Newspapers Online
NewsUK is an online service
developed to provide national and regional news. It combines 68 of
the most popular British newspaper titles in one database under
three categories - National Newspapers, Regional Newspapers and
Magazines. Use NewsUK to find information on a person, place or
current event, to research college assignments, find reports about
schools performance, keep up to date with current business trends,
read the latest book reviews, follow the latest political debates,
and discover the nearest exhibitions or events in your area. To
access NewsUK from home click on the above link. Then on the NewsUK
homepage look for the login box for public library users. Type your
library card barcode into this box and click login. A drop-down
list of different library services will appear. Scroll down the
list and highlight the Vale of Glamorgan Libraries then click
submit.
The Times Digital
Archive lets you view scanned pages of the Times from 1785 to
1985. Please note that the library service has one concurrent
subscription to the Times Digital archive. If you are unable to
gain access it means someone else is using it, so please try again
later. To access the Times from home you will need to enter your
library card number.
19th Century British
Library Newspapers
offers digitised versions of national, regional and local 19th
century British newspapers. It includes 48 titles, totalling
approximately 2.2 million pages, which reflect the social and
political developments of the time. Special attention was paid to
include newspapers that helped lead particular political or social
movements such as Reform, Chartism, and Home Rule. The penny papers
aimed at the working and clerical classes are also present in the
collection. It includes 3 Welsh Language titles Genedl, Goleuad and
Banner Cymru. It also includes the Western Mail from 1st May 1869 –
31st Dec 1900. This was the period when Barry Docks was built and
you can read the original reporting from the Western Mail’s
campaign against it.
UKPressOnline
lets you view and download searchable, as-published pages and
editions of the Daily Mirror from 1903 to the present day. To
access the Mirror from home, you will need to enter your library
card number.