Archaeology: Newspapers & Archaeology

Information about books, journals, databases and other useful archaeology resources

Why Newspapers?

Newspapers are very useful for identifying key trends, reviewing analysis of specific issues and tracing original research. They also provide a wealth of primary source material for scholarly research in many subject areas. UCD Library holds an extensive range of regional, national and international newspapers.

Further information on our Newspaper collections can be found here.

Newspaper Collections for Archaeology

Irish Newspapers Archives

Digital archive of over six million Irish national, regional and historical newspapers.

Irish Times

A full-text newspaper article database containing articles published in the Irish Times from 1995 to present. Full-text articles only, excludes images.

Irish Times Archive (1859-2011)

Contains the Irish Times Digital Archive - a fully searchable archive which includes every page published since the newspapers foundation in 1859. Coverage: 1859-2011.

Nexis Advance UK

Nexis Advance UK replaces Nexis UK and is the single most powerful global news and business information service with over 20,000 sources of authoritative news, company, financial and market research data.

The Times Digital Archive (1785-2014)

The Times Digital Archive is an online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of The Times, one of the most highly regarded resources for eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century news coverage. This historical newspaper archive allows researchers an unparalleled opportunity to search and view the best-known and most cited newspaper in the world online in its original published context.