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Newspapers online - external links
*[http://news.google.com/newspapers Google news] Free site with vast selection of old newspapers and an overall search facility.
*[http://gale.cengage.co.uk/times.aspx The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985]. Access to the Times Archive is available with various [https://mynews.secure.force.com/webjourney/webj_subscription?url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%252Ftto%252Farchive%252F current subscriptions] to the ''Times'', unless you have free access through a library . Refer [[Miscellaneous tips]]. Available in the [[British Library]] Reading Rooms.
*[http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast] - British Newspapers and Irish Newspapers are available to individuals with a Pro subscription (previously called World subscription, or the top subscription) but not via library and community subscriptions. (Previously British newspapers were also available with the British subscription, but this no longer appliesfor new subscriptions.). The newspapers are from the collection of the [[British Library]] and are the same newspapers as are included in the British Newspaper Archive<ref name=BNA>[https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2017/05/28/webinar-qa/ Webinar Q&A] British Newspaper Archive blog May 28, 2017.</ref> see following item. The date ranges for the newspapers are not listed directly available on the BNA; while the date range is available on findmypast, but are listed on it is somewhat hidden and accessed through the BNADate filter. The Search may be better on the BNA, (BNA says it is "more sophisticated"<ref name=BNA/>) and some people are known to search on the BNA, and then access the images on findmypast.'''Update''' 2020/01. ''The Times of India'' is available 1861-1888, and also [[Newspapers and journals online#Madras Courier| ''Madras Courier'']]. These newspapers are in the category "British Newspapers".:There is also the category "Newspapers & Periodicals"/US & World newspapers, whose newspapers are '''not''' available on the British Newspaper Archive. *:*[[FamilySearch]] includes two collections which consist of index records*:**[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2562514 British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices] "A collection of marriage and birth notices found in different British Newspapers. This collection comes from The British Newspaper Archive, and is a collaborative project with FindMyPast.com".*:**[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2562508 British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries] "A collection of obituaries found in the British Newspaper Archives. This is a collaborative project with FindMyPast.com". Places of death: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland. *:*:To access the images from which the index records are obtained you will need to search the category "Newspapers and periodicals" on [[findmypast]], or the British Newspaper Archive, (see following item).*[http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/help/about British Newspaper Archive] is a pay site, with newspapers from the collection of the British Library. The same newspaper are also available on findmypast, refer above. The majority of the newspapers were published 1800-1900. However the website does include some published pre 1800 and a few post 1900. A list of publications is located on the [http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ Home Page] (also from any page/Search/Browse by title) or the page [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/home/NewspaperTitles Newspaper Titles]. Now includes some Irish newspapers. Search is free with pay to view full article - also available at no cost in the [[British Library]] Reading Rooms, and some other libraries etc. '''Update''' 2020/01 ''The Times of India'' is available 1861-1888 (with planned extension to 1889) with details in a [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/times-of-india BNA] link, and also [[Newspapers and journals online#Madras Courier| ''Madras Courier'']].*[http://www.irishnewsarchive.com Irish Newspaper Archives] is a [https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/sign_up1.php pay site] also available as a subscription website through subscribing libraries. Currently (October 20122020/01) it contains 23 approximately 70 titles, mainly from the 1900s, but with some earlier publications dating back to the 1700s. This website may also be accessed (free) from the [[British Library]] Reading Rooms.
*[http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/home Welsh Newspapers Online]. Free online resource from the National Library of Wales. Currently (2018/07) includes content to 1919.
*[http://gale.cengage.co.uk/product-highlights/history/illustrated-london-news.aspx Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842-2003]. Available if your library has a subscription, refer [[Miscellaneous tips]]. Available in the [[British Library]] Reading Rooms. This publication is also available on [[findmypast]] and the British Newspaper Archive, refer above.
*[http://spiderbites.nytimes.com/ New York Times archive index (1851 to date)] Index to free and pay articles (or [http://query.nytimes.com/search/alternate/query?query=&st=fromcse search], changing to the option to NYT Articles 1851-1980).
*[http://www.elephind.com/ Elephind] Free search of 1,800 newspapers from 14 countries
*[httphttps://www.theeuropeanlibraryeuropeana.orgeu/tel4portal/en/collections/newspapers Historic Europeana Collections: Newspapers] Newspapers from ''The European Library''across Europe, from 20 countries, dating from 1618 to 1996. This is Free content with a work in progress with “much more to come throughout 2014”. Content is provided by National LibrariesSearch. (retrieved 7 June 2014)
*[http://www.xooxleanswers.com/free-newspaper-archives/newspaper-archives-europe/ European Newspaper Archives] includes links to both free and pay websites in Britain and other countries in Europe. XooxleAnswers. (retrieved 7 June 2014)
 
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/southasianhistor0000case/page/n5/mode/2up ''South Asian History, 1750-1950; a Guide to Periodicals, Dissertations, and Newspapers''] by Margaret H Case 1968. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
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