British Library Newspapers 1600 -1900

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The World’s Largest Historic Newspaper Archive is now online!

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17 – 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers

The most comprehensive collection of early

British newspapers

1M pages containing 1.5M articles

Scanned from existing microfilm

Based on authoritative bibliography by Rev.

Charles Burney

Restricted circulation

Idiosyncratic organization

Contains many unique items

First successful London daily;

First illustrated newspaper

Dutch papers – meant for English

readers

Colonial papers from Americas. Asia &

Africa

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48 Newspapers – from the archives of the British Library

2 million pages – over 7.7 million articles Full runs of daily and weekly London and

regional publications New & existing film images

Selected by leading scholars and British

Library curators Panel led by Peter Mandler (Cambridge)

Balance of London & regional papers

Fast & Flexible platform Basic & Advanced Search

Browse by Page or Article

Print, email, save, link

Article categorization

19th Century British Library Newspapers

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Broad Coverage, Deep Perspective

Article Segmentation Arts & Entertainment Births/Deaths/Marriages Business Classifieds News Sports

Publications Segmentation Arts/Sports Business News Advertisements People News

Filters Illustrations Place of Publication Title Publication Frequency Language

National AND Regional

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19thCentury British Library Newspapers – Title List

Aberdeen Journal

Baner  

Belfast News-Letter

Birmingham Daily Post

Brighton Patriot  

Bristol Mercury 

Caledonian Mercury  

Champion 

Charter

Chartist

Chartist Circular

Cobbet’s Weekly Political Register 

Daily News

Derby Mercury

Examiner

Freeman's Journal 

Genedl

Glasgow Herald

Goleuad

The Graphic

Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph    

Hull Packet    

Illustrated Police News

Ipswich Journal

Jackson's Oxford Journal  

Leeds Mercury

Liverpool Mercury

Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper  

London Dispatch

Manchester Times  

Manchester Examiner

Manchester Examiner and Times

Morning Chronicle

Newcastle Courant 

North Wales Chronicle

Northern Echo

Northern Liberator 

Northern Star    

Odd Fellow

Operative

Pall Mall Gazette

Poor Man's Guardian

Preston Chronicle

Reynolds's Newspaper 

Southern Star

The Era

Trewman's Exeter Flying Post

Western Mail

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17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers

Londons Intelligencer (London)

Weekly Account (London)

Kingdomes Weekly Intelligencer (London)

Mercurius Pragmaticus (London)

Mercurius Politicus Comprising the Summ of All Intelligence (London)

London Gazette (London)

Amsterdamse Courant (Holland)

Post Boy (London)

Post Man and the Historical Account (London)

Daily Courant (London)

Barbados Mercury (West Indies)

Oprechte Haerlemsche Courant – Holand

Dublin Gazette

Newcastle Courant

Weekly Jamaica Courant (Jamaica)

Calcutta Chronicle (India)

Daily Post (London)

Gloucester Journal

Jackson’s Oxford Journal

London Chronicle

Norfolk Chronicle or The Norwich Gazette

(Norwich)

Bath Journal

Morning Herald (London)

Morning Chronicle (London)

Selected Titles

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Coming Soon

19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II

• Part II will include an additional 25 titles from the British Library and will publish in April 2009

• Part II will consist of approximately 1 million new pages increasing the depth of regional content. Titles include Cheshire Observer, Leicester Chronicle, Blackburn Standard, Cambridge Chronicle & Journal and Essex Standard

• Both parts will provide researchers and scholars with 3 million pages of news and reports from the 19th Century online

• Part I and II will be available separately or as one cross-searchable collection

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19th Century British Library Newspapers II: Title List

Cheshire Observer

Leicester Chronicle

Nottinghamshire Guardian

Barrows Worcester Journal

Bradford Observer

Blackburn Standard

Isle of Man Times

Lancaster Gazetter

Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough, Stockton

Sheffield Independent

York Herald

Huddersfield Chronicle

Bury & Norwich Post

Cambridge Chronicle & Journal

Essex Standard

Isle of Wight Observer

Northampton Mercury

Norfolk Chronicle

Chronique de Jersey

Guernsey Star

Southampton Herald

Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet & Plymouth Journal

Cork Morning Post

Derry Journal

Kerry Evening Post

Dundee Courier

Inverness Courier

Cambrian (Swansea)

Wrexham Weekly Advertiser

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19th Century British Library NewspapersFunctionality

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Basic Search

All key features above the fold

Scope & Scale statement help users understand what’s here

Spotlights link to contextual essays

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Advanced Search – power and flexibility

Logic & Limiters Boolean Fuzzy search

Variant spelling Misread OCR Damaged text

Search by Title Keyword Full text

Limit by Date Title Place Frequency Language Illustration

Filter results for focused searches

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Advanced Search features

Prompted Browse Lists

Choose Specific Titles

Choose by country, region or city

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Results List

Results at a Glance

Number of results

Publication & Article Metadata

Thumbnail view

Narrow Results by Newspaper

Section Article Type

Article & Page View

Browse Entire Issue

About this Publication

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Page View

Locates article on page

Makes finding article in zoom view easier

Lists article in context with other articles

Mouse over page to show article titles

Select article from list to show location

Click on article title to show article

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Page View

Locates article on page

Makes finding article in zoom view easier

Lists article in context with other articles

Mouse over page to show additional articles

Select article from list to show location

Click on article title to show article

Scraps from Punch

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Page View

Locates article on page

Makes finding article in zoom view easier

Lists article in context with other articles

Mouse over page to show additional articles

Select article from list to show location

Click on article title to show article

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Article View

Citation

Zoom and rotate

Bookmark

Advance to next article from results or next page of same article

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Article View

Fully citation

Scroll

Zoom and rotate

Book mark

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Results List

Results at a Glance

Number of results

Publication & Article Metadata

Thumbnail view

Narrow Results by Newspaper

Section Article Type

Article & Page Zoom

Browse Entire Issue

About this Publication

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About this Publication

Detailed Background & Metadata

Headnotes detail publication history

Links to Waterloo Index

View available issues by month and year with link to results for that issue

Track changes in title

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About this Database

Content Specific Issues

Detailed Introduction

British Library Digitization Program

Selection Criteria

Frequently Asked Questions

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Topic Guide – adds context to content

Designed to assist students and non-specialist scholars

About Newspapers and Print Culture

Chronology Specially

commissioned essays on how newspapers interacted with historic events

Capsule biographies of notable editors and Publishers

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Topic Guide – Chronology

Designed to assist students and non-specialist scholars

About Newspapers and Print Culture

Chronology

Specially commissioned essays on how newspapers interacted with historic events of themes

Capsule biographies of notable editors and Publishers

Chronology blends • Key newspaper & publishing events, • Technology and cultural changes• UK and world history events

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Topic Guide – Essays by experts

Designed to assist students and non-specialist scholars

About Newspapers and Print Culture

Chronology Specially

commissioned essays

Capsule biographies of notable editors and Publishers

Essays discuss: • Social trends & newspapers, • Newspaper treatment of period events• Commissioned by British Library

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Topic Guide – Biographies

Designed to assist students and non-specialist scholars

About Newspapers and Print Culture

Chronology Specially

commissioned essays

Capsule biographies of notable editors and Publishers

Biographies cover: • Leading journalists and publishers, • Their impact on specific events and issues• Include source and citation information