Newsbank gives full text content for newspapers in the UK. All the major national daily papers are included as well as many regional ones. This is a service that Lancashire Library subscribe to and free access to this is possible at any Lancashire Library or from any internet PC using your Lancashire Library members login via our Online reference library - www.lancashire.gov.uk/onrl

1. Quick Reference Guide:
NewsBank’s Access U.K. & Ireland Newspapers
The ideal tool for researching local or regional issues and events
Access U.K. & Ireland Newspapers is an online resource that provides the full-text content of
newspapers from across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its simple interface allows users to
search a single newspaper, a group of newspapers (by country or region) or the entire U.K. Users
looking for specific articles can even browse a particular day or section within a single
newspaper. Access U.K. & Ireland Newspapers is ideal for finding information about local
government, business, education, sports, community & lifestyle and entertainment, or for finding
recipes, obituaries, editorials, or letters to the editor.
Note: advertisements are not included in Access U.K. & Ireland
Newspapers.
The resource’s prominent map makes it easy to search the entire
U.K. or a specific country or region. Listings below the map allow
users to choose specific countries, regions, or newspaper titles.
Your library or organization may have added search shortcuts to
individual newspapers or groups of newspapers which are popular
in your area – be sure to check the navigation bar on the left side
of the product page.
Need help using this resource?
Access U.K. & Ireland Newspapers has in-depth online Help that is
available 24/7. Just click on the Help/About link in the upper-right-
hand corner of the product page. A tutorial detailing the most
commonly used features of Access U.K. & Ireland Newspapers is also available.
How to conduct a search
Access U.K. & Ireland Newspapers features a default “Basic” search that allows for quick and
easy keyword searches. An Advanced Search option provides extra criteria (like fielded searching
and multiple text edit boxes) so more seasoned users can tailor their searches.

2. Basic Search form
Type in a term or exact phrase (use quotation marks to enclose specific phrases), and click
the “Search” button. Multiple terms should be connected by the search operators AND, OR, NOT,
ADJX (where X is any number and terms appear in the order specified), and NEARX (where X is
any number and terms appear in any order).
Use the drop-down menu to sort your results by: Most Recent matches first, Best
matches first (the most relevant articles will appear first in your results list), or Oldest
matches first. The default is “Best matches first.”
Use the “timeframe:” drop-down menu to choose a basic date limiter. The default search
will include documents from “all years,” but you can change it to “yesterday” or “today,” “the
past 7 days,” “the past 3 months,” “the past 6 months,” “the past 12 months,” or by a specific
year.
Use the “custom date:” text box to choose a specific date or range of dates. Click the
radio button and type the date or range of dates that you want in the text edit box. You can use
a variety of date formats including:
12/09/2001 14/2/1995-1/3/1995
4 July, 2005 Sep 2003 – Jun 2004
6 Sep 2002 2000 – 2002
How to browse a single newspaper title
Click on an individual newspaper title to enter the
“Browse” mode. With Browse, you can click on a
recent date from the list, or type in any date you
choose, to bring up that day’s paper organized by
section and headline.
Within a single day’s issue, you click on a headline
to see the text of an article, see all articles from a
particular section, or search within the issue to
find exactly what you are looking for.
If you need more information or have any questions that are not answered in this guide, please call
0800.028.5310 for Subscriber Support.