In partnership with the British Library, we have created one of the richest collections of primary source newspaper material in the world.

Unparalleled in depth and scope, British Library Newspapers consists of collections from the British Library which span three hundred years of newspaper publishing in the U.K. For decades, even hundreds of years after publication, researchers of all kinds, all over the world, turn to newspapers for information relating to the widest variety of research needs. The rise of newspapers in Britain was a phenomenon which characterized a new age. The newspaper was increasingly a medium for information required by the commercially minded societies of major cities and regional centers. Taken as a whole, the huge production of newspapers in Britain provides an enormous resource for research on all subjects for all the U.K., both urban and rural. The bulk of advertising, particularly for new books and theatrical performances, has proved especially useful to historians. Cultural trends, political currents and social problems are reflected in the newspapers and give new freshness and immediacy to the historic events.