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About The Guardian/Observer Archive

What is The Guardian/Observer Archive?
What can The Guardian/Observer Archive help me do?
How does The Guardian/Observer Archive work?
How often is The Guardian/Observer Archive updated?
What are the technical requirements for using The Guardian/Observer Archive?
Who do I contact for further information?

What is The Guardian/Observer Archive?

The Guardian/Observer Archive is an indispensable resource for anyone wanting to understand or learn more about the political, social, economic and cultural events of today. It offers online access to thousands of articles and features from two of the UK's leading providers of informed news and comment.

What can The Guardian/Observer Archive help me do?

The Guardian/Observer Archive is the ideal tool to keep up-to-date with day-to-day information, looking through a large archive of articles giving the user an array of views and opinions on one story line or subject.

Our subscribers use us to:

• Research college assignments.
• Answer queries at the reference desk.
• Find reports about schools performance.
• Keep up to date with current business trends.
• Follow the Stock Market share prices.
• Read the latest book reviews.
• Follow the latest political debates.
• Discover the nearest art exhibitions in your area.
• Read travel articles about specific destinations in the UK or abroad.

How does The Guardian/Observer Archive work?

The Guardian/Observer Archive is easy to use. Users can:

• Search across both the Guardian and the Observer for information on a person, a headline, a place, etc.
• Get a broad range of views and opinions on a particular news story.
• Find information on national events.

News articles are fully keyword-searchable and can either be printed off in a user-friendly format or e-mailed for later reference. The Guardian/Observer Archive also enables you to bookmark each article individually with the help of durable links.

How often is The Guardian/Observer Archive updated?

The Guardian/Observer Archive is updated every weekday. Issues are added to the service a day after publication, so there will always be a time lag between an article appearing in the print edition and its appearance in this service. Headlines on the home page are selected from amongst the latest articles added to the service.

What are the technical requirements for using The Guardian/Observer Archive?

The following browsers are needed to access The Guardian/Observer Archive: Netscape 6.2 above and IE 5 above. The Guardian/Observer Archive might work with other browsers but we do not support them. The Guardian/Observer Archive does not work with the AOL browser, if you are an AOL user, you will need to use IE 5.0 above or Netscape 6.2 above to access The Guardian/Observer Archive.

The Guardian/Observer Archive has been optimised to support speaking browsers such as Jaws and screen magnifying software such as ZoomText. Further information on the special accessibility features of The Guardian/Observer Archive can be found in our Accessibility Statement.

Who do I contact for further information?

Contact us via our webmaster or call 01223 271400.