Newsbank [24/7] - Searchable archive of national & regional newspapers and magazines. [More about Newsbank]
Library Pressdisplay [24/7] - Newspapers in facsimile from around the world, available online at the same time as, or before, the print version. Enlarge an article, print it, or listen to it being read to you. [More information about Library Pressdisplay]
Times Digital Archive [24/7] - Fully searchable database of scanned pages from The Times newspaper dating from 1785 to 2010. [more information on the TDA]
Zinio eMagazines [24/7] - Get full digital copies of a wide variety of current magazines for free, on your computer, smartphone or tablet.
Illustrated London News [24/7] - This archive of the famous magazine covers over 160 years of images and stories from London and beyond. 1842 - 2003. [More information on Illustrated London News]
Picture Post [24/7] - Facsimile archive of the iconic photo-journalism magazine chronicling life in Britain throughout the Second World War and the years of austerity following it, 1938-1957. [More about Picture Post]
The Guardian & The Observer [24/7] - Fully searchable facsimile editions of The Guardian & Observer covering 1791-2003. [More information about the Guardian and Observer archive]
The Economist Archive [24/7] - Fully searchable facsimile edition of the Economist covering 1843-2011. [More about the Economist Archive]
Willings Press Guide from KnowUK [24/7] - Directory of 20,000 newspapers, magazines, publishers and broadcasters.
Google's news archive - An archive of news from newspapers, magazines and the internet covering a vast number of years from the USA and beyond.
WULOP - newspapers, magazines and journals in Westminster Libraries - Search for titles held throughout Westminster's network of libraries and archives.
Periodicals for loan in Westminster Libraries - Magazines for loan are listed on the library catalogue, not WULOP. To search for a particular one, use a keyword search and type the title, adding the word 'periodical' to the search.
Media UK Internet Directory - Directory of UK TV & radio stations, newspapers and magazines, with links to their websites.
British Library Newspaper Collections - Learn about the the country's largest collection of local, national and overseas newspapers, magazines, journals and comics. You can search the catalogue using the explore the British Library page - just choose Newspaper Library to find out whether they hold what you're after.
MediaLens - Independent and alternative analysis of current news topics by many influential journalists and intellectuals.

Online news

BBC News - Up-to-the-minute news and exploration of current affairs, with a searchable archive. With World Service news available in 43 languages
Google News - An up-to-the-minute, international news search engine from the premier search service.
Online newspapers - Links to online newspapers throughout the world.
Newseum - An interactive museum of news, with today's and archived front pages from around the World

Finding aids

Google Scholar - Google's search engine designed specifically to search for scholarly material. Finds full text articles, papers etc. and abstracts with references.

London newspapers

The Evening Standard - London's daily newspaper. The day's news and sport, plus information about many aspects of life in London - restaurants, pubs, shopping, transport and local listings. You need to sign up for the E-Edition which is the same as the one which is available via Library PressDisplay.
Wood and Vale - The local paper for the St John's Wood and Maida Vale area has an online version which looks identical to that available in print. You can also see the the Ham and High via the company's website (or sign-up to receive them).
Loot - Online version of the free ads paper.
Other local newspapers - In the Westminster area other local papers include: getwestlondon (Westminster Chronicle) and West End Extra. For others around London there are lists on the BBC Website. Many are linked to from iWitness24 London as well a site where you can also send in your own photos and stories.

Searchable broadsheets

The Guardian | The Independent | The Telegraph - Don't forget that Newsbank, an online archive of all the above newspapers and more, is available to Westminster library members. Plus you can view the current issues by using Library Press Display!

Historical journals

Internet Library of Early Journals - Fully searchable full text images of 18th and 19th Century journals including the Gentleman's Magazine, The Annual Register, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Notes and Queries, The Builder and Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.
The London Gazette - Find historically important information published in this official document since 1665. Includes the Belfast and Edinburgh Gazettes.

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