{"id":2280,"date":"2022-07-14T09:15:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T09:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/?p=2280"},"modified":"2022-07-14T09:15:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T09:15:19","slug":"new-south-asian-newspapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/2022\/07\/14\/new-south-asian-newspapers\/","title":{"rendered":"New! South Asian Newspapers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following a number of trials I&#8217;m happy to let you know that the Library has purchased access to <strong>South Asian Newspapers (1864-1922)\u00a0<\/strong>from Readex&#8217;s World Newspaper Archive. This one-of-a-kind collection provides online access to a select group of South Asian newspapers from the 19th and early 20th centuries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2022\/07\/South_Asian_Newspapers.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2287 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2022\/07\/South_Asian_Newspapers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"834\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2022\/07\/South_Asian_Newspapers.png 834w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2022\/07\/South_Asian_Newspapers-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2022\/07\/South_Asian_Newspapers-768x280.png 768w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2022\/07\/South_Asian_Newspapers-500x182.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can access <strong>South Asian Newspapers<\/strong> via the <a href=\"https:\/\/edinburgh-uk.libguides.com\/newspapers-magazines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Newspapers, Magazines and other News Sources\u00a0guide<\/strong><\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-a-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Databases A-Z list<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\/permalink\/44UOE_INST\/7g3mt6\/alma9924816601702466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DiscoverEd<\/strong><\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Featuring English-, Gujarati- and Bengali-language papers published in India, in the regions of the Subcontinent that now comprise Pakistan, and in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka),\u00a0<strong>South Asian Newspapers<\/strong>\u00a0offers extensive coverage of the people, issues and events that shaped the Indian Subcontinent between 1864 and 1922. This includes\u00a0the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion; construction of railroads; effects of British Colonial rule; Hindu-Muslim conflicts; life on coffee, tea and rubber plantations; Morely-Minto Reforms; formation of the Indian National Congress; start of Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s independence movement; economics, politics, the arts; and much more.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1959\" style=\"width: 946px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2019\/03\/SouthAsianNewspapers_AmritaBazarPatrika.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1959\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1959 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2019\/03\/SouthAsianNewspapers_AmritaBazarPatrika.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"936\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2019\/03\/SouthAsianNewspapers_AmritaBazarPatrika.png 936w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2019\/03\/SouthAsianNewspapers_AmritaBazarPatrika-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2019\/03\/SouthAsianNewspapers_AmritaBazarPatrika-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2019\/03\/SouthAsianNewspapers_AmritaBazarPatrika-500x244.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of front page of Amrita Bazar Patrika, November 23, 1870.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can access <strong>South Asian Newspapers<\/strong> via the <a href=\"https:\/\/edinburgh-uk.libguides.com\/newspapers-magazines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Newspapers, Magazines and other News Sources\u00a0guide<\/strong><\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-a-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Databases A-Z list<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\/permalink\/44UOE_INST\/7g3mt6\/alma9924816601702466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DiscoverEd<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Access is only available to current students and staff at the University of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p><em>Caroline Stirling \u2013 Academic Support Librarian for School of Social and Political Science<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a number of trials I&#8217;m happy to let you know that the Library has purchased access to South Asian Newspapers (1864-1922)\u00a0from Readex&#8217;s World Newspaper Archive. 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