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Historic books
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Newspapers & magazines

The printed press from 17th century- present

17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
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19th Century British Newspapers
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19th Century UK Periodicals: Series 1 - New Readerships
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British Newspapers 1600-1950
Search all our historic British Library Newspapers in one go
British Periodicals Collections I and II
European Newsstream
European newspapers, including UK. Tabloid and broadsheets from 1980s - present. Help video here: https://youtu.be/TXeERR5VFGQ
International Newsstream
International newspaper content, including UK. Help video here: https://youtu.be/TXeERR5VFGQ

Newspapers.com
US historic newspapers. This is a subscription service but they offer a 7 day free trial

Times Digital Archive
To log in type R + your student/staff card number (above the barcode on your card).You may need to add zeros after your student/staff number to make 9 characters in total, including the R. Access provided courtesy of The Hive partnership with Worcestershire County Council.

Television & sound

Historical and modern day TV and sound

Box of Broadcasts (BoB)

Britain on Film (BFI)
1,000s of beautifully preserved films, capturing 120 years of Britain on Film

British Library Sounds

British Pathe
The finest newsreel archive in the world.
Jewish Britain on Film
Jewish life on screen: a century of insights and hidden histories

Historic images

AP Images - Today in History
Historical events from the Associated Press archive.
British Library Images Online
Illustrations, drawings, paintings and photographs spanning almost 3000 years. Fees may be payable.
British Library on Flickr
Explore The British Library's 1023705 photos on Flickr
British Museum Images
The authoritative source of images depicting world culture and history including ceramics, sculpture, prints, drawings, and paintings.
Digital Bodleian
The image archives of the Bodleian. Everything from Tory party election posters to 19th century children's games.
Flickr Commons
Largely historical images made freely available by museums and libraries. Use the 'Commons' search box lower down the screen.
Getty Images- Archival
Vintage to contemporary - photos of iconic personalities and decisive cultural moments. Fees may be payable.

John Johnson Collection

National Portrait Gallery Image Collection
50,000+ portraits.
New York Public Library Digital Collections
A living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.
OpenGLAM
A list of open access collections. There may be a charge for images.
Reuters Pictures
News images going back to 1986. Fees may payable.

VADS-Visual Arts Data Services

Wellcome Images
One of the world's richest and most unique collections, with themes ranging from medical and social history to contemporary healthcare and biomedical science.

Historic books

Books from 1473-1900

Historical Texts
Historical Texts brings together three historically significant collections for the first time: Early English Books Online (EEBO), Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) and 65,000 texts from the British Library 19th Century collection.

The UK Medical Heritage Library collection is also available.
Early European Books - Collections 1 - 4

Stuart Collection
Over 1000 print books concerned with the period of history in which Britain was under Stuart rule (1603-1714)

Academic journals databases

Most of these databases can be searched simultaneously on the main Library page

List of all online History journals
All UW online History journal subscriptions

Academic Search Complete
British Periodicals Collections I and II
Cambridge University Press
JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collections I, II and III
Oxford Journals
Project MUSE - Humanities Collection
Proquest Central
The collection includes full-text scholarly journals, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, working papers, and market reports.
SAGE Complete A-Z List
Taylor & Francis Online

Miscellaneous

Other useful stuff

Archives Hub
Search across descriptions of archives from over 1,000 years of history, held at over 300 institutions across the UK

The Historical Association
Please contact your Academic Liaison Librarian for access.
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers - 18th Century (1688-1834)(UK Version)
JSTOR 19th Century British Pamphlets

UK Medical Heritage Library
Books and pamphlets on the 19th and early 20th century history of medicine and related disciplines

Worcestershire County Council Eresources
Includes the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. To log in use WOR+ your full student number, including the issue number e.g. WOR12345678. Access provided by our partnership with Worcester County Council.

Allie Taylor

Academic Liaison Librarian

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