Useful Links from British Library

Open History No 106 has a brief informal report of a visit to the newspaper archives of the British Library. The following are a few of the research websites suggested by the Library:

19th CENTURY BRITISH LIBRARY NEWSPAPERS
Described as the 'most comprehensive collection of national and regional newpapers of 19th century Britain available on-line'. A full-text collection of 48 newspapers such as the Daily News and The Pall Mall Gazette. Free access is available from BL Reading Rooms or theough UK FE and HE communities. However a pay per view and subscription system will be available during 2008.
More information on www.bl.uk/collections/britishnewspapers1800to1900list.html

MOVING HERE
Digitised material from 30 local and national archives and museums recording migration experiences in the last 200 years. Free
www.movinghere.org.uk

PENNY ILLUSTRATED PAPER 1861-1913
Full run of this illustrated paper - part of the 'Collect Britain' digitisation project. Free
www.collectbritain.co.uk/collections/pip

ACT OF UNION VIRTUAL LIBRARY
Collection of pamphlets, newspapers, parliamentary papers and other material contemporary with the Act of Union 1800 between Britain and Ireland. Free
www.actofunion.ac.uk

SCOTTISH BROADSIDES
Entertaining site with an online collection of the forerunners of newspapers from the National Library of Scotland. Free
www.nls.uk/broadsides/index.html

The Times DIGITAL ARCHIVE 1785-1985
This is an institutional subscription database with full facsimile images which can be accessed via University Libraries and the British Library. Some Public Libraries also have access.
More information on www.galeuk.com/times/