British Newspapers IV, 1780-1950

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Overview

British Newspapers IV, 1780-1950 [1] provides access to national, regional, and local newspapers published in Britain between the late 18^th to mid-20^th centuries, reflecting the social, political, and cultural events of the times. This group of titles extends the previous digital collections Gale created from the British Library collections.

Provider:

Gale [2]

Posted:

Oct 3, 2014 11:14am

Updated:

Oct 11, 2018 5:23pm

Source

CRL reviews are based on independent research. Information is researched by CRL staff and other specialists at CRL libraries. See CRL Review for additional source notes.

See:

British Library Newspapers: Part I-V, 1800-1950 [3]

Details

Collection Content

Subject Areas:

Arts and Humanities

Social Sciences

Resource Types:

Newspapers

Major Languages:

English

- Denotes data sourced directly from publisher

Terms and Provider Details

Provider:

Gale [2]

Website:

http://www.cengage.com/us/ [4]

Main Address:

27500 Drake Road

Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535

United States

CRL Review

Collection Content:

British Newspapers IV, 1780-1950 [1] provides access to national, regional, and local newspapers published in Britain between the late 18^th to mid-20^th centuries, reflecting the social, political, and cultural events of the times. This collection complements and extends the previous digital collections Gale created from the British Library collections: 19th Century British Library Newspapers (Parts I and II), and British Newspapers Part III, 1780-1950.

Part IV extends the date coverage of selected titles from previous collections (such as Aberdeen Journal from 1900-1950) and further expands geographic coverage of titles from counties throughout England. Also represented are titles from Scotland and Northern Ireland (Belfast Morning News).

Titles for Part IV include:

Aberdeen Journal
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette
Belfast Morning News
Berkshire Chronicle
Cambridge Independent Press
Cheltenham Chronicle
Chester Chronicle
Derby Daily Telegraph
Dover Express
Dundee Courier
Edinburgh Evening News
Evening Telegraph
Gloucester Citizen
Grantham Journal
Islington Gazette
Leamington Spa Courier
Liverpool Daily Post
Nottingham Evening Post
Stamford Mercury
The Scots Magazine
Western Gazette
Yorkshire Gazette

Detailed issue-level metadata for the titles included in Part IV are included in the International Coalition on Newspapers (ICON) Database at the following location: http://icon.crl.edu/display_publications_by_collection.php?collection_id=40 [5]

Delivery:

The collection will be searchable through Gale's 19th Century British Newspapers interface, cross-searchable with the other three collections in that series. It is also part of Gale's NewsVault collection, and as such will become available through Gale's Artemis platform, which offers several advanced scholarly workflow tools.

Strengths and Weaknesses:

As with the other parts of this collection, titles selected for British Newspapers IV, 1780-1950 are sourced from the British Library's newspaper digitization effort undertaken in partnership with DC Thomson Family History (formerly brightsolid). The content is thus also available in open access on-site at the British Library and to subscribers through the British Newspaper Archive [6], though Gale has integrated the content into its research-oriented platforms (NewsVault, Artemis) for academic institutional subscribers.

Gale has selected resources for this collection to form a geographically dispersed and politically diverse body of material. The publication runs are often extensive, with many titles running 100 years or more. This part could be considered more esoteric than previous offerings, with the majority of titles representing smaller regional papers covering non-metropolitan areas. However, integrated with additonal parts of the British Newspapers, 1600-1950 collection, the material may provide valuable additional insight on histoical and social issues of 19th and 20th century Britain.

Sources

Sources for this review include information publicly posted or obtained directly from the publisher; data collected by CRL staff and specialists at CRL libraries; and examination of the digital collection when possible. Other sources are noted where cited. CRL continues to gather additional information on this resource and to solicit critical assessment.

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