Digital library

Newspapers old and new

PressReader Unlimited Newspapers (external link)

• Press Reader offers thousands of national, provincial, and global newspapers with 90 days of back issues.
• Newspapers from over 100 countries in 60 languages can be read in your browser on any device.
• To access these you will need to login in your web browser using your library card number and PIN. 
• If you already use the Libby app for eAudio and Magazines, you can also access PressReader via 'Extras' from the app.

NewsBank (external link)

• Newsbank contains articles published in UK and world newspapers in the last 5 to 25 years (varies with different papers) right up to yesterday's edition.
• All the major national daily papers and many local and regional ones are included.
• To access these you will need your library card number.
• Watch a video introduction to using NewsBank in our library academy (external link).

British Library Newspapers 1730 - 1950 (external link)

• National, regional and local newspapers from the Eighteenth to Twentieth centuries taken directly from the holdings of the British Library
• These include the Burnley Express, Lancaster Gazette and Preston Chronicle.
• To access these you will need your library card number.

Times Digital Archive (external link)

• The complete digital edition of The Times (London) from 1785 to 2010.
• Every page of every issue includes headlines, articles, images, editorial, birth and death notices and classifieds.
• To access these you will need your library card number.
• Watch a video introduction to using Times Digital Archive in our library academy (external link).

Red Rose Collections (Lancashire County Council)

• Red Rose Collections includes a Newspaper Index to articles in local Lancashire newspapers from the 19th century onwards which are held on microfilm and in cuttings files at libraries across Lancashire.
• Note that digitisation of these indexes is still on-going, so this online index is by no means exhaustive. 
• Red Rose does not require any login to view any of the content.

Local Government Chronicle - LGC (external link)

• In the Local Government Chronicle you can find local government related news, analysis, best practice and opinion.
• If you are a local government employee, and your authority subscribes, you can register and login to access free news and content.
• You will need to use your work email address to do this.

Recommended websites (external link)

• In our Good Web Guide, there is a selection of some of the best sites to get you started with exploring the news sources available online.