TRIAL: Punch Historical Archive 1841-1992

We have trial access to the Punch Historical Archive until 2nd December 2014.  Take a look at this resource and let us know what you think.

Access the Punch Historical Archive from:
http://ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/login?url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/livuni?db=PNCH (University login required off campus)

From 1841 to 1992 Punch was the world’s most celebrated magazine of humour and satire. From its early years as a campaigner for social justice to its transformation into national icon, Punch played a central role in the formation of British identity – and how the rest of the world saw the British.

Explore the full online archive of Punch, including key themes such as World War I and World War II; Wars and Conflicts; Colonialism, Imperialism and End of Empire; Impact of New Technology and Modernity; Public Health, Conservation and Environmentalism; Social Change; and The Role of Women.

The archive of approx. 7,900 issues (200,000 pages from all volumes of Punch between 1841–1992, including Almanacks, prefaces, epilogues, indexes and more) is fully text-searchable, and images originally published in full colour appear in full colour.

After trying Punch Historical Archive please leave your comments below. You can choose the anonymous option to comment without needing to have a Blogger account, but it helps if you include your name in your feedback so that we can follow up on comments. Do get in touch, we really want to know what you think about this resource.

TRIAL: Caribbean Newspapers, Series 1, 1718-1876

We have a trial of Caribbean Newspapers, Series 1, 1718-1876, from NewsBank/Readex, until 31st December 2013.

To access this trial go to http://infoweb.newsbank.com.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/?db=EANX&d_collections=EANACN.

Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876—the largest online collection of 18th- and 19th-century newspapers published in this region—will provide a comprehensive primary resource for studying the development of Western society and international relations within this important group of islands.  This unique resource will prove essential for researching colonial history, the Atlantic slave trade, international commerce, New World slavery and U.S. relations with the region as far back as the early 18th century.

Created in cooperation with the American Antiquarian Society—one of the world's largest and most important newspaper repositories—this collection will provide students and scholars with easy access to more than 150 years of Caribbean and Atlantic history, cultures and daily life. Featuring more than 140 newspapers from 22 islands, this resource will chronicle the region’s evolution across two centuries through eyewitness reporting, editorials, legislative information, letters, poetry, advertisements, obituaries and other news items.

After trying Caribbean Newspapers, Series 1, 1718-1876, please leave your comments below. You can choose the anonymous option to comment without needing to have a Blogger account, but it helps if you include your name in your feedback so that we can follow up on comments.

TRIAL: Early American Newspapers, Series 2-9

We have a trial of Early American Newspapers, Series 2-9 from Readex / NewsBank until 1st November 2013.

To access this trial go to: http://infoweb.newsbank.com.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/ and follow the link to America's Historical Newspapers.

Early American newspapers, often printed by small-town printers, documented the daily life of hundreds of diverse American communities, supported different political parties and recorded both majority and minority views. This growing digital collection of early American newspapers is the most extensive resource of its kind. With nearly 1,600 titles from all 50 states, Early American Newspapers provides an unparalleled record of the topics, people, issues and events that have shaped America for nearly three centuries.

Note that we have already purchased Series 1, 1690-1876. Details of what is available in these additional series is available at: http://www.readex.com/content/early-american-newspapers-1690-1922-series.

After trying Early American Newspapers, Series 2-9, please leave your comments below. Please specify which newspapers you are most interested in, so that we can prioritise series. You can choose the anonymous option to comment without needing to have a Blogger account, but it helps if you include your name in your feedback so that we can follow up on comments.

New - Daily Mail Historical Archive

We have purchased The Daily Mail Historical Archive 1896-2004. Access is available now from http://infotrac.galegroup.com.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/itweb/livuni?db=DMHA and also through Gale NewsVault.

The Library Catalogue, Discover, and the library web pages will be updated in due course.

TRIAL: 20th-Century American Newspapers, Series 1-3,1923-1990s

We have a trial of 20th-Century American Newspapers, Series 1-3 1923-1990s, from Readex until February 28, 2013.

To access this trial, go to http://infoweb.newsbank.com.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/?db=EANX.

Note that we already have access to Early American Newspapers. Series I. 1690-1876. The collections that we are trialling are:

Series 1
The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana; 1923-1988)
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio; 1923-1991)
The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon; 1923-1987)

Series 2
Press-Register (Mobile, Alabama; 1970-1992)
The Seattle Times (Seattle, Washington; 1923-1984)
The Times (Trenton, New Jersey; 1923-1993)

Series 3
The Springfield Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts; 1923-1946) and The Springfield
Union (Springfield, Massachusetts; 1947-1987)
The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas; 1923-1984)
The Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, Georgia; 1923-1993)

It would also be possible for us to purchase our own selection of titles from these three series.

After trying 20th-Century American Newspapers, Series 1-3 1923-1990s, please leave your comments below. Please specify which newspaper titles you are most interested in. You can choose the anonymous option to comment without needing to have a Blogger account, but it helps if you include your name in your feedback so that we can follow up on comments.

The Sunday Times Digital Archive 1822-2006 purchased

We have purchased The Sunday Times Digital Archive 1822-2006. Access is available now from http://infotrac.galegroup.com.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/itweb/livuni?db=STHA and also through Gale NewsVault.

The Library Catalogue, Discover, and the library web pages will be updated in due course.

TRIAL: The Sunday Times Digital Archive, 1822-2006

We have a trial of The Sunday Times Digital Archive, 1822-2006, until 14th June 2012.

To access this trial go to http://infotrac.galegroup.com.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/itweb/livuni?db=STHA.

In the nineteenth century, The Sunday Times had similar obsessions to much of the Victorian press, with extensive coverage of court cases, executions and grisly crimes to titillate its readers. However, it also developed a reputation for its considerable arts coverage, especially the London theatre and music scene.

In the twentieth century, the newspaper returned to its founding ethos of holding the powerful to account. In 1963, it formed the Insight Team, which became world famous for cutting-edge investigative journalism. The Insight Team broke many of the key stories of the twentieth century, including a decade-long campaign for the victims of thalidomide, the exposure of Kim Philby as a Soviet double agent (1st October 1967), and the revelations about the Israeli nuclear weapons programme (5th October 1986). Articles from the Insight Team have been categorized with the label "Insight" in the archive.

Despite the similarity of names, The Sunday Times was an entirely separate paper from The Times until 1st January 1967, when both papers came under the common ownership of Times Newspapers Ltd. To this day, The Sunday Times remains editorially independent from The Times, with its own remit and perspective on the news.

After trying  The Sunday Times Digital Archive, 1822-2006,  please leave your comments below. You can choose the anonymous option to comment without needing to have a Blogger account, but it helps if you include your name in your feedback so that we can follow up on comments.

Problem with Burney Collection / British Newspapers 1600-1900 - fixed

The problem accessing the Burney Collection and British Newspapers 1600-1900 has been resolved. If you still experience problems, Cengage Gale recommend you delete your temporary internet files and cookies, close your browser and reopen it.

And you can still access both collections, and our other Gale newspaper archives, at the Gale NewsVault.

21 recent years added to The Times Digital Archive

The Times Digital Archive now covers 1785-2006. Previously it only covered up until 1985. It has also been given a much needed new interface with powerful new search options and a much cleaner look, bringing it into line with our other Gale newspaper archives: the Economist, FT, Illustrated London News, Picture Post and TLS, as well as our collections of 17-19th century UK and US newspaper archives.

Links to the Times Digital Archive have not changed. You can access it via its catalogue record, via our A-Z Databases list in LibGuides, or via or e-Newspapers page and its associated Digitized Newspapers LibGuide.

Alternatively you can search all Gale digitized newspapers archives together at the Gale NewsVault.

Incidentally, the BL British Newspaper Archive that was launched this week contains some of the digitised newspapers that we have (that JISC digitised for the BL) and in time it will contain all of those, but it also contains many more newspapers digitised by brightsolid. The site is free to search but individuals have to pay to view full-text, much like other family history websites such as ancestry.co.uk.

If you want to view full-text and don’t want to pay then you have to travel to the BL to access it from the British Library reading rooms! We are told that JISC will be in negotiation with the British Library about gaining access to the new content.

Two Black American Newspaper Archives purchased

We have purchased the archives of two black American newspapers: The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988) and New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993). Both appear in the library catalogue and LibGuides (including our A-Z list of databases).

Founded by former slave John Henry Murphy, Sr. when he merged three church publications, The Baltimore Afro-American became one of the most widely circulated African-American newspapers on the Atlantic Coast. In addition to featuring the first black female reporter (Murphy's daughter) and female sportswriters, the papers contributors have included writer Langston Hughes, intellectual J. Saunders Redding, artist Romare Bearden, and sports editor Sam Lacy, whose column influenced the desegregation of professional sports. Through the decades, the newspaper fought for equal employment rights, urged African-American participation in politics, and advocated state-funded higher education for blacks. In the 1930s, The Afro-American launched The Clean Block campaign, which is still in existence today, to clean up inner-city neighbourhoods and fight crime. It stationed correspondents in Europe and the Pacific during World War II, providing first-hand reports to readers. In the 1950s, working with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the newspapers efforts contributed to the outlawing of public school segregation.

From an initial $10 investment, the New York Amsterdam News grew to become one of the nations leading black newspapers and one of New Yorks most influential black-owned institutions. For nearly a century, it has helped influence and promote the causes and aspirations of African-Americans. The New York Amsterdam News captured the vibrancy and cultural richness of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, advocated for the desegregation of the U.S. military during World War II, and fought against discriminatory employment practices and other civil rights abuses in the 1960s.

Voices from Wartime France 1939-1945 now available

We have purchased Voices from Wartime France 1939-1945: Clandestine Resistance and Vichy Newspapers on the Archives Unbound platform (where we also have East Germany from Stalinization to the New Economic Policy, 1950-1963). Access is available now and it will appear in the library catalogue and LibGuides (including our A-Z list of databases) very soon.

Voices from Wartime France, 1939-45: Clandestine Resistance and Vichy Newspapers constitutes the sum of the French press that actually reached Britain during the Occupation of 1940-44. It is the record of what was known by the British about the hearts and minds of the French people at the most dramatic period of their shared history. This unique collection offers the complete French holdings of the British Library, acquired through a variety of intelligence, clandestine and neutral sources, offering as full a view of life during the War as was possible at the time.

The British Library holds many resistance titles never acquired by the Bibliothèque Nationale, because it was under German occupation. Indeed this is the biggest and most important collection of titles from Occupied France anywhere outside France, and has remained almost unknown to the scholarly community. Offering a full picture of the basis on which many key political decisions were made in Britain about the conduct of the war in France, this significant discovery will offer new light on a much studied period.

Resistance papers were produced anonymously by the Maquis, deep in the provinces, and smuggled to Britain to be used by the Foreign Office Intelligence Division.

The Listener Historical Archive 1929-1991 now available

Following a successful trial we are delighted to announce that we have now purchased The Listener Historical Archive 1929-1991. Access is available now and it will appear in the library catalogue and LibGuides (including our A-Z list of databases) very soon.

Developed as the medium for reproducing broadcasts, The Listener (1929-1991) was the weekly newspaper published by the BBC. The complete archive of this landmark publication is an essential witness to the intellectual and cultural history of the twentieth century, and also to the golden years of radio and television.

Picture Post Historical Archive now available

Following a successful trial we are delighted to announce that we have now purchased the Picture Post Historical Archive. Access is available now and it will appear in the library catalogue and LibGuides (including our A-Z list of databases) very soon.

The Picture Post Historical Archive contains every issue of the pioneering photojournalism newspaper. High-principled yet entertaining, and featuring a whole stable of extraordinarily talented photographers, Picture Post (1938-1957) was read by an estimated 80% of the British population at its peak. It is an essential resource for studying international social and political issues of the day, and how they were brought into popular consciousness.

TRIAL: The Listener and Picture Post Historical Archives

We have trial access to:

The Listener Historical Archive 1929-1991
The Picture Post Historical Archive 1938-1957

until 9th June 2011.

Access is available at www.galeuk.com/trialsite, and you will need to log in with the trial username and password. If you try either or both of these resource, please leave your feedback via the comments form below, indicating which resource(s) you are referring to.

Further information from the publishers:

The Listener was a weekly magazine established by the BBC in 1929 under its Director-General Lord Reith. It was the intellectual counterpart to the BBC listings magazine, Radio Times. Developed as the medium for reproducing broadcast talks – initially on radio, but in later years television as well - The Listener is one of the few records and means of accessing the content of many early broadcasts. As well as commenting on and expanding on the intellectual broadcasts of the week, The Listener also previewed major literary and musical programmes and regularly reviewed new books.

Over its 62 year history, it attracted the contributions of E. M. Forster, George Orwell, Bertrand Russell, George Bernard Shaw and Virginia Woolf. It also provided an important platform for new writers and poets, with W. H. Auden, Sylvia Plath and Philip Larkin being notable examples.

Articles were diverse, with features on the death of King George V; a series of essays accompanying Sir Kenneth Clark’s landmark art history programme Civilization, interviews with authors such as Vladimir Nabokov; and the historian Geoffrey Elton writing on the decline of British universities in the 1960s. What united them was the BBC’s cultural mission (as envisaged by Reith) of educating the masses.

Covering Latin America culture and society from the 15th century to the present day, the collection consists of a Portal and Archive component. Launching with 293 portals based on Person, Topic, Event, Named Work and Country types users can delve into over 1.3M pages of archival material (Archive) and hundreds of periodicals, newspapers, magazines, reports, and data feeds (Portal). The Portal and Archive components work together in perfect complement, but each can be purchased or subscribed to individually depending on the needs of the library. The multi-disciplinary range of Gale World Scholar: Latin America & the Caribbean ensures it meets the needs of researchers, postgraduates and undergraduates with interests in regional studies, history, political science, anthropology, sociology, economics and international relations.

Gale World Scholar is unrivalled in its ability to integrate learning and research content into the one online resource, encouraging students to become researchers. This resource instructs students in the basics providing them with the essential context they need to do more challenging research.

The Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938-1957 consists of the complete, fully searchable facsimile archive of The Picture Post, the iconic newspaper published in Britain from 1938-1957 that defined the style of photojournalism in the 20th century. As the latest addition to Gale's Historical Newspapers Collection , The Picture Post provides students and researchers with online access to a unique visual record of the 1930s to 1950s - from the humorous and light-hearted snapshots of daily life to the serious and history defining moments of domestic and international affairs.

TLS Historical Archive updated

We're now linking to the TLS Historical Archive at a new site:

http://find.galegroup.com.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/tlsh/start.do?userGroupName=livuni

The new site features an additional year of content (it now includes up to 2006 instead of 2005) and new features:

• New image viewer that allows you to grab, pan and make images full-screen providing an enhanced viewing experience
   
• The creation of user accounts that allow you to save articles and searches, which works across all other Gale products with the same feature.

Economist Historical Archive updated

We're now linking to the Economist Historical Archive at a new site:

http://find.galegroup.com.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/econ/start.do?prodId=ECON&userGroupName=livuni

The new site features an additional year of content (it now includes up to 2007 instead of 2006) and new features:

• New image viewer that allows you to grab, pan and make images full-screen providing an enhanced viewing experience
   
• The creation of user accounts that allow you to save articles and searches, which works across all other Gale products with the same feature.

Soon the Economist Historical Archive will be integrated with Gale NewsVault the platform for cross-searching Gale newspaper archives.

The Illustrated London News Historical Archive,1842-2003, purchased

We are delighted to announce that after a successful trial, the library has purchased The Illustrated London News Historical Archive,1842-2003.

Access is available now (with off-campus access via EZproxy as usual) and a catalogue record has been created.

With its debut in 1842 the Illustrated London News became the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper, sparking a revolution in journalism and news reporting. The publication presented a vivid picture of British and world events - including news of war, disasters, royalty, social affairs, the arts and science. Containing over 260,000 full colour pages, fully searchable and browseable, the ILN Historical Archive 1842-2003 provides unprecedented access to the entire run of this unique historical record.

Daily Express Archive purchased

Following our succesful trial of the Daily Express Archive, which yielded several positive comments, and higher usage than the Daily Mirror Archive to which we already subscribe on the same platform, we are delighted to announce that we have now purchased the Daily Express Archive in perpetuity.

Access is available now at UKPressOnline and a catalogue record has been created. The Daily Express Archive can be searched together with the Daily Mirror Archive, or on its own. Off-campus access is provided through EZproxy as usual.

Note that we currently have trial access to the Sunday Express, Daily Star, Star on Sunday and Watchman but access to these will expire soon.

Irish Newspaper Archives now available

Following the unprecedented number of comments in response to our extended trial, we have now purchased 15 years' access to Irish Newspaper Archives. Access is now available from http://www.irishnewsarchive.com.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/ or through our e-Newspapers or Historical Collections online pages. Catalogue records for the individual newspapers within Irish Newspaper Archives will be available soon.

The Irish Newspaper Archive contains over 6 million pages in over 500,000 issues of Irish Newspaper publications. With national daily editions such as the Irish Independent, regional weekly editions including the Connacht Tribune, Kerryman and Anglo-Celt and out of print publications such as the Freeman's Journal and The Nation. Spanning back as far as 1763 with issues been converted from microfilm and running right up to current date where more recent issues are presented in full color. The contents of all issues are fully text searchable and reflect the full context and layout of each page.

This year the full archives of the Irish Press will be added to the site and seven Northern Irish titles are in the process of being uploaded. In the future, significant historical titles such as the Butte Independent and An Gael from the States will be added.

TRIAL: Express Group and The Watchman archives

We have a trial of the Express Group archive (comprising the Daily Express 1900 to current, Sunday Express 2000 to current, Daily Star 2000 to current, and Star Sunday 2002 to current) until 31st July 2010.

We have also been granted trial access to The Watchman, the first Methodist newspaper, which isn't officially released until August.

To access these trials go to: http://www.ukpressonline.co.uk.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/ukpressonline/database/search/advSearch.jsp.

You can read blog posts about the historical importance of the Daily Express and The Watchman.

After trying these newspaper archives please leave your comments below. You can choose the anonymous option to comment without needing to have a Blogger account, but it helps if you include your name in your feedback so that we can follow up on comments. Please be specific about which collections title(s) you are referring to.