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Newspapers and magazines
Welcome to Medway Libraries' online newspaper and magazines
page. Here you will find access to both current and historical
newspaper and magazines. You may also find useful links in the
history
section of library links.
All these resources are available to access from home using your
Medway library card or in any Medway library.
The Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003
With its debut in 1842 the Illustrated London
News became the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper.
The publication presented a vivid picture of British and world
events. Containing over 260,000 full colour pages, fully searchable
and browseable, the
ILN Historical Archive 1842-2003 provides
users with unprecedented access to the entire run of this unique
historical record.
The John Johnson Collection
The thousands of items selected from the
John Johnson Collection of
printed ephemera, offer unique insights into the changing nature of
everyday life in Britain in the 18th, 19th and early 20th
centuries. Categories include 19th-century entertainment, the
booktrade, popular prints, crimes, murders and executions, and
advertising.
JSTOR "Early Journal Content"
JSTOR has made nearly 500,000 articles from more than 200
journals freely available to the public. This "Early Journal
Content" includes journal content on JSTOR published prior to 1923
in the United States and prior to 1870 outside the United States.
This is a next step in our ongoing efforts to make access more
widely available to people around the world, and specifically to
those not affiliated with participating institutions.
To access this information first watch the instruction video then visit
JSTOR advance
search following the instructions from the video.
The Times Digital Online
The Times
newspaper online, from 1795 to 1985. This resource
has more than 7.5 million articles.
UK Newsstand
UK
Newsstand, a full-text content from more
than 130 newspapers and magazines, goes back at
least 10 years. This database helps users quickly find the news
information they need. Each issue of each newspaper is indexed
thoroughly, so researchers have access to not only top news stories
but also to the information contained on the various
sections of the papers. The indexing covers complete bibliographic
information as well as companies, people, products and
more.
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