Newspapers Online Trial

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 14 Mar 2008 12:59

There is currently free access to

19th Century
British Library Newspapers

* 2 million newspaper pages
* Selected by experts in the field
* Full runs when possible
* National and regional newspapers

at

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/pal ... al&db=BNCN

ID:2803

arshawbrown · Post by **arshawbrown** » 14 Mar 2008 13:55

I can highly recommend this site. I have been using it through a college subscription for some time now and have found many great leads to my family.

croisic701 · Post by **croisic701** » 17 Mar 2008 08:50

I have just spent most of the weekend on this site with great results. However I cannot access the site this am. Does anyone know if the trial is over as a whole or just my trial period?
Has anyone any tips for getting permanent access please

KSS · Post by **KSS** » 17 Mar 2008 09:05

Can't access it here, either (1400 GMT), after a very successful session yesterday. Hopefully it's just a temporary problem.

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 17 Mar 2008 09:30

Looks like it might have ended. I picked up the link from a RootsWeb mailing list link I think.

KSS · Post by **KSS** » 17 Mar 2008 15:09

Jane,
You might well be correct. The BL site says that the facility is available only to Further and Higher Education establishments and in BL reading rooms.
http://www.bl.uk/collections/britishnew ... o1900.html

AnneEast · Post by **AnneEast** » 17 Mar 2008 15:43

I have just been back on there and it still seems to be open. Its well worth looking IF it covers your area. It is meant to be a cross section of 19C life and so just a few selected papers. I hit lucky and found my errant gg uncle cropping up in a dozen Police Court reports! It answered the question as to why he was in prison in 1871.

Anne

AnneEast · Post by **AnneEast** » 17 Mar 2008 15:44

Forgot to say - I'm still getting in through the link on My Favourites.

Anne

bgriffiths · Post by **bgriffiths** » 18 Mar 2008 06:45

I think they are gradually closing off access via the link which everyone has been using; which I understand was supposed to have been private but got out 'into the wild'. I just hope it turns up on my Athens login sometime soon - it was a goldmine
Brian

croisic701 · Post by **croisic701** » 18 Mar 2008 07:00

There does appear to be an 'athens' access link on the 'sign in' page.
Knowing nothing about this term. How does one obtain a an athens ID. Is it restricted to HE or FE sources?

philjo · Post by **philjo** » 18 Mar 2008 16:42

Athens logins are distributed by the administrators at UK Universities/colleges or other organizations, etc, usually someone in the library or IT Dept.
They are personal logins which entitle access to a range of resources - the recources depend on which ones your Uni subscribes to.
They only allow access to subscribed recources, but access can be made from home (if the resource provider allows remote access - some do and some don't)

Jeremy

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 21 Mar 2008 16:29

From the SOG Mailing List
>If you go to http://access.gale.com/gdctrial/ and register, using
>'None' in the institution field and 'International' in the location
>field and you will get an email with your log in details from Gale
>that not only lets you have access to the 19th Century British Library
>newspapers but The Times and many other databases to.

lancashiredave · Post by **lancashiredave** » 21 Mar 2008 20:39

Thanks Jane
This has been a really useful source Ihave found a number of reports relating to my family.
It does say its still only a trial and will close sometime so we need to get going whle we can

Dave

KSS · Post by **KSS** » 22 Mar 2008 15:13

Jane,
I tried that link but there isn't a location field. I get:
Institution address
City
State
Zip
Phone
I tried putting International in the address field but it just sent me back to the form. Has it changed since yesterday?

KSS · Post by **KSS** » 22 Mar 2008 15:26

Oh, I see. 'International' goes in 'State'.

miffywebb · Post by **miffywebb** » 03 Jun 2008 21:18

[grin] just tried your link, Jane, and it still works!!!

KSS · Post by **KSS** » 03 Aug 2008 10:14

I've just tried to access the archive and have been told that my e-mail address does not belong to an institution. Access denied! Looks as if this source has been closed. Can anyone confirm this?

KSS · Post by **KSS** » 10 Aug 2008 18:09

Please! Can anyone tell me if this site is still active or if I have an access problem?

margarita · Post by **margarita** » 10 Aug 2008 20:41

KSS said:
Please! Can anyone tell me if this site is still active or if I have an access problem?

Sometimes I have to have several tries before I can sign on. Maybe if you leave it for a while and try again you may be more successful.

If not, apply for another trial.

margarita

KSS · Post by **KSS** » 11 Aug 2008 18:46

Thanks margarita. I still can't sign in so perhaps I had better request another trial.

donone · Post by **donone** » 09 Sep 2008 11:29

Just started a trial and have looked up some data. The page I get is a list of papers and articles with 'image' to the left. Clicking this does not give an image but reference numbers. The menu at the top of the page with the article offers download but it does nothing.

Can anybody guide me to get an image please?

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 09 Sep 2008 11:54

This may well have finished now as it was only a temporary trial.

donone · Post by **donone** » 09 Sep 2008 12:07

I only just registered and got my password, so I am not sure what you mean unless they left the servers running issuing passwords but closed the trial system???

donone · Post by **donone** » 09 Sep 2008 12:23

Problem solved!
The trial is 14 days from signup and working.
The problem seems to be thyat it didn't like Firefox browser, IE works OK.

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