LibGuides: Economics, Finance and Accounting: News and Media

FT.com and the Financial Times

FT.com This link opens in a new window
Online access to the Financial Times newspaper. Includes an 8 year searchable archive of news articles, as well as a browsable version of today's newspaper (available in 5 different editions: UK, Europe, US, Asia and Mid East).
If you have problems accessing Full text on Ft.com.
- go to Ft.com
- go to My Account and click on Sign out
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Financial Times Historical Archive (1888-2016) This link opens in a new window
The Financial Times Historical Archive (1888-2016) is a facsimile run of the world's most authoritative daily business newspaper. It includes over 790,000 pages, including Special Supplements and the FT Magazine. Browse individual issues and search every word of the text. Online Help is provided
The Financial Times Historical Archive is a complete searchable facsimile run of the authoritative daily business newspaper from its inception in 1888 to 2016. There are approx. 790,000 pages comprising the most detailed foreign affairs coverage of any European daily newspaper; the authoritative Lex column on corporate and financial matters; access to thousands of daily prices/stock indexes and currency tables, and to the FT Magazine. Helpful Essays about the newspaper are provided, plus comprehensive online Help and the ability to print, save, bookmark and e-mail search results. The FT archive is also cross-searchable with other newspapers via Gale NewsVault, including The Times and The Economist historical archives

UK newspapers

Nexis This link opens in a new window
Nexis is a major full text database for global news and business information. It gives access to over 35,000 sources, with more than 12,000 international news sources including UK daily and regional newspapers, current affairs magazines, and professional journals.

Alternative link - please note that, the first time you use this link, you will be asked to enter your first name and last name in order to access Nexis.
Nexis also includes 80 sources of company information, plus thousands of biographies of government officials, politicians, celebrities, investors and business contacts.

The Economist
A British weekly newspaper focusing on current affairs, international business, politics, technology, and culture.
The Times, London (UK)
Full text coverage from April 18, 1992 - present.
The Daily Telegraph, London (UK)
Full text coverage from November 1, 2000 - present
Financial Times, London (UK)
Full text coverage from May 31, 1996 - present (delayed 1 month).
The Guardian, London (UK)
Full text coverage from Dec 31, 2018 - present.
i London (UK)
Full text coverage from May 16, 2019 - present.
The Independent, London (UK)
Full text coverage from May 4, 2016 - present
Evening Standard, London (UK)
Full text coverage from March 27, 1998 - present.
The Sunday Times, London (UK)
Full text coverage from March 17, 1996 - present.
The Sunday Telegraph
Full text coverage from November 5, 2000 - present.
The Observer, London (UK)
Full text coverage from December 24, 1995 - present

International newspapers

Wall Street Journal, The (1889-1996) This link opens in a new window
An important newspaper for business and financial news, economic analysis, market & company evaluations. Focuses not only on the stock market, but on all aspects of global business, economics, consumer affairs, trends and issues. Full text Includes charts, stock tables, graphics, and illustrations.
Washington Post, The (1877-1997) This link opens in a new window
The Washington Post is the leading source of political and governmental coverage in the U.S.A.
Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
This database contains (mostly) full text articles from regional US business magazines and trade publications.
It uses the same search interface at Business Source Premier. The database is searchable by keywords, or browseable by publication title.
Note: geographic coverage is limited to USA only.
Cross search available with all EBSCO databases, select Choose Databases and tick those you wish to add to your search.

Some other online videos

Alexander Street Media Plus This link opens in a new window
This service contains more than 100,000 videos, images, and sound recordings.The collections include: a selection of historic newsreel from British Paramount News, Channel 4 and 5 News, Gaumont British News and Gaumont Graphic Newsreel, ITN, ITV, Reuters, Roving Report and Visnews.8,000 clips from Getty (moving images) and c.12,000 images from Getty (still images),The University of Brighton Design Archives.Wellcome Film with c. 450 titles from 1912 onwards.
It is important to check terms of use before using any of resources as copyright will vary from collection to collection. It is important to check terms of use before using any of resources as copyright will vary from collection to collection.
Henry Stewart Talks Business and Management collection This link opens in a new window
Contains approximately 1,000 animated lectures and case studies by leading experts from commerce, industry and academia.

Bank of England: YouTube channel
The Bank of England's official YouTube video channel.
BBC Archive: Men and Money
BBC TV series from 1964 about banking and finance in the city of London pre-globalization.
The Economist: Multimedia library
Videos from the Economist magazine. Arranged under various subject headings including 'Business & Economics'.
HM Treasury: YouTube channel
The UK Government HM Treasury's official YouTube channel.
IMF Videos
Official video presentations from the International Monetary Fund. Videos can be selected by category, country, year and language.
INET Economics videos
Videos on finance and economics from the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford.
LSE: Video and Audio
Videos and podcasts from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Studying Economics: Video Clips
Selected video clips from a variety of sources to help students understand economics and statistics. Provided by the Economics Network of the Higher Education Academy.
UWTV: Business and Economics
Leadership, business and economics video training material from the University of Washington, USA.