19th century British Library newspapers.

Format:

Database & Article Index

Website/Database

Contributor:

British Library.

Gale Group

Rosengarten Family Fund.

John, Ruth, and Sally Ruth MacCorkell Fund.

Henry Putney Beers Fund.

McWilliams-Tattersall Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British newspapers.

History.

Great Britain--History--19th century--Sources--Databases.

Great Britain.

British newspapers--19th century--Indexes--Databases.

Genre:

Electronic reference sources.

Indexes.

Databases.

Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Launched in 2007.

polychrome

Contained In:

Gale Primary Sources-Newspapers

Other Title:

Nineteenth century British Library newspapers

19th Century British Library Newspapers Parts 1 & 2

19th Century British Library Newspapers Parts 1 and 2

British Library newspapers

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Gale Group

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

Searchable full text of full runs of newspapers specially selected by the British Library to best represent nineteenth-century Britain. This new collection includes national and regional newspapers, as well as newspapers from: established country or university towns; the new industrial powerhouses of the manufacturing Midlands; and Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Special attention was paid to include newspapers that helped lead particular political or social movements such as Reform, Chartism, and Home Rule. Penny papers aimed at the working and clerical classes are also included.

Contents:

[Pt. 1]

pt. 2.

Notes:

Title from masthead on database home page (viewed Nov. 21, 2007).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John, Ruth, and Sally Ruth MacCorkell Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Henry Putney Beers Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the McWilliams-Tattersall Fund.

OCLC:

181758240

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.