I would have to pay nine dollars for one day of access to the archives of The Times.
So yeah, that plan I had, of looking up the remainder of an interesting quote that might even have provided me with a title? Not happening. Not for nine dollars and a dubious return on my investment.
The grin I had when I realized the newspaper’s archives were online has quite gone away.
You may be able to look at them for free in the British Library. I can investigate, if you wish.
Problem (mysteriously) solved . . . 🙂
What year are you looking for?
Gale has a library database of The Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985, if that will help.
Whatever. Email me and I’ll give you my student password to IU’s database. Hell, I’ll give you some free links to British newspapers if they’re still active.
I actually tried that (not with your info) when I was attempting to access the electronic copy of a Really Old Book, and for some reason it didn’t want to let me in.
This works for the NYT, not sure if it does for The Times:
Punch the title of the article into Google. Referrals from Google get to see the article (though you can’t go beyond the first page).
Given that it’s a paywall and not a registration nag, it probably won’t work, but doesn’t hurt to try.
The article is from 1855, and I don’t have the title. (But problem has been solved by other means.)
BugMeNot keeps their Times logins fairly active. *cough*
