This link opens in a new windowCovers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
This link opens in a new windowJSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Some titles go back to the 1880s.
This link opens in a new windowCUP journals: full-text access to subscribed titles & backfile archive (varies from title to title, generally Vol.1 no.1 up until 2000). Strong in Humanities & Social Sciences.
This link opens in a new windowAccess to academic journals for a range of disciplines, including Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
This link opens in a new windowOnline access to all journals from Taylor & Francis and Routledge. The collection includes full text titles in a wide range of science and social science subject areas.
This link opens in a new windowA broad, multidisciplinary, full-text academic database of journals, books and reference works.
We subscribe to historic newspaper databases in which you can search for news articles about national events, as well as issues of local and regional importance, letters to the editor written by the newspaper’s readers, including illuminating contemporary debates, aspirations and anxieties as well as obituaries and advertisements.
This link opens in a new window19th Century British Library Newspapers: full runs of influential newspapers from different political & cultural segments of 19th century Britain, incl. Northampton Mercury.
This link opens in a new windowDiscover the events, lives, values, and themes that shaped the British Empire and the nineteenth-century world.
This link opens in a new windowThe British Library Newspapers is a comprehensive digital archive of historic British newspapers (1732-1950), with new conservation and imaging techniques providing unparalleled access. Find influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of British society.
This link opens in a new windowSearchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from 17th to early 20th centuries, millions of high-res page images. Topics: literature, philosophy, history, science, social sciences, music, art, drama, archaeology & architecture.
This link opens in a new windowThe Burney collection is the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media. Search over 700 newspaper titles and pamphlets from the collection of Reverend Charles Burney, mostly published in London. It is held by the British Library and is a valuable resource for historians.
This link opens in a new windowThe Times Digital Archive is a searchable database of over 200 years of The Times of London, covering major international historical events from the French Revolution to the Falklands War.
This link opens in a new windowUse ECCO to access the digital images of every page of books published during the 18th Century. With full-text searching of millions of pages, the product allows researchers new methods of access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more.
This link opens in a new windowEarly English Books Online (EEBO) contains page images of every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473–1700.