The University of Lincoln Library has a collection of newspapers on microfilm in the Reservations, DVDs and Dissertations area (there is a microfilm reader in this area). The collection includes The Lincolnshire Echo from 1976-2009.
The Lincoln Central Library, located conveniently near our campus, has a good collection of broadsheets. They hold titles for varying lengths of time.
Kept for two years:
Kept for one year:
Kept for six months:
Kept for six weeks:
Kept forever:
If you want to use older editions of the Lincolnshire Echo, please ring the library 24 hours in advance. Many are bound into very large volumes, and need to be brought out from storage.
The Lincoln Central LIbrary also has a collection of local newspaper cuttings going back to the 1970s. If you are interested in knowing what subjects are included, please ring or visit the library. Find contact information and opening hours here.
The most comprehensive collection of early English newspapers with 1 million newspaper pages and titles from London, British Isles, and colonies.
Collection of digitised periodicals from the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, the National Library of South Africa and the National Library of Australia.
Access to the Daily Mail archive for all articles published between 1896 and 2004. The archive also includes access to the Atlantic editions, published between 1923 and 1931.
Access The Times of London from 1785 - 2019. The entire newspaper is captured, including all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos.
Access to over two million pages of the 19th-21st Centuries’ newspapers, from 1835 to today, all as published on the day they were published and all searchable by name, word, phrase and date. The ukpressonline database is a resource for historians and anyone who wants to explore history as seen by the reporters and commentators who were there.
Searchable full text, full page, and article-level images from the historical New York Times newspaper, 1851-2018.
Searchable full text, full page, and article-level images from the historical Washington Post newspaper, 1877-2005.
Some of our databases such as Lexis Library and Nexis also include newspaper archives with coverage extending back to the 1980s or 1990s up to the present day. Lexis is particularly useful for finding reviews of contemporary novels, poems and plays in the broadsheets. The articles found through Lexis and Nexis are both presented in HTML format.
Lexis+ UK Newspapers provides full text access to UK national and regional newspapers. Date coverage varies by individual title from 1980s to today.
For international newspaper content visit Nexis.
Full text access to business information and major international newspapers including foreign language sources. Date coverage varies by individual title from 1980s to today.
