Local History Collection

You can use BrowZine to find out which print journals we subscribe to. You can only search by journal title not individual journal articles. Use Library Search to conduct a search for individual journal articles.

See also the section  Online Journals, Indexes & Newspapers

The following is a selection of the titles held in the Local Collection.

• Architecture East Midlands (Royal Institute of British Architects. East Midlands Regional Council) 1965-1980
• Bulletin of Local History: East Midland region (University of Nottingham)1968-1990
• Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society 1959-1980; 1984-1995
• Derbyshire Archaeological Journal (Derbyshire Archaeological Society) 1879-
• Derbyshire Archaeological Society Newsletter (Derbyshire Archaeological Society) 1976-
• Derbyshire Bird Report (Derbyshire Ornithological Society) 1976-1986, 1991- 2017
• Derbyshire Life & Countryside 1965- (previously Derbyshire countryside 1931-1964)
• Derbyshire Miscellany (Derbyshire Archaeological Society. Local History Section) 1956-
• East Derbyshire Field Club 1914-1930
• East Midland Archaeological Bulletin (University of Nottingham; East Midland Committee of Field Archaeologists) 1959-1982
• East Midlands Bibliography 1970-1986 (previously North Midland Bibliography 1963-1969)
• East Midland Geographer (University of Nottingham. Department of Geography) 1954-1999 (Internet Archive: 1954-1991)
• East Midland Historian (School of Continuing Education,University of Nottingham) 1991-2005
• Mercian Geologist: Journal of the East Midlands Geological Society 1964- (Back issues also available online)
• Midland History 1994-2018 (University of Birmingham)
• Mining History: the Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society 1996- (Selected articles are also available online)
• Peak District Mines Historical Society Newsletter (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 1972- (Back issues also available online)
• Staple: new writing 1983-2010
• Trent Geographer (Trent Polytechnic/Nottingham Trent University) 1981-1998
• Weather Front (Royal Meteorological Society. East Midlands Centre) July 2018- (Also available online: 2018 -)
• Wild Derbyshire (Derbyshire WIldlife Trust) 2000-2017 (previously Derbyshire Wildlife Trust 1987-1999 & Derbyshire Naturalists Trust newsletter 1972-1986  ·  

If you come across a particular journal/newspaper article that we don't have access to, we may be able to obtain it for you using our inter library loans service. Before putting in a request please check that we do not hold an electronic copy of the journal title using either BrowZine or Library Search. See the Inter Library Loans help page for more information.

If it is a very specific "local" journal don't forget to check Derby Local Studies Library