Literature

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On trial until 11th July 2024: Early English Books Online (EEBO) via ProQuest - once you have a paragraph about EEBO on screen, look at the bottom line where it says Cross searchable on ProQuest and click ProQuest to get through to the books 

Try these extensive primary sources covering newspapers, periodicals and magazines from 1600 onwards

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Look here for a great variety of UK and international sources

A collection covering the growth of readership, including magazines for women, children and leisure interests.


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The text of 460 journals published between the 1680s and the 1930s. This archive includes millions of facsimile pages from a wide range of publications from scholarly and professional titles through to art periodicals, penny weeklies and illustrated family magazines.

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Access the full text of popular entertainment industry magazine archives, including New Musical Express, Variety, The Stage and Screen International.

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Originally known as The London Gazette, this was the first official journal of record and the newspaper of the Crown. The Gazette became an authoritative and reliable source of news. Today, The Gazette is divided into service-specific areas of interest: Wills and Probate, Insolvency and the All Notices board; with sector-related guides, industry news and other useful resources encouraging users to tailor searches. To access historic content from 1665 onwards, use the column down the left where there is a publication date option.


fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Search the backfiles of leading women's magazines from the late-19th century through to 2005. Titles include Company, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Parents, Prima, Seventeen and She from the UK, US and Canada. If you want to search just the UK versions, go to Advanced Search, then scroll to Place of Publication and tick London. Access more recent content via PressReader.

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Your Subject Team

 Anne Worden

Faculty Librarian

email Anne.Worden@port.ac.uk

phone (023) 9284 3243

 Sharon Bittner

Assistant Faculty Librarian

email sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk

phone (023) 9284 3234