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Newspapers and other online news sources from the 17th-21st centuries
Newspapers are a valuable resource for researching not only news but also many other aspects of political, economic, social and cultural life. In this session we will introduce key online sources of news and how to make best use of them. The focus will be on historical and contemporary newspapers from the 17th century across most countries of the world. After the session participants will understand: the value of newspapers in research; the difficulties of using newspapers in research and effective search techniques, and be able to use a range of sources for searching and reading: 1. historical newspapers 2. contemporary newspapers 3.audio-visual news sources.
Intended audience: Taught student; Researcher and research student
Date:
18 February 2026, 11:30
Venue:
Online via Microsoft Teams
Speakers:
Jo Gardner (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford),
Isabel Holowaty (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford),
Rachel D'Arcy Brown (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Bodleian Research and Learning Support
Organiser:
Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ask/workshops#/course/OXFORDBODL/ISKILL0064
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Members of the University of Oxford, Oxford University Hospitals and Bodleian reader card holders.
Editors:
Helen Bond,
Melanie Smith
