News, magazines and research
A range of current and historic newspapers, magazines, and access to academic research.
Reference Online is available 24 hours a day, all year round and contains information on a variety of subjects including music, biography, news and essential reference. All you need to do is enter your library membership number - the nine-digit number without spaces - after clicking on each title. If you are not already a member, you can join the library online.
See a full list of online resources.
PressReader
Discover PressReader for unlimited access to over 7,000 of the world’s top newspapers and magazines, including The Economist, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The New York Times, Le Figaro, BBC Wildlife, What Car?, Hello!, Rolling Stone and Good Housekeeping.
When you log in to PressReader using your library card, you will have access for 30 days. After this time, simply log out and back in again with your library card and PIN.
To read on a smartphone or tablet, download the PressReader app.
Consult our PressReader sign-in guide (pdf format, 800KB) for detailed instructions on how to proceed.
Access PressReader at home or in libraries.
OverDrive magazines
OverDrive gives you free access to the latest magazines, including Time, Gardener’s World, Mojo, What Car? and Computer Active. Every title is provided in high-res format identical to those in the newsagents, available on your PC or through the Libby App.
Access OverDrive at home or in libraries
Newsbank
The full text of UK national newspapers and selected local and regional newspapers, including some Oxfordshire titles.
Coverage start dates vary for each title with some starting in the 1980s - and most continuing to the current edition. The Oxford Mail and Oxford Times coverage is 2007 to the current edition.
Access Newsbank at home or in libraries
Which? magazine
Product reviews and trusted independent advice on consumer issues.
Libraries with access to Which? magazine
Ask a member of staff to log you in.
- Abingdon Library
- Banbury Library
- Benson Library
- Berinsfield Library
- Bicester Library
- Blackbird Leys Library
- Botley Library
- Burford Library
- Carterton Library
- Chinnor Library
- Chipping Norton Library
- Cowley Library
- Didcot Library
- Eynsham Library
- Faringdon Library
- Goring Library
- Grove Library
- Headington Library
- Henley Library
- Kidlington Library
- Oxford Westgate Library
- Sonning Common Library
- Summertown Library
- Thame Library
- Wallingford Library
- Wantage Library
- Watlington Library
- Wheatley Library
- Witney Library
- Woodcote Library
- Woodgreen Library
- Woodstock Library
Historical newspapers
British Newspaper Archive
You have free unlimited access to hundreds of national, regional and local newspapers in the BNA, dating from the 1700s-2000s, through any Oxfordshire Libraries computer.
First, you'll need to register (for free) by filling in the “Tell Us About You” form and then sign into your account each time you use it. It is worth signing up for notifications about new titles added and any extra years that have just been digitised.
British Library Nineteenth Century Newspapers
Of great interest to local and family historians, this collection contains 71 regional and local newspapers (including Jackson's Oxford Journal) of nineteenth century Britain.
Following an internal review, this title will not be available either at home or in libraries from 31 March 2025. Customers are advised that the Oxfordshire newspapers such as Jackson’s Journal are available on The British Newspaper Archive database.
Access at home or in libraries..
Research
Access to research
Free access to published research from academic journals and conference proceedings
The John Johnson Collection
This collection provides access to thousands of items selected from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera, offering unique insights into the changing nature of everyday life in Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Categories include Nineteenth-Century Entertainment, the Booktrade, Popular Prints, Crimes, Murders and Executions, and Advertising.