Find information about 19th Century periodical publications. (Then, to find and read these publications, look them up by Journal Title in the Main Library Catalogue or check out the online archives below this box.)
Scope: American & English periodicals (indexes by subject)
Coverage: 1802-1906
Titles indexed: 479
Contents: v.1, pt. 1-2; v. 2-6
Nineteenth-Century Short Title Catalogue (NSTC)NSTC defines the printed record of the English-speaking world from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the end of the First World War, comprising more than 1.2 million records drawn from eight copyright and research libraries.
Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900A directory to the largest single body of historical documents arising out of nineteenth century England at the height of the British Empire. It is subject-comprehensive, intending to include every periodical and newspaper published on a regular basis, from daily to annually, in every language, within England. UVic subscribes to Series 1, 2, and 3.
Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals Wellesley Index to Victoria Periodicals, is an index to the authorship of articles, and a bibliography of articles written by each contributor, and using each pseudonym. Citations of evidence are provided to support attributions of authorship, along with brief biographical and vocational details. 45 important monthly and quarterly titles are included, covering the period from the beginning of the Westminster Review in 1824 to the end of the century. The exception to this is the Edinburgh Review, which is indexed from first issue, in 1802. Wellesley does not index poetry. Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals available via C19: The Nineteenth Century Index. Accessible via Index in Advanced Search or through Browse, selecting Periodicals, and choosing Wellesley Index.”
19th Century Periodicals: full text archives online
19th Century British NewspapersCollection of national and regional newspapers of Victorian Britain. This full-text, fully searchable digital archive includes 50 papers originating in England, Scotland and Ireland, carefully selected by an editorial board from the British Library and providing a broad yet detailed view of British life in the 19th century. The collection is made up of daily and weekly publications and reflects Britain's growing role as a superpower in the 19th century world.
19th Century UK PeriodicalsFully-searchable facsimile resource for the study of British life in the 19th century - from art to business, and from children to politics. Few of the materials in this extensive online collection have ever been reissued, in any format since original publication. All the original colour work has been specially captured for this programme.
Nineteenth Century U.S. NewspapersPrimary source newspaper content from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the United States. The collection encompasses the entire 19th century, with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration and Antebellum-era life, among other subjects.
Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992The Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992 includes the complete run of the weekly magazine "Punch," as well as its annual Almanack, seasonal issues, and indexes. The archive also correlates the previously anonymous articles and those written under pseudonyms with the private ledgers of contributors kept by the Punch editors, in many cases revealing for the first time the true identity of the authors.
London Low LifeThis digital collection brings to life the teeming streets of Victorian London, inviting students and scholars to explore the gin palaces, brothels and East End slums of the nineteenth century’s greatest city. From salacious ‘swell’s guides’ to scandalous broadsides and subversive posters, the material sold and exchanged on London’s bustling thoroughfares offers an unparalleled insight into the dark underworld of the nineteenth century city.
Victorian Popular CultureComprised of four separate collections : 1. Spiritualism, Sensation and Magic 2. Circuses, Sideshows and Freaks 3. Music Hall, Theatre and Popular Entertainment 4. Moving Pictures, Optical Entertainments and the Advent of Cinema. It describes popular entertainment in America, Britain and Europe in the period from 1779 to 1930 and shows how interconnected these worlds were.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO)A resource for 19th century studies, NCCO is a multi-year global digitization and publishing program focused on primary source collections of the “long” nineteenth century. Collections for this program are sourced through partnerships with major world libraries as well as specialist libraries, and content includes monographs, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, statistics, and more.
Nineteenth-Century Scholarship Online (NINES)Scholarly organization devoted to forging links between the material archive of the nineteenth century and the digital research environment of the twenty-first.
Victorian Women Writers ProjectProduces transcriptions by British women writers of the 19th century, encoded using SGML. The texts include anthologies, novels, political pamphlets, religious tracts, chidren's books and volumes of poetry and verse drama. List of authors and works currently available as well as websites.
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