I have access to the Gale newspapers on my computer at home through my Kent and Lancashire library cards. Tricia Adam ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 8:01 AM Subject: SOG-UK Digest, Vol 6, Issue 151 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Newspapers (Peter Bennett) > 2. Re: Brightsolid Newspapers (Peter Bennett) > 3. Re: Newspapers (Alastair's) > 4. Re: Newspapers (Peter Bennett) > 5. Re: Newspapers (J K gen) > 6. Re: Newspapers (Alastair's) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:42:41 +0000 > From: Peter Bennett <[email protected]> > Subject: [SOG-UK] Newspapers > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]om> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > The addition to our access to newspapers is welcome, but the British > Newspaper Archive will only be a useful addition to Gale's 19th Century > Newspapers, not replace it despite the overlapping of titles. > > Searching for 'Isaac Ayton' in the 'Newcastle Courant' I found: > > Gale: 28 items > BNA: 21 items > > All between 1821 and 1853. > > Of which, 16 were in both, 12 found in Gale but not the BNA and 5 found in > the BNA and not in Gale. > > It's a bit like census indexes. If you don't find the entry in one, try > another. > > Peter Bennett > Fleet, Hants. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:17:09 +0000 > From: Peter Bennett <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Brightsolid Newspapers > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]om> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > The addition to our access to newspapers is welcome, but the British > Newspaper Archive will only be a useful addition to Gale's 19th Century > Newspapers, not replace it despite the overlapping of titles. > > Searching for 'Isaac Ayton' in the 'Newcastle Courant' I found: > > Gale: 28 items > BNA: 21 items > > All between 1821 and 1853. > > Of which, 16 were in both, 12 found in Gale but not the BNA and 5 found in > the BNA and not in Gale. > > It's a bit like census indexes. If you don't find the entry in one, try > another. > > Peter Bennett > Fleet, Hants. > > On 29 November 2011 17:01, J K gen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thought I'd said that ...<g> >> "... usually only available through membership of or attendance at a >> library ...." >> JK >> >> On 29 November 2011 16:15, A Jones <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "J K gen" <[email protected]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:38 AM >> > Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Brightsolid Newspapers >> > >> > >> >> One of the advantages of the new resource is that "ordinary" folks can >> >> sign up, whereas the Gale resource is usually only available through >> >> membership of or attendance at a library or other educational >> >> institution. >> >> >> >> This one means you can be anyone, anywhere in the world and do it from >> >> home! >> > >> > You CAN look at many Gale newspaper resources at home in a quite >> significant >> > number of instances. Many English county library services (but not all >> of >> > them) have taken out subscriptions to the Times Digital Archive and/or >> > to >> > 19th Century British Library Newspapers, which allow free access upon >> typing >> > in the barcode (no spaces) from your reader's ticket. Registering for >> > membership of county libraries is usually a simple enough process. >> > >> > Your county library website will normally tell you which online >> > resources >> > are available in your area. Welsh residents may also obtain home >> > access >> if >> > they hold a reader's ticket for the National Library of Wales (although >> this >> > requires a visit to Aberystwyth in person). >> > >> > AJ >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:44:05 -0000 > From: "Alastair's" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Newspapers > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Can you please advise if Gale is open to the private user. Having visited > the site and it appears you have to belong to an institution of some sort. > Help much appreciated > Kind regards > Alastair Ewart > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Bennett" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:42 AM > Subject: [SOG-UK] Newspapers > > >> The addition to our access to newspapers is welcome, but the British >> Newspaper Archive will only be a useful addition to Gale's 19th Century >> Newspapers, not replace it despite the overlapping of titles. >> >> Searching for 'Isaac Ayton' in the 'Newcastle Courant' I found: >> >> Gale: 28 items >> BNA: 21 items >> >> All between 1821 and 1853. >> >> Of which, 16 were in both, 12 found in Gale but not the BNA and 5 found >> in >> the BNA and not in Gale. >> >> It's a bit like census indexes. If you don't find the entry in one, try >> another. >> >> Peter Bennett >> Fleet, Hants. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:19:58 +0000 > From: Peter Bennett <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Newspapers > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]om> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I have home access via my (Hampshire) local library card. You can also > use > it at the British Library. > > Peter Bennett > > On 30 November 2011 12:44, Alastair's <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Can you please advise if Gale is open to the private user. Having visited >> the site and it appears you have to belong to an institution of some >> sort. >> Help much appreciated >> Kind regards >> Alastair Ewart >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Peter Bennett" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:42 AM >> Subject: [SOG-UK] Newspapers >> >> >> > The addition to our access to newspapers is welcome, but the British >> > Newspaper Archive will only be a useful addition to Gale's 19th Century >> > Newspapers, not replace it despite the overlapping of titles. >> > >> > Searching for 'Isaac Ayton' in the 'Newcastle Courant' I found: >> > >> > Gale: 28 items >> > BNA: 21 items >> > >> > All between 1821 and 1853. >> > >> > Of which, 16 were in both, 12 found in Gale but not the BNA and 5 found >> in >> > the BNA and not in Gale. >> > >> > It's a bit like census indexes. If you don't find the entry in one, >> > try >> > another. >> > >> > Peter Bennett >> > Fleet, Hants. >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> > in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:40:29 +0000 > From: J K gen <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Newspapers > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]om> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > As far as I am aware all the Gale resources are aimed at educational > institutions only. Access at home is limited to those of us with a > library card for a library or academic institution who has permission > to provide "off-site" access - I believe such libraries have to pay > extra for this. > > With the new BL resource being made available to the public directly > that has to be a real plus! AND anywhere in the world too. > > Just wish the digitising company could learn how to do scroll bars! > Click and Move on a touch pad is a tad awkward. > > JK > > On 30 November 2011 12:44, Alastair's <[email protected]> wrote: >> Can you please advise if Gale is open to the private user. Having visited >> the site and it appears you have to belong to an institution of some >> sort. >> Help much appreciated >> Kind regards >> Alastair Ewart >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Peter Bennett" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:42 AM >> Subject: [SOG-UK] Newspapers >> >> >>> The addition to our access to newspapers is welcome, but the British >>> Newspaper Archive will only be a useful addition to Gale's 19th Century >>> Newspapers, not replace it despite the overlapping of titles. >>> >>> Searching for 'Isaac Ayton' in the 'Newcastle Courant' I found: >>> >>> Gale: 28 items >>> BNA: 21 items >>> >>> All between 1821 and 1853. >>> >>> Of which, 16 were in both, 12 found in Gale but not the BNA and 5 found >>> in >>> the BNA and not in Gale. >>> >>> It's a bit like census indexes. ?If you don't find the entry in one, try >>> another. >>> >>> Peter Bennett >>> Fleet, Hants. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:50:11 -0000 > From: "Alastair's" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Newspapers > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Peter. > Thank you > Alastair Ewart > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Bennett" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 2:19 PM > Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] Newspapers > > >>I have home access via my (Hampshire) local library card. You can also >>use >> it at the British Library. >> >> Peter Bennett >> >> On 30 November 2011 12:44, Alastair's <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Can you please advise if Gale is open to the private user. Having >>> visited >>> the site and it appears you have to belong to an institution of some >>> sort. >>> Help much appreciated >>> Kind regards >>> Alastair Ewart >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Peter Bennett" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:42 AM >>> Subject: [SOG-UK] Newspapers >>> >>> >>> > The addition to our access to newspapers is welcome, but the British >>> > Newspaper Archive will only be a useful addition to Gale's 19th >>> > Century >>> > Newspapers, not replace it despite the overlapping of titles. >>> > >>> > Searching for 'Isaac Ayton' in the 'Newcastle Courant' I found: >>> > >>> > Gale: 28 items >>> > BNA: 21 items >>> > >>> > All between 1821 and 1853. >>> > >>> > Of which, 16 were in both, 12 found in Gale but not the BNA and 5 >>> > found >>> in >>> > the BNA and not in Gale. >>> > >>> > It's a bit like census indexes. If you don't find the entry in one, >>> > try >>> > another. >>> > >>> > Peter Bennett >>> > Fleet, Hants. >>> > >>> > ------------------------------- >>> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> > in the subject and the body of the message >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SOG-UK list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the SOG-UK mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of SOG-UK Digest, Vol 6, Issue 151 > ************************************** > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1873 / Virus Database: 2102/4647 - Release Date: 11/29/11 >