated with the University's institutional subscription.
Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive 1902-2012 This link opens in a new window
Searchable, facsimile reproduction of TLS, 1902-2012, including identification of anonymous contributors.

Historical Newspapers: UK (by collection)

British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive resource of regional and local newspapers in Britain between the mid 18th and 20th centuries. Supports research in History, Literature, Victorian Studies, Genealogy, Fine Arts, Finance/Economics, Political Science, and more. Access to parts 1-4, covering titles from 1732 to 1950.
British Newspapers 1600-1950 This link opens in a new window
The most comprehensive digital historic newspaper archive. Includes 17-18th Century Burney Collection, 19th Century British Newspapers, 3 million pages of historic newspapers, news books & ephemera, National & Regional papers from British Isles.
British Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Access to the searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth, comprising millions of high-resolution facsimile page images. Topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the social sciences, music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture.
Burney Collection This link opens in a new window
Approx. 700 volumes of newspapers and news pamphlets collected by the Reverend Charles Burney. Mostly published in London, but includes English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers and a few from the American colonies, Europe and India.
Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Contains full runs of 48 influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of the 19th century British society.
Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900 This link opens in a new window
Now replaced by C19: 19th Century Index

British Newspaper Archive 1710–1954
Walk in access available at the Keep.

Websites

ABYZ News Links - UK
A directory of links to online news sources from around the world organised by geography. Contains links to newspapers and other sites with news content.
British Media Online
A directory of national, regional and local UK newspapers.
Onlinenewspapers UK (A-K)
Onlinenewspapers UK (L-Z)
Paperboy UK