大英图书馆发布100万页报纸的数字版本 作为免费资源

目前，访问该服务需要订阅，因为这有助于资助扫描和记录添加到在线档案的每份报纸的费用。不过，为了向研究人员开放更多的档案，大英图书馆已经免费发布了100万页报纸的数字版本，并承诺在接下来的四年里每年再发布100万页。因此，大英图书馆总共将发布500万页的旧报纸文章的数字版本。

大英图书馆不会增加所有的报纸，因为该机构工作人员表示，虽然他们认为1881年以前的报纸属于公共领域，但这并不意味着将免费提供所有1881年以前的数字化内容，因为档案馆要靠订阅来支付其成本。

对于免费服务，有158份报纸提供，时间范围为1720年到1880年。后者的日期很重要。所有构成 免费观看 的报纸都是已过版权期的。大英图书馆在确定一份报纸何时可被视为完全失去版权时，会遵守一个 “安全日期”，即出版日期后140年。

要使用这项服务，用户需要在BNA网站注册一个账户，然后搜索功能使用起来相当简单，而且高级搜索确实有助于缩小搜索结果。

以下是最初 免费浏览 的一百万页的所有报纸标题的完整列表，包括标题的变化。开始和结束日期是指正在免费提供的内容，而不一定是全部的内容。

The Atherstone Times (1879-1879), The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times (1879-1879)

Barbados Mercury (1783-1789), Barbados Mercury, and Bridge-town Gazette (1807-1848)

The Bee-Hive (1862-1870), The Penny Bee-Hive (1870-1870), The Bee-Hive (1870-1876), Industrial Review, Social and Political (1877-1878)

Blandford, Wimborne and Poole Telegram (1874-1879), The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram (1879-1879)

Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser (1865, 1877-1879)

The Brighton Patriot, and Lewes Free Press (1835-1836), Brighton Patriot and South of England Free Press (1836-1839)

The British Luminary; or, Weekly News and General Advertiser (1818-1818), The British Luminary and National Intelligencer (1818-1818), The British Luminary and Weekly Intelligence (1818-1820), The British Luminary, or Weekly Intelligencer (1820-1820), The Weekly Intelligencer, and British Luminary (1820-1821), The British Luminary and Weekly Intelligencer (1821-1823)

British Miner and General Newsman (1862-1863), The Miner (1863-1863), The Miner and Workman’s Advocate (1863-1865), The Workman’s Advocate (1865-1866), The Commonwealth (1866-1867)

Caledonian Mercury (1720-1799), Caledonian Mercury (1800-1859), The Caledonian Mercury and Daily Express (1859-1860), The Caledonian Mercury (1860-1867)

The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser (1866-1879)

Cleave’s Weekly Police Gazette (1835-1836), Cleave’s Weekly Police Gazette and Journal of News, Politics, and Literature (1836-1836)

Cobbett’s Annual Register (1802-1804), Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register (1804-1836)

Cradley Heath Stourbridge Observer (1864-1864), The Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen District Chronicle (1864-1866), The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen District Chronicle (1866-1879)

The Darlington Stockton Telegraph, Richmond Herald, South Durham and North York Review (1870-1870), Darlington Richmond Herald (1873-1874)

Denton, Haughton, District Weekly News, The (1873-1874), Denton Haughton Weekly News, and Audenshaw, Hooley Hill, and Dukinfield Advertiser (1874-1875), Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser (1875-1878), Denton and Haughton Examiner (1878-1879)

Illustrated Sporting News and Theatrical and Musical Review (Illustrated Sporting News, Theatrical Review (1862-1865), Illustrated Sporting and Theatrical News (1865-1870)

The Imperial Weekly Gazette (1808-1810), The Imperial Weekly Gazette and Westminster Journal (1818-1823), Imperial Gazette (1823-1825)

The Jamaica Mercury and Kingston Weekly Advertiser (1779-1780), The Royal Gazette (1780-1836), The Royal Gazette and Jamaica Times (1838-1840), The Royal Gazette of Jamaica (1840-1840)

The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser (1832-1854), Liverpool Standard and General Advertiser (1854-1855), Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser (1855-1856)

Lloyd’s Companion to the “Penny Sunday Times and Peoples’ Police Gazette” (1841-1847)

Manchester Times (1828-1829), The Manchester Times and Gazette (1829-1848), Manchester Times and Manchester and Salford Advertiser and Chronicle (1848-1848)

The Midland Examiner and Times (1877-1877), The Midland Examiner and Wolverhampton Times (1877-1878)

The News (1805-1835), The News and Sunday Herald (1835-1837), The News and Sunday Globe (1837-1839)

The Northern Daily Times (1853-1857), Northern Times (1857-1860), The Daily Times (1860-1861)

The Northern Liberator (1837-1840), The Northern Liberator and Champion (1840-1840)

Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser (1838-1844), The Northern Star and National Trades’ Journal (1844-1852), The Star and National Trades’ Journal (1852-1852), The Star of Freedom (1852-1852)

The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News (1878-1879)

Stockton Gazette and Middlesbrough Times (1860-1865), Middlesbro’ Stockton Gazette and General Advertiser (1868-1868), The Middlesbrough Gazette and General Advertiser (1869-1869), Middlesbrough Stockton Gazette and General Advertiser (1869-1876), The Weekly Gazette for Middlesbrough, Stockton, Hartlepool and Cleveland District (1876-1879)

The Tamworth Miners’ Examiner and Working Men’s Journal (1873-1873), The Tamworth Examiner and Working Men’s Journal (1873-1876)

The Warrington Examiner (1885-1878), The Warrington Mid-Cheshire Examiner (1879-1879)

The Weekly Chronicle (1836-1851), The Weekly News and Chronicle (1851-1854), The Weekly Chronicle (1855-1855), The Weekly Chronicle and Register (1855-1864), The Weekly Chronicle and Register of Banking, Insurance, Railway and Mining Companies, Trade and Commerce (1864-1867)

Wolverhampton Times and Bilston, Willenhall, Wednesfield, and Sedgley Journal (1874-1875), The Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Advertiser (1875-1876)