News and media can be useful sources of information on legal developments and their impact on society and populations. While academic journals offer in-depth legal analysis, newspapers and other media sources provide real-time perspectives and allow you to conduct preliminary legal research and gain an understanding of public discourse on legal issues.
It is important to critically evaluate information from news and media sources: consider the source's reputation, potential biases and the author's reputation before incorporating it into your legal analysis or argument, and verify any information presented against primary legal sources such as legislation and case law. You should also make sure that you use media sources alongside - not instead of - academic, peer-reviewed sources such as books and journal articles.
You can use the links below to search the news archives to which the library subscribes.
Factiva is the Library's key newspaper database, offering full text access to thousands of newspapers from around the world, in a variety of languages. It includes many key national newspapers of record, as well as more local or regional newspapers. Additional content comes from Web newspapers, news wires, and business information sources.
Gale Primary Sources provides access to a range of collections and newspaper archives. These databases include the Archives of Sexuality and Gender; British Library Newspapers; Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920; 17th and 18th Century Burney Newspapers Collection; and more.
This historical newspaper archive provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
