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Reading Lists
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Got an assignment? Have you looked at the reading list to see lecturer recommendations? Try these extensive primary sources covering newspapers, periodicals and magazines from 1600 onwards
A collection covering the growth of readership, including magazines for women, children and leisure interests.
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The text of 460 journals published between the 1680s and the 1930s. This archive includes millions of facsimile pages from a wide range of publications from scholarly and professional titles through to art periodicals, penny weeklies and illustrated family magazines.
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Access the full text of popular entertainment industry magazine archives, including New Musical Express, Variety, The Stage and Screen International.
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Originally known as The London Gazette, this was the first official journal of record and the newspaper of the Crown. The Gazette became an authoritative and reliable source of news. Today, The Gazette is divided into service-specific areas of interest: Wills and Probate, Insolvency and the All Notices board; with sector-related guides, industry news and other useful resources encouraging users to tailor searches. To access historic content from 1665 onwards, use the column down the left where there is a publication date option.
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Search the backfiles of leading women's magazines from the late-19th century through to 2005. Titles include Company, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Parents, Prima, Seventeen and She from the UK, US and Canada. If you want to search just the UK versions, go to Advanced Search, then scroll to Place of Publication and tick London. Access more recent content via PressReader.
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Referencing
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