Articles, journals and newspapers
The Library provides access to thousands of print and electronic magazines and newspapers from around the world – in paper, online and on microfilm. You can find information on both print and electronic journals and newspapers in the Library Search Tool.
Search for articles in journals and newspapers
- Many articles can be found from The Library Search Tool.
- Articles can also be searched in the various databases the Library has access to (see below).
- If you know the name of a periodical or newspaper, you can use the function Journal Search in the Library Search Tool. This service also provides additional information such as where a given periodical is located and which years are available.
Swedish newspapers in databases
- Retriever’s Media Archive contains all major Swedish daily newspapers and most rural newspapers. The starting year for access varies, and is always after 1980.
- Artikelsök – search for articles in Swedish newspapers.
Svenskt pressregister – register of articles in Swedish city newspapers 1880–1906. - The National Library's database Svenska tidningar (Swedish newspapers) – all Swedish newspapers from 2014 onwards. Start year for access varies. The database contains information about the access available for different newspapers. Newer articles cannot be read remotely. However, they can be read on designated computers at some of our libraries:
In Uppsala one can book the computers that have access to Svenska dagstidningar:
Book the computer at Carolina Rediviva
Book the computer at the Karin Boye Library
Book the computer at the Library for Economic Sciences
At Almedalen Library there is a computer with full access in Room E39.
Foreign newspapers in databases
- PressReader – over 7000 newspapers from over 120 countries. The newspapers are available for 3 months. The content corresponds to the printed editions.
- Nexis Uni - Full-text articles from international newspapers, journals, news agencies and TV and radio broadcasts from more than 21,000 sources.
We also have access to the following digitised newspapers:
Printed newspapers
Most of our libraries have a selection of Swedish newspapers that are generally only kept for a short time. A larger selection of Swedish and foreign newspapers can be found at the Carolina Rediviva. There, today's newspapers are kept in the Periodical Reading Room (TLS). The Swedish newspapers are held for a week and the foreign ones for about a month.
Daily newspapers at the Carolina Rediviva
- Dagens Nyheter
- Svenska Dagbladet
- Upsala Nya Tidning
- Frankfurter Allgemeine
- Le Monde
- Die Zeit
Printed Swedish newspapers from before 1851
Print versions of Swedish newspapers from before 1851 are available at the Carolina Rediviva. You can request them at the information desk at the Carolina Rediviva and read them in the Special Collections Reading Room. These newspapers can be searched in a card catalogue in the Special Collections Reading Room. Swedish newspapers from 1851 onwards are only available on microfilm.
Newspapers and journals on microfilm
All Swedish newspapers are microfilmed for the period 1979–2013, and many of them have microfilm from the first year the newspaper in question was published.
The National Library of Sweden's website contains a list of which newspapers have been microfilmed and at which libraries they are available:
Complete list of Swedish newspapers available on microfilm (pdf)
Microfilm at our libraries in Uppsala
The microfilm room at Carolina Rediviva is closed until further notice.
The Swedish newspaper microfilms and the microfilm readers are not available. Please consult other libraries (see the link above).
The databases Svenska tidningar, ArkivDigital and Dödboken can instead be accessed on computers in Reading Room C. A microfilm reader for microfilms requested from the closed stacks, or through interlibrary loan, can also be found in Reading Room C.
Microfilm at Almedalen Library
At Almedalen Library, Gotland's newspapers are available on microfilm. In Room E39 there is a microfilm reader with a print function. Contact Almedalen Library to book.
Read and monitor e-journals in BrowZine
BrowZine allows you to search, read, save and stay updated on many of the Library's electronic journals:
