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Scottish national newspapers.

  • The Scotsman online archives - you can view every issue of The Scotsman from 1817 to 1950 (fee applies). The first edition, dated Saturday 25th January 1817, is available free of charge.
  • The Scotsman Newspaper - Wednesday 14th May 1823 available online free of charge.
  • The Herald - Scotland’s morning broadsheet newspaper. Archive section dating back to Jan 1998 only.
  • Scotland on Sunday and The Scotsman - Scotland’s daily broadsheet newspapers. Archive section back to 2002.
  • The Sunday Herald - Scottish broadsheet newspaper. Archive section dates back to Jan 2002 only.
  • The Sunday Post - a Scottish tradition. Sunday tabloid with no known archive section.
  • The Scottish Weekly Press - regional newspapers around Scotland. Site lists all publications and highlights regions covered.
  • British Library newspaper collection - the national archive collections of British and overseas newspapers is located at the British Library. The collections, which include popular magazines and periodicals, are made available in hard copy, in microform, and on CD-ROM in the Newspaper Reading Rooms in Colindale, north west London.
  • Google newspaper archive - a fully searchable archive of historical newspapers, some dating back 200 years. Much is US-based, but The Guardian and The Times are included from the UK.
  • Historical Newspapers - provides reference material for 19th and 20th century history. Subscription site only, although a free trial period is available.

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