Adrian Bingham, University of Sheffield, has published a review of The Times Digital Archive in the latest English Historical Review, August 2013; Vol. 128, No. 533, pp 1037-1040 (via Oxford University subscription). It rather usefully discusses why the TDA is useful for historians.
The Times Digital Archive TDA, available to registered eaders of the Bodleian Libraries, is one of those staple resources for anybody doing 19th and 20th century history. I regularly recommend it as a source for almost any subject, not just social, political or economic history, but also cultural, art, ecclesiastical and scientific history. And then it covers topics which probably nobody else has written much on. And perhaps you are looking for a reference to that one single elusive person who might have written a letter to the editor. And so on.
If your university library doesn’t have a subscription or you are travelling elsewhere in the UK, it is worth noting that most public libraries also provide access to TDA. Check here for some public libraries.
More posts on historical newspapers including:
History Database of the Month: ProQuest Historical Newspapers (02/04/2013)
Launched: Welsh Newspapers Online (beta) (14/03/2013)
New to Oxford users: The Daily Mirror 1903- (14/09/2012)
