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 >