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.

Am I missing something - but don't we have to pay to see the actual articles ? whereas on the Gale site we can access for free if our local library (or similar) has a sub Jean Wilby