Explore LGBTQ history, a large collection of searchable primary source material on the social, political, health and legal issues impacting the LGBTQ communities around the world.
Art History Research Net (AHR net) provides full text access to a range of late nineteenth and early twentieth century art, architecture and design publications.
Search the world's largest collection of historical documents from anywhere for free on FamilySearch. Create a free FamilySearch account to use FamilySearch.
Access even more records, including images and names indexes in our FamilySearch Affiliate Library Collections on our Family History Computers at
Explore this new collection of searchable primary source material on Counterculture, Social Movements and Alternative Press.
Explore the history of refugees and forced migration during World War II through this new collection of primary sources.
The newspapers and news pamphlets gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757‒1817) represent the largest single collection of seventeenth and eighteenth-century English news media.
American newspapers from 1800s with a huge collection of urban and rural newspapers from coast to coast.
Trace your family history. Includes records from United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Access on library computers at any of our libraries.
Available for in-library use only
Explore LGBTQ history, a large collection of searchable primary source material on the social, political, health and legal issues impacting the LGBTQ communities around the world.
Art History Research Net (AHR net) provides full text access to a range of late nineteenth and early twentieth century art, architecture and design publications.
The most comprehensive range of regional and local newspapers printed in Britain from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. With more than 240 newspaper titles, this full digital collection encompasses approximately 6.4 million pages of historic content, from articles to advertisements.
The historical archive of the Daily Mail includes advertisements, news stories and images that capture 20th century culture and society. From its first issue in 1896 to the end of 2004, and provides insight it gives into the interests of the mass-market, ‘everyman’ reader.
Search the world's largest collection of historical documents from anywhere for free on FamilySearch. Create a free FamilySearch account to use FamilySearch.
Access even more records, including images and names indexes in our FamilySearch Affiliate Library Collections on our Family History Computers at
Search a selection of newspaper and magazine archives, monographs and manuscripts all cross-searchable, full text and full image of papers is available.
News coverage from the past two centuries from The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003).
Institute of Cadastral Surveying (ICS) Index is an electronic copy of Access cadastral survey plans from around Aotearoa New Zealand. Cadastral survey plans are plans that show a property’s legal boundaries, area and dimensions. The ICS Cadastral Index offers the users of survey plans and an electronic copy of bulk pre 300,000 survey plans as imaged by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) for Landonline.
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Only available at Our libraries with Family History Computers
With its debut in 1842, the Illustrated London News became the world's first fully illustrated weekly newspaper, marking a revolution in journalism and news reporting. This archive includes every published issue, from the first in 1842 to the last in 2003, it combines information and the power of pictures.
Digital versions of The Irish Times (1859-2022) and the Weekly Irish Times (1876-1958).
Kete Christchurch was an online resource bringing together records of local events, people, places and events - current and historical. The aim was to gather knowledge held by the community about the Christchurch and Banks Peninsula area by inviting people to share stories, photos, video and audio.
Kete Christchurch was supported by the Aotearoa Peoples Network Kaharoa and Christchurch City Libraries.
Kete Christchurch was discontinued in June 2022 and the material from Kete Christchurch is being migrated to Canterbury Stories, our place for collecting and presenting online collections from our digitised archives, publications, photographs and community.
Digitised New Zealand newspapers, periodicals, letters, diaries and parliamentary papers from 1839 to 1945. Coverage includes The Press from 1861 to 1989.
The complete archive of the Picture Post from its first issue in 1938 to its last in 1957—all digitized from originals in full colour. Picture Post (1938-1957) provides a fascinating snapshot of British life from the 1930s to the 1950s, with thousands of photos of ordinary people doing ordinary things -- from boys rolling a tyre, to a view of a postwar bedsit, to young women on a rollercoaster -- all caught in a single moment in time.
Explore this new collection of searchable primary source material on Counterculture, Social Movements and Alternative Press.
Digital archive of full text and full image newspapers dating back to the 18th century.
From 1841 to 1992, Punch was the world's most celebrated magazine of wit and satire. From its early years as a campaigner for social justice to its transformation into national icon, Punch played a central role in the formation of British identity—and how the rest of the world saw the British nation.
Explore the history of refugees and forced migration during World War II through this new collection of primary sources.
Search rare nineteenth and twentieth-century archives on topics like the evolving modes of flight, World's Fairs, and more.
This archive brings two centuries of news together in one resource, providing the complete run of the newspaper up to 2006, including all of its supplements. It allows users to easily explore over 180 years of news, investigative reporting, and commentary from Britain’s premier Sunday publication.
Full digital version of The Times newspaper (1785-2025), the oldest daily newspaper in continuous publication.
