History - Medieval & Early Modern Europe: News & Newspapers

Northwestern Community only (available only to Northwestern faculty, students, and staff)

• 17th -18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers 
  Searchable full-text access to the British Library’s collection of the newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817)–the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media. More than twelve hundred titles and almost one million pages are included.
  
  
• Hemeroteca digital, for the Biblioteca Nacional de Espana
  The collection consists of 143 titles (500,000 pages) from a variety of the Spanish press. Dates range from 1772 to 1933.
  
  
• Gallica
  Digital Library from the Bibliotheque Nationale de France
  
  
• Historical Newspapers: A Guide to Finding Resources at Northwestern University Library (Word)

For further information, contact:

Harriet Lightman
Head, Academic Liaison Services
Subject Librarian for History, Economics, and Philosophy
Northwestern University Library
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208-2300
h-lightman@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-2920
Office Location: Room 2622, 2nd Floor, East Tower, Main Library