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THE TIMES DIGITAL ARCHIVE
The Times Digital Archive is an online, full-text facsimile of more than 225 years of
The Times, one of the most highly regarded resources for nineteenth and twentiethcentury history detailing every complete page of every issue from 1785. Thishistorical newspaper archive allows researchers an unparalleled opportunity tosearch and view every page of the best-known and most cited newspaper in theworld in its original published context.
Number of articles

Over 11 Million
Year of earliest document

1785

Number of pages

Over 1.4 Million

Year of last document

2011*

Number of years covered

Over 225* The Times Digital Archive receives annual updates. Every year, new content is added to the archive, further expanding your research possibilities.

THE TIMES:A BRIEF HISTORYThe Times is one of the world’s oldest continuously publishednewspapers, priding itself on being an establishment paper:“the newspaper of record”. With an audience covering
world leaders to the general public, since its creation in1785 readers have turned to The Times for its in-depth,
award-winning coverage. It has reported extensively oninternational events for over 225 years, alongside its
coverage of national news. With a strong focus on politicalevents and analysis, The Times also reports on culturalaffairs and social developments.
Generally regarded as a newspaper with high standards ofjournalism and accuracy in its reporting, public opinion of
the paper has nevertheless varied over its lifetime.
A pioneer in its industry, The Times has made significant
contributions to the development of both journalism andmedia history, notably as the first paper to hire a dedicated
war correspondent. From 1986-2010 The Times expanded its
sports and cultural coverage with the increase of weekend
supplements, and also expanded the page count of individual
issues, adding more content to the main section.

For information on the history of The Times, visit gale.com/timesinfo“Costs soar for London Olympics.” Times, 6 July 2006

WHY IS THIS ARCHIVE IMPORTANT?
The Times is one of the most cited newspapers in the world, and holds immense
value as a historical resource for researchers in diverse subject areas. The Times
Digital Archive provides access to the full run of one of the world’s most important
newspapers, with an unrivalled reputation for covering national and global news.
Research possibilities are expanded by:• Providing perspectives and opinions before many other newspapers were founded, giving a broader
and longer ranging insight into mass media representations of history• Access to supplements and magazines, broadening research opportunities into wider subject areas,
ranging from (but not limited to) arts and culture to sports and property• Cross-searching with other Gale historical newspaper archives to see how different target markets
affect journalistic styles, the presentation of stories, and what was considered “news”“’This is a new Africa. Things are getting better fast. We have global aspirations’.”
Times, 19 Mar. 2011

“If euro fails, then Europe fails: Merkel’s call to arms.” Times, 27 Oct. 2011

“India puts its faith in the sun to outshine the world in green power.” Times, 3 Aug. 2009

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VALUABLE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVESAs one of the longest continuously published newspapers in the world,
The Times provides insight and opinion on many of the most notable eventsof the last two centuries. Since its beginning as the Daily Universal Register,
The Times has provided landmark coverage, including:• The first photographs taken on Everest, and reports on the numerous
doomed attempts to reach the summit before Sir Edmund Hillary andTenzing Norgay in 1953
• W. H. Russell’s dispatches from the Crimean War, one of the earliest
examples of dedicated war correspondence• Initial opposition to the repeal of the Corn Laws, a position that they changed
after demonstrations showed the popularity of repeal among the public

NOTABLE CONTRIBUTORS
Throughout its history, The Times has attracted and published some of the mostrevered and respected contributors, including many who are often cited asimportant figures in the development of both journalism and the modern press.
Among the many names are:• Sir William J. Haley (1901-1987), former Director General of the BBC, editorof The Times, and editor-in-chief of the Encyclopaedia Britannica• Sir William Rees-Mogg (1928-2012), former editor of The Times,
vice-chairman of the BBC, and member of the European Reform Forum• William Howard Russell (1820-1907), reporter for The Times, generallyregarded as the first modern war correspondent

A MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESOURCE
The archive supports research across multiple disciplines, with coverage ofmajor national and international events from the late eighteenth through to theearly twenty-first centuries. This archive contains content relevant to:

Top: “Hong Kong and the Rise of Asia.”
Times, 12 Sept. 2011
Centre: “High stakes for peace in Middle
East.” Times, 20 Sept. 2011
Bottom: “The capital of the United States
asks: just how could such a thing happen
here?” Times, 12 Sept. 2001

• Arts and Culture• Politics• Business and Economics• International Relations• Contemporary History• Science and Technology• Gender and Women’s Studies• Social History• Nineteenth Century History• Sports and Entertainment“We called this ‘a dream of a database,’ a full-text archive providing accessnot only to articles from The Times but also to advertising and classified ads,
editorials, birth and death notices, book reviews, crossword puzzles, lettersto the editor, and the Court Page, which details the activities of the royals.”- Booklist

gale.com/timesinfoTHE GALE PRIMARY SOURCES PROGRAMMEThe Times Digital Archive is one of many resources available in the Gale Primary Sources programme
which offers a ground-breaking research environment that, to date, integrates over 30 of theprogramme’s collections, allowing researchers to conduct one search and instantly pull related resultsfrom approximately 170 million pages of historical content. The combination of uniquely rich, full-text
primary source content, dependable metadata, and intuitive subject indexing, is further enriched byinnovative workflow and analytical tools.

TERM FREQUENCY
The term frequency tool aids researchers in tracking central themes and ideas.
Researchers can now see the frequency of their search term within a content set
to begin assessing how individuals, events, and ideas interacted and developed
over time.

TERM CLUSTERS
The term cluster assists students in thoroughly developing theirresearch topic. By identifying and organising frequently occurring
themes, this tool reveals hidden relationships between search terms helping users shape their research and integrate diverse content withrelevant information.

TEXT & DATA MINING
At request, Gale will deliver data and metadata associated with the collection foruse in data mining and textual analysis, supporting the digital humanities as a
growing area of scholarly research.

OTHER TOOLS & FEATURES• Basic and Advanced search options, as well as the ability to search within an individual work
• Persistent URLs for every page of the collection facilitate inclusion in course packs and bookmarking• Subject Indexing to make content accessible and expose key data elements• Zotero Compatibility to optimise, collect, cite, and organise sources• User Accounts to enable users to create and edit user-generated tags and annotations, which can besaved between sessions• Image Viewer to zoom, highlight, rotate, reverse, and view pages in full-screen mode
• Downloadable OCR to enable a new level of access to and analysis of search results• ‘Keywords in Context’ option on the results list previews the first keyword in the document• Unlimited downloads• Citation generator and bibliographic citation export functionality (Full citation records for each title in theThe Times from the English Short Title Catalogue)• Fuzzy Searching allows users to widen results and search for words with variant spellings• COUNTER compliant usage statistics• MARC Records available (sourced from the English Short Title Catalogue)

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If The Times Digital Archive will be a valuable resource to you, you will be interested
in our other archives, especially:

DAILY MAIL
HISTORICAL ARCHIVEThis archive offers access to more than 100 years of
this major UK national newspaper, viewable in full
digital facsimile form, with copious advertisements,
news stories, and images that capture twentiethcentury culture and society, providing an importantalternative perspective to other newspapers such as
The Times (London) and The Telegraph.

THE TELEGRAPHHISTORICAL ARCHIVE
The fully-searchable digital archive of what wasonce the world’s biggest-selling newspaper.
Researchers and students can full-text searchacross 1 million pages of the newspaper’s backfile
from its first issue to the end of 2000, including
issues of the Sunday Telegraph from 1961.

For more information on the history, content and features of this collection,
visit gale.com/ghninformation

Various sources. Primary Source Media. Financial Times Historical Archive 1888–2010.

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