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

Key Italian resources

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.

Individual newspapers

La Nazione (Florence)
One of Italy's oldest broadsheet newspapers, founded in 1859.
Corriere della Sera (Milan)
Broadsheet founded in 1876. Hardcopy: 1876:mar./dic-1945/1946 [microfilm] shelfmark: Film 817; v.65:n.127(1940:magg.:27)-v.66:n.5(1941:magg.:06) shelfmark: N. 2368 a.5; 1972-1990 [microfilm] shelfmark: Films 817; Online: Archive (1876-2017) [note: only searching is free]; 1997- in Factiva
Il Messaggero (Rome)
Broadsheet founded in 1878. Has regional editions.
La Stampa (Turin) prev. Gazzetta Piemontese (1867-1894)
Online archive (9 Feb 1867- 2005); Hardcopy: 1862-65 shelfmark: P.L00208; 1992- in Nexis
L'Unità
Founded by Antonio Gramsci in 1924. It ceased in 2014, restarted 2015 but ceased again in 2017. Hardcopy: anno.43:n.22(1993:giugno:07);anno.46:n.15(1996:apr:22).
Il Sole 24 Ore (Milan)
Broadsheet founded in 1965.
La Republicca (Rome)
Broadsheet founded in 1976. Online: 2005- in Factiva

Key Spanish 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.
Biblioteca Digital Hispánica
Hosted by the Biblioteca Nacional de España, this portal gives access to the library’s digitised collections. You can browse by document type, including ‘Prensa y revistas’. The majority of the 1,000 plus items are pre-1945.

Individual newspapers

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 Mundo (Madrid)
Daily founded in October 1989. Second largest newspaper in Spain. 1 June 2002 - current in Nexis; 2 Jan 1995 - current in Factiva.
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;
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.
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.

Key Portuguese 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.

Individual newspapers

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 July 2021 - current in Factiva.
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.

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Europeana Newspapers A resource giving access to 18 million historic newspaper pages, freely accessible in the public domain. Aims to convert 10 million newspaper pages to full text. You can search or browse in various ways (title, date, language, library).
Factiva Largely for contemporary newspapers (1980s-). Provides essential news for America and Europe with a collection of more than 10,000 authoritative sources includes thousands of current newspapers. Excellent for national but also local, regional newspapers and specialist or professional news. Much overlap with Nexis UK. If you can't find a newspapers in Factiva, then try also Nexis UK.
Nexis UK Vast database that provides access to over 20,000 news sources from all over the world. Particularly excellent for UK, North American and much of Europe. Its coverage is largely current and recent, but does go back 20 years in some cases. For UK newspapers, generally covers broadsheets from 1980s and tabloids and local/ regional newspapers from more recently. Also include BBC Monitoring Service. Note: Daily Telegraph starts in 2000. FT is embargoed for 30 days. Much overlap with Factiva. If you can't find a newspaper in Nexis UK, then try also Factiva.
FBIS – Foreign Broadcast Information Service [1974-1996] : Western Europe The Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Report has been the United States' principal record of political and historical open source intelligence for nearly 70 years. FBIS collections relevant for European studies: Western Europe, 1974-1996 The original mission of the FBIS was to monitor, record, transcribe, and translate intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, and clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories. FBIS Daily Reports, 1974–1996 constitutes a unique archive of transcripts of foreign broadcasts and news that provides insight into the second half of the 20th century; many of these materials are firsthand reports of events as they occurred. FBIS Daily Reports, 1974–1996 consist of translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from nations around the globe. These media sources were monitored in their languages of origin, translated into English, and issued by an agency of the US government.