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Our Collections: Newspapers & Magazines

Newspapers and Magazines

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You can access a vast range of newspapers and magazines online and free of charge with your Roehampton login – both current and historical content. 

These make great sources of information for your assignments, whether you are looking at reports of past events as they happened, or up-to-the-minute coverage of current affairs. 

You can use them to identify changing political, economic, linguistic and social trends, by tracking commentary on issues over time; or read reviews of art and culture across the generations. Or even just read about your favourite leisure pursuits in a study break!

See below for more information about how to access these resources.

 

Current Newspapers and Magazines

The Library subscribes to a wide range of current newspapers and magazines that you can access free of charge with your Roehampton login. Most can be accessed via the PressReader app, but some titles are individual subscriptions. See below for further details. 

Past Newspapers and Magazines: digital archives

The Library subscribes to a several digital archives of historical newspapers, magazines and other ephemera such as pamphlets, theatre programmes, playbills etc. These rich sources of material, also known as "primary sources", go back as far as the 17th century and give a direct connection to past events.