Newspapers

The Library has a comprehensive collection of contemporary and historical newspapers available.

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Contemporary newspapers

 – Provides news content from a range of UK national and regional newspapers, international and foreign language news sources.

 – Content includes: Daily Express (1900-present); Daily Star (2000-present); Daily Star Sunday (2002-present); Daily Worker (1930-1955); Morning Star (1997-present); Sunday Express (2000-present).

 – Online subscription covers unlimited access to all articles at Economist.com.

 – Online edition and access to the ePaper, an exact digital replica of different editions of the printed newspaper (eg UK, Asia, USA).

 – Unlimited access to THE content online.


Newspaper archives

East View Global Press Archive:

Gale Primary Sources:

Proquest Historical Newspapers:

 – A digital collection of alternative press newspapers.

 – Offers electronic versions of Irish newspapers from the 1700s to the present.

 - The Rand Daily Mail was an English-language newspaper published in Johannesburg from 1902-1985

For further archives containing newspaper content, please visit .


Foreign language newspapers

Japanese newspapers available in the Library


Microfilm newspapers

We hold a range of newspaper archives on microfilm in Western Bank Library. If you wish to consult a newspaper on microfilm, please email library@sheffield.ac.uk to make an appointment.
 

List of microfilm newspapers

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We offer a generous package of financial support for international postgraduate taught students, including scholarships worth ?10,000 towards the original tuition fee.

Applications are open for existing offer holders for a postgraduate taught programme starting in September 2025.