Newspapers, magazines and periodicals

Central Library

The Central Library provides a wide variety of local and national newspapers, and magazines. Current Central Library titles only (pdf, 101 KB)

• Today's newspapers are on display in the Reference Reading Room.
• Current magazines are displayed in the Learning Centre on the First Floor and in the Cafe area on the Ground Floor.
• Back issues of newspapers and magazines are available via the Reference desk.
• Current art titles are displayed in the Art section of the Reference Library Reading Room. Find lists of current and historical art titles on the art collection page.
  
• Current music titles are displayed in the Music Library. Find lists of current and historical music titles on the music collection page.
• Current local studies titles can be requested from the Reference Library enquiry desk. Find lists of current and historical local studies titles on the local studies page.
• See 'online newspapers' below for details of online searchable databases of major national and local papers.
• The Central Library serials list (pdf, 1.1 MB) is a complete list of our holdings of historical and current titles. You can browse it page by page, or search (using the binoculars icon).
• All periodicals are also listed on our online catalogue, but you need to know the name of the magazine or newspaper you're looking for.
• We also have a list of current Central Library BME and European titles only (pdf, 17 KB)
• Back copies of "The Times" and some of the local newspapers can only be viewed on microfilm - check the Central Library serials list above. See also the Times Digital Archive below.
• Microfilm viewers can be booked in advance by phoning the Reference Library on 0117 903 7202. (There may be a small fee for this service, see 'Charges'.)

Please note: some archive newspaper titles require a 2 day retrieval notice. Phone 0117 903 7202 to check.

Branch libraries

Local libraries usually take several local and national newspapers, plus some weekly and monthly magazines.

The Branch Libraries periodicals list  (pdf, 111 KB) lists all the newspapers and magazines in branch libraries. You can browse it page by page, or search (using the binoculars icon).

To find out who holds what you can also search Library Finder using the 'By Library' option, or 'By Activities and Resources' (which include newspapers and magazines).

World languages

Newspapers in different languages are held in some libraries.

Up-to-date lists can be found at:

• African and African Caribbean newspapers and magazines.
• Asian newspapers and magazines.
• European newspapers and magazines.

You can also search Library Finder by language.

Online newspapers

With a library membership card you can use our online newspaper subscription services free of charge, from any library or from home.

For the list of titles and how to access them visit our 24 Hour Library news and current affairs page.

Requesting articles

If you want to request a particular article and have the details, for a small charge you can use our request service.