19th Century British Library Newspapers

"19th Century BL Newspapers Online gives us an invaluable new perspective on the way Victorian Britain came to understand itself as a community of citizens, consumers and commentators. It is hard to imagine any researcher with nineteenth-century interests to whom it does not offer important insights on their subject: and it is dangerously addictive!"  Professor Arthur Burns, Kings College London

Developed in partnership with the British Library and JISC, 19th Century British Library Newspapers offers full runs of national, regional and local 19th century British newspapers, taken directly from the extensive holdings of the British Library. The content includes 48 titles, totaling approximately 2.2 million pages, selected to reflect the social and political developments of the times in which they were published.

The papers have been carefully selected by an editorial board from the British Library whose purpose was to provide a broad yet detailed view of British life in the 19th century; from business to sport, from politics to entertainment and the arts. The collection is made up of daily and weekly publications and reflects Britain’s growing role as a superpower in the 19th century world.

19th Century British Library Newspapers enables users to search material previously only available in London-based reading rooms. Employing the latest imaging techniques, the collection offers its users highly illustrated materials on topics as diverse as business and sport, politics and entertainment. The collection will focus on London national newspapers, English regional papers, home country newspapers from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, and titles in specialist areas such as Victorian radicalism and Chartism.

IHR review March 2009

BL Newspapers Part 2 - Now available

"We have found the 19th Century British Library Newspapers an excellent resource that is heavily used by both public and staff. It is excellent news that we now have access to a significant number of additional titles and I’m sure that our users will be very pleased." Kath Cassidy, Newcastle Libraries and Information Service

Gale is pleased to announce the release of Part II which includes 22 additional titles totalling almost 1 million pages. The aim of Part II has been to increase the range of English regional newspapers and expand the political views it represents. Widening and deepening the range of newspapers from the regions and towns/cities in England has meant that researchers will find a number of significant towns now
represented in the collection including: Nottingham, Bradford, Leicester, Sheffield, and York as well as North Wales.

The selection of predominantly liberal, left-of centre or radical publications in Part I has been balanced in Part II by the inclusion of two London newspapers, The Standard and the Morning Post, which for most of the 19th century represented conservative opinion.
Adding papers that encompass a wider variety of political views now enables researchers to see an event from a number of contrasting perspectives.

Contact us for more details

19th Century British Library Newspapers (Parts I and II) and 17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers are available to all Further and Higher Education UK institutions free of charge thanks to funding from JISC as part of its digitization programme. To sign up and access these unique resources please visit  http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/19thblib and http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/catalogue/burney and download, complete and return the license agreement. The collections will then be added to your institution's library holdings allowing academics and students to search a cross section of newspapers and enhance research into the society, culture and history of the UK between 1700-1900.

If you are outside the UK to request a trial or pricing for either of these collections contact emea.marketing@cengage.com