Back issues are available for 90 days but current issues are normally available on the day of publication.
PressReader website
PressReader app
In the PressReader app there is also a new Autotranslate function that enables you to translate articles from and to multiple languages.
Newsbank Global Edition
Read eNewspapers through Newsbank
Newsbank Global Edition allows you to access a newspaper archive that includes:
- world newspapers
- most UK national papers
- local papers such as the Solihull Observer (text archive from 2014, image of paper from Jan 2024), Birmingham Mail and Sunday Mercury.
In addition, current issues of many papers including most UK ones are available as they are published in full image form - this includes the Times and Sunday Times which are not available on our eNewspapers service PressReader.
You can also explore diverse perspectives and stay informed on local, national and global topics, people and events by searching sources across more than 200 countries.
Go to the link above and
- enter your library card/membership number - enter the numbers after the SLP on physical library cards, or just the numbers for digital library cards. For online memberships, enter the number with the WP or H in front.
. If you're not a member you can join online.
Historical newspapers
Solihull has 2 sources of historical newspapers online
UK PressOnline
Has the Daily Express from 1900 to the present, with the Daily Star, and a selection of World War 2 newspapers
It can be used at home or anywhere else outside the library with your Solihull library membership
British Newspaper Archive
A collection of millions of pages from hundreds of British newspapers from the 1700s to the 1990s. There are local papers from all parts of the country available in full text, and thousands of new pages are being added each week at the British Library.
National titles include the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Sunday People, the Daily Express, Illustrated London News, and many suffragette titles.
For this area, the Solihull News, Birmingham Daily Post, Birmingham Mail, Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, Coventry Telegraph and Warwick & Warwickshire Advertiser are available (though not with complete runs)
The Archive is available for use in Solihull libraries only, but you can use it with your own device using the free Solihull Libraries wifi
eMagazines
You can also borrow from nearly 5000 eMagazines through the Libby app from Overdrive, with 3 years' back issues available.
eBooks and eAudiobooks
You can also download eBooks or eAudiobooks to your tablet, laptop or computer for up to 21 days.