Tag archive: Gale

The British Library has put two million pages from 49 different regional and national newspapers from the 19th and 20th century online. So now you can go there and read contemporary accounts of the Battle of Waterloo, and much, much more. Publications covered include more than newspapers, but also journals like the Illustrated Police News. The service was created jointly by the British Library, the Joint Information Systems Committee and… Read More

The Economist is one of the world’s most respect magazines covering politics and business. Beginning in December, you will be able to access its fullarchives, dating back to 1843, according to a report in the Guardian.   That’s around 600,000 pages of material, and it’s due to apartnership between the Economist and Gale, which is part of Cengage Learning.   In many cases, a magazine digitizing its archives would just… Read More