The Reference library has a large collection of national newspapers, magazines and periodicals dating back
several years, and in the case of The Times back to 1900.
The titles and holding periods are listed below. You can come in
and view them without an appointment. Local newspapers are also
available in local studies and archives.
For a full list of newspapers and periodicals held in the borough
and details of holdings of back issues, see the Union List of
Newspapers and Periodicals 2008
Newspapers
|
Title
|
Holdings
|
|
Asian Age
|
6 months
|
|
Daily Express
|
6 months
|
|
Daily Jang (Urdu)
|
12 months
|
|
Daily Mirror
|
6 months
|
|
Daily Nation
|
12 months
|
|
Daily Telegraph
|
6 months
|
|
Evening Standard (London)
|
6 months
|
|
Financial Times
|
12 months
|
|
Guardian
|
6 months
|
|
Independent
|
12 months
|
|
Irish Times
|
6 months
|
|
Morning Star
|
6 months
|
|
Observer (Sunday)
|
12 months
|
|
Sunday Times
|
1970 to date
|
|
Times
|
1900 to date
|
|
Times Index (Bound)
|
1914-1919 and 1939 to date
|
Magazines and Periodicals
| Title |
Holding |
|
Accountancy
|
2 years
|
|
ACE Bulletin
|
2 years
|
|
Amateur Photographer
|
2 years
|
|
Architects' Journal
|
2 years
|
|
Art Review
|
2 years
|
|
Asian Voice
|
6 months
|
| Asian Woman |
2 years |
|
Autocar
|
2 years
|
|
Bank of England
|
1987 to date
|
|
Banker
|
2 years
|
|
Bike
|
2 years
|
|
Building
|
2 years
|
|
Bull. of World Health Org.
|
2 years
|
|
Business Week
|
2 years
|
|
Campaign
|
2 years
|
|
Caterer and Hotelkeeper
|
2 years
|
|
Child Education Plus
|
1 year
|
|
Coin News
|
2 years
|
|
Community Care
|
2 years
|
|
Computer Weekly
|
1 year
|
|
Computer Which
|
1 year
|
|
Construction News
|
2 years
|
|
Contract Journal
|
1 year
|
|
Cultural Trends
|
5 years
|
|
Cycling
|
2 years
|
|
Design Week
|
2 years
|
|
Des Pardes
|
1 year
|
|
Eastern Eye
|
6 years
|
|
Ecologist
|
2 years
|
|
Economic Affairs
|
5 years
|
|
Economic and Labour Market Review
(formerly 'Economic Trends' and Labour Market
Trends)
|
from Jan 07 (5 years collectively)
|
|
Economist
|
5 years
|
|
Electronics Weekly
|
2 years
|
|
Electronics World
|
2 years
|
|
Emel
|
2 years
|
|
English Historical Review
|
1969 to date
|
|
Essex Chronicle
|
1 year
|
|
Estates Gazette
|
2 years
|
|
Exhibition Bulletin
|
2 years
|
|
Film Review
|
2 years
|
|
Flight International
|
2 years
|
|
Food Manufacturer
|
2 years
|
|
Gardening from Which
|
2 years
|
|
Geographical Magazine
|
5 years
|
|
Gibbons Stamp Monthly
|
2 years
|
|
Good Housekeeping
|
2 years
|
|
Greater London Pensioner
|
1 year
|
|
Grocer
|
2 years
|
|
Gujarat Samachar
|
1 year
|
|
Health Service Journal
|
2 years
|
|
Health Statistics Quarterly
|
5 years
|
|
Hi-Fi News and Record Review
|
2 years
|
|
History Today
|
1951 to date
|
|
Ilford Recorder
|
1 year
|
|
Investors Chronicle
|
2 years
|
|
Irish Post
|
1 year
|
|
Janomot
|
1 year
|
|
Jewish Chronicle
|
1 year
|
|
Legal Action
|
5 years
|
|
London Bulletin
|
2 years
|
|
Main Economic Indicators
|
5 years
|
|
Marketing
|
2 years
|
|
Money Facts
|
2 years
|
|
Money Management
|
2 years
|
|
Monthly Bulletin of Statistics
|
5 years
|
|
Municipal Journal
|
2 years
|
|
Musical Times
|
5 years
|
|
Nature
|
5 years
|
|
.Net
|
2 years
|
|
New Internationalist
|
2 years
|
|
New Nation
|
1 year
|
|
New Law Journal
|
5 years
|
|
New Scientist
|
5 years
|
|
New Statesman
|
5 years
|
|
OECD Economic Outlook
|
5 years
|
|
Nursing Times
|
2 years
|
|
OECD Observer
|
2 years
|
|
Paris Match
|
1 year
|
|
Parkers Car Price Guide
|
3 months
|
|
People Management
|
2 years
|
|
Personal Computer World
|
2 years
|
|
Pink Paper
|
Started Jan '07
|
|
Post Magazine
|
2 years
|
|
SMT
|
2 years
|
|
Scientific American
|
5 years
|
|
Sikh Times
|
1 year
|
|
Somali Eye
|
Started Jan '07
|
|
Sounds Great
|
Current Edition
|
|
Spectator
|
2 years
|
|
Stage
|
1 year
|
|
Surveyor
|
2 years
|
|
Time
|
2 years
|
|
Time Out
|
6 months
|
|
Times Educational Suppl.
|
1 year
|
|
Times Higher Educational Suppl.
|
1 year
|
|
Times Literary Suppl.
|
1 year
|
|
Town and Country Planning
|
2 years
|
|
Travel Trade Gazette
|
2 years
|
|
UK Economic Accounts
|
5 years
|
|
UN Chronicle
|
2 years
|
|
Vegan
|
Current Edition
|
|
Vegetarian
|
Current Edition
|
|
Voice
|
1 year
|
|
Wanstead / Woodford Guardian
|
1 year
|
|
Wisden Cricketer
|
2 years
|
|
What Video
|
2 years
|
|
Wired
|
2 years
|
|
Yours
|
Current Edition
|