Torbay Library Services have subscribed to a selection of newspapers which you can access online and free of charge.
You can search either Newsbank or the Times Digital Archive.
Newsbank provides access to articles from the following major dailies:
- The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph
- The Times and The Sunday Times
- The Financial Times
- The Guardian / The Observer
- The Independent / Sunday Independent
- The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday
- The Daily Mirror and The Sunday Mirror
- The News of the World
- The Sun
- The Daily Express / Sunday Express
- The London Standard
- The New York Times
- The Washington Post
- The Western Morning News
The Times Digital Archive provides the complete page of every issue of the London Times from 1785 to 1985.
You can retrieve full facsimile images of a specific article or the complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into a number of categories to facilitate searching.
How to Access Newsbank and the Times Digital Archive
Anyone can access these services online at their local library. Members of the library can access these services anywhere, even from home! All you need to do is enter your library bar code number.
If you are a member of the library you can start searching these amazing resources right now.To access newspapers online use the online search facility and enter your library borrower number.
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