Italy, Spain and Portugal - Newspapers and other online news sources from the 17th – 21st centuries

Key Italian newspaper resources

Biblioteca Digitale Reggiana - Giornali e Riviste
Digitized newspapers including Italia centrale, Lo Scamiciato, Il ribelle and many others. From Reggio Emilia (1877-present; Italian; facsimiles)
Periodici lucani in microfilm
The National Library of Potenza offers access to digitized newspapers published between 1854 and 1954, the originals of which are owned, for the most part, by the National Central Library of Florence. To date over 132 titles have been digitized.

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List of newspapers in Italy (Wikipedia)

Corriere della Sera (Milan)
Gazzetta piemontese (1788-1860)
Il Messaggero (Rome) Broadsheet founded in 1878. Has regional editions.
Il Sole 24 Ore (Milan) Broadsheet founded in 1965.
L'Unità
Founded by Antonio Gramsci in 1924. It ceased in 2014, restarted 2015 but ceased again in 2017. Web archived digitised issues.
La Nazione (Florence) One of Italy's oldest broadsheet newspapers, founded in 1859.
La Republicca (Rome)
Broadsheet founded in 1976. Online: 2005- in Factiva
La Stampa Historical archive of La Stampa newspaper issues since the times of Italian unification.(1867-2005; searchable database of facsimile images).

Prima dei giornali: alle origini della pubblica informazione, secoli XVI e XVII by Mario Infelise
ISBN: 9788842066545
Publication Date: 2002
I periodici letterari dell'Ottocento: indice ragionato by Alessandra Briganti, Camilla Cattarulla, Franco D'Intino
ISBN: 9788820465971
Publication Date: 1990?
Le origini del fascismo e il giornalismo senese, 1919-1922 by Bruna Talluri
Publication Date: 1994
I periodici popolari del Risorgimento by Bertoni Jovine, Dina.
Publication Date: 1959-60

Key Spanish newspaper resources

Biblioteca Virtual de Prensa Histórica
A database of Spanish journals. The database has a good search facility, allowing searching by author, article title and material type. Full-text searching is also possible for the vast majority of titles. The range of topics is wide, with over 1000 full-text journals covering literature, politics, arts, sciences and local news.

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List of newspapers in Spain (Wikipedia)

ABC (Madrid)
Daily founded in January 1903. Spain’s third largest paper. Hardcopy: Jan.1980-Feb.1993 (incomplete) [microfilm] Shelfmark: Films 1210; Online: 16 May 1997 - current in Factiva.
El Mundo (Madrid)
Daily founded in October 1989. Second largest newspaper in Spain. 1 June 2002 - current in Nexis; 2 Jan 1995 - current in Factiva.
El País (Madrid)
A daily founded in May 1976. Spain’s largest newspaper. Print edition 1 Feb 1995-6 Nov 2002; web edition 18 Jan 2013 - current in Factiva. 19 Apr 1996-current in Nexis.
El Periódico de Catalunya (in Catalan) (in Castilian)
Founded in October 1978, second highest-circulated newspaper in Spain's Catalan-speaking regions. 22 Jan 2008 - 18 May 2018 in Nexis. Print edition 3 May 2001 - 14 June 2018; web edition 23 Sep 2013 - current in Factiva.
La Vanguardia (Barcelona)
Founded in 1881, Catalonia’s leading daily, Spain’s fourth largest. Free access to their entire archive (since 1881). More than 135 years of history, searchable by keyword, date or theme. There is a 30-day moving wall. For current news: 4 May 1997 - current in Factiva.

Escritores y lectores de un día todos : literaturas periódicas en la España del siglo XIX by Santiago Díaz Lage
ISBN: 8413401631
Publication Date: 2020
La prensa española durante la Segunda República by Arturo Mori
ISBN: 9788417550691
Publication Date: 2019

Key Portuguese newspaper resources

Índice de publicações periódicas digitalizadas Part of HEMEROTECA DIGITAL, The Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa (HML) is a digital library of the periodical press in Portugal and was created by the Municipal Library of Lisbon.
Publicações Periódicas (Biblioteca Nacional Digital) Hosted by the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, this portal gives access to digitised historical newspapers in the library’s collections. Navigation is via an A-Z listing.

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List of newspapers in Portugal (Wikipedia)

Gazeta de Lisboa (Lisbon)
Published between 1715 and 1820. Hardcopy: no.1(1751:Jan.)-no.52(1751:Dec.); no.1(1758:Jan.)-no.52(1758:Dec.); selection online 1715-1726, 1728-1752, 1754, 1756-59, 1761-62, 1778-1790, 1810 (Hemeroteca Digital)
Diário de Notícias (Lisbon)
Daily, founded in December 1864. Online 2003-13 in East View World News Connection.
Expresso (Lisbon)
Weekly, founded in January 1973. Online: 2013- current in Factiva
Correio da Manhã (Lisbon)
Daily, founded in 1979. Has large circulation, considered a bit like the Daily Mail. Online: 2008 to current in Factiva (some gaps, not premium content); 22 June 2012 - current in Nexis.
Público (Lisbon and Porto)
Daily founded in March 1990. Online: 2011 - current in Factiva.

História da imprensa periódica portuguesa by José Tengarrinha
ISBN: 9789722103961
Publication Date: 1989 (2a. ed., rev. e aumentada )
Jornais e revistas Portuguesas do século XIX by Gina Guedes Rafael, Manuela Santos
ISBN: 9789725652299
Publication Date: 1998-

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