LibGuides: News Archives: Cross-searchable News Collections

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Find out about current news collections, audio-visual news sources and print and micro-film collections.

The majority of our archive news databases are provided via the Gale, Proquest and UK Press Online database platforms.

This means that it is possible to cross search some of the content to find news from across a range of newspaper and related titles.

All Proquest hosted news sources can be searched individually, or in combination via the Proquest News & Newspapers collection.
Gale news sources can also be searched individually or in combination via the Gale Primary Resources service.

UK Press Online titles can be searched individually, or in combination via the UK Press Online Search system.

British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Full text UK and Irish national, regional and local newspapers from the mid 18th to the mid 20th century. Part of the Gale Primary Sources collection and cross searchable with other newspaper archives via Gale NewsVault. We have access to the full collection (parts 1-6). Digitised article and full page scans and OCR text. Date coverage: 1714-1950
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Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new window Cross-search all of the Gale primary source collections in one go. Content dates from 16th Century onwards and includes monographs, manuscripts, newspapers, photographs, maps, and more. Date coverage: 16th -20th century

Gale Primary Sources is a research environment that integrates digital collections to enable research across a range of primary sources. Users are able to search across a wide array of materials and points in time.

When you are searching, you can use the checkboxes to select one/some/all of the titles to which the University subscribes, as illustrated in the screenshot below.

Proquest News & Newspapers This link opens in a new window A gateway enabling cross searching of all University of Exeter subscribed news sources from Proquest. Mainly English language but with some European and other languages content. Digitised OCR text content.

You can select one/some/all of the subscribed Proquest news databases and cross search for your research topic. We have access to a range of tiles, as illustrated in the screenshot below.

Use the Proquest Historical Newspapers LibGuide for search guidance

UK Press Online This link opens in a new window A research tool that enables you to cross search various subscribed UK news archives. Digitised scans of individual articles and full newspaper pages. Date coverage: 1835- Current

Choose which of the UK Press Online newspaper titles you would like to search - you can search across one or more in combination

Independent Voices This link opens in a new window Independent Voices is an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals. These materials were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.

Archives Unbound includes digital collections of primary source documents, including many archival newspaper resources.

Archives Unbound This link opens in a new window Archives Unbound presents digital collections of historical documents, covering a wide range of topic areas including African American studies; American Indian studies; Asian studies; British history; Holocaust studies; LGBT studies; Latin American and Caribbean studies; Middle East studies; political science; religious studies; and women’s studies.

You can search across all of the newspapers in the collection by going to the Advanced Search:

Tick the box next to Archives Unbound Newspapers: