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A guide to finding newspapers for your research

Guide to Newspapers

This Newspaper Guide directs students to an information source useful for finding out about current events, as well as a primary source material in historical research.  The guide covers:

Current Newspapers

Historical Newspapers

Newspapers in Black and White by Jon S.
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Newspapers

Newspapers

Newspapers are an important primary resource for historical research because they reflect our society, laws, politics etc.,  as it was at specific points in time, but they also contribute to knowledge of current events for media students, business students and many other subjects.

For more information on using newspapers for history, see Bates, D. (2016)  Historical research using British newspapers, Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books. Copy located in Coleraine campus library at DA26.B38