Free access to 19thC British newspapers - back in business!

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:04 pm

Hello Judy,

Newspaper articles are quite often the Icing on the Census and Certificate cake and sometimes the Cream in the middle and the Cherry on top as well.

I doubt that Chris will be able to answer your question. I haven’t tried the method Chris set out, but give it another go, following the directions carefully in case something went wrong the first time. Give anything that looks a possibility a try and see what happens. They can only say no.

Warwickshire Library has a better than average collection of subscription databases available to residents of Warwickshire. It may be worthwhile if you register there and make specific enquiries about the 19th Century British Library Newspapers because the more enquiries they get maybe the greater the chance they will subscribe. http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corp ... BA005151AA

Of course if you have someone in the family who is a student at a Further or Higher Education institution in the UK you could possibly sort something out that way. http://www.bl.uk/collections/britishnew ... o1900.html

All the best,
Alan

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:13 pm

Hi all
This seems to work Ok, and seems pretty straightforward:
http://access.gale.com/newstrial/

Best wishes
Lesley

Post by **SarahND** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:04 pm

Brilliant, Lesley! =D> It works!

Back to the 19th century!
Sarah

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:27 am

Excellent Lesley!

(Anyone availing themselves of these demos and free trials should realise that their purpose is to generate business for Gale. Gale only sells to libraries and similar institutions. Contact your County library and ask them to subscribe to the 19th century database and possibly get access to this material on a permanent basis. In the UK, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, City of London, Hampshire, Lancashire, Newcastle City and maybe a couple of other libraries make it freely available online to residents. Why not yours?)

Alan

Post by **SarahND** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 7:01 pm

Anyone know of another way to get to the free 19th century newspapers? This one no longer works for me

Cheers,
Sarah

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 7:57 pm

Hi Sarah
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/britlibtr
password as before

Best wishes
Lesley

Post by **SarahND** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:09 pm

Thanks, Lesley!

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:53 am

Excellent again Lesley,

This one has 17th & 18th as well as 19th Century.

Thanks very much,
Alan

kenspeckle · Post by **kenspeckle** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:29 am

I did my other post to the resources section maybe the wrong place for it ?? anyhow here it is again

Hi All
Happy Chrissy treat for all the Aussies on List

I got this info from my Librarian in here Tassie as I had requested that they get Gale 19th Century British Library newspapers on line here in Tassie as the NSW library had it for NSW residents ........ they tried it and liked it but budget would not stretch

Registration with the National Library of Australia is available to anyone residing in Australia http://www.nla.gov.au/getalibrarycard.
Resources included in the NLA access are the 19th Century British Library newspapers http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/item/3303 and 17th-18th Century Burney collection newspapers http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/item/3304 and London Times ect ect

best to all lesley in Tassie

KarieK · Post by **KarieK** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:15 pm

Hi Sarah
I clicked onto your Gale link and typed in password "books" and it comes up as invalid authorization.

What am I doing wrong??
Karen