109 datasets
National Library Board CSV index of digitised Sunday Tribune (Singapore) newspaper articles from 1938 through 1941, with issue dates, page and article identifiers, titles, and contributor metadata. Supports late-colonial Singapore press research within NLB’s open historical newspapers programme. Enquiries: [email protected].
National Library Board CSV index of digitised The Penang Times newspaper articles from 1882, with issue dates, page and article identifiers, and related metadata. Supports late-19th-century Straits Settlements press research within NLB’s heritage digitisation programme. Enquiries: [email protected].
Catalogue listing of books and magazines digitised from the National Library, Singapore collections during 2024, published by the National Library Board in CSV format. Each record carries rich bibliographic metadata including URI and UUID identifiers, ISBN and ISSN, title and alternative title, creators and contributors in both personal and organisational forms with Chinese-name variants, digital and original publishers, creation date, description and abstract, LCSH and SingHeritage subject headings, language, parent collection, NLB material type, and rights statement. Librarians, digital humanities researchers, and heritage projects use it to discover primary sources on Singapore history, art, and culture. Enquiries can be directed to [email protected].
This National Library Board dataset indexes digitised articles from The Straits Maritime Journal and General News for 1895 and 1896, part of NLB's release of newspapers published 70 years ago or longer. Each row captures the newspaper title, issue id and issue date, edition, page id and page number, article id and article title, the opening fifty words of the article, and the contributor. The title's short two-year run makes this a compact but focused window into late nineteenth-century shipping and general news reporting in the Straits Settlements. Historians, maritime researchers and digital humanities projects use it for keyword discovery and for assembling text corpora from Singapore's colonial-era press.
This National Library Board dataset indexes digitised newspaper articles from the Straits Echo published between 1905 and 1909, part of NLB's programme to open up newspapers more than 70 years old. Each record identifies the newspaper title, issue id and issue date, edition, page id and page number, article id and article title, the first fifty words of the article text, and the contributing institution. The first-fifty-words field makes the collection searchable by keyword without opening every scan, which is helpful for locating coverage of a particular person, place or event. Historians, genealogists, students and digital humanities researchers use it to trace early twentieth-century news coverage and to build text-mining corpora.
National Library Board CSV index of digitised Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle articles from 1936 through 1941, with issue metadata, page numbers, and article titles. Supports late-colonial and World War II–era Southeast Asian newspaper research from NLB Singapore. Enquiries: [email protected].
National Library Board CSV catalogue of digitised The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) articles from 1913 through 1916, with issue, page, and article metadata. Historians locate World War I–era Straits press coverage in NLB’s open newspaper digitisation programme. Enquiries: [email protected].
National Library Board CSV catalogue of digitised sound and video recordings from National Library Singapore collections, covering music composed or published by Singaporeans, produced in Singapore, or related to Singapore. Researchers and the public discover local audiovisual heritage; enquiries: [email protected].
National Library Board CSV index of digitised The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) articles from 1904 through 1907, with issue dates, page and article identifiers, titles, and contributor metadata. Supports early-20th-century Straits Settlements press research in NLB’s heritage digitisation programme. Enquiries: [email protected].
National Library Board index of digitised articles from the Malaya Tribune newspaper published in 1950 and 1951. Each row records the newspaper title, issue identifier, issue date, edition, page identifier and page number, article identifier, article title, the first fifty words of the article text, and the contributor. NLB releases listings of newspaper articles published seventy years ago or longer as part of its effort to preserve and widen access to Singapore's historical print record. Historians, genealogists, journalists, and researchers of Singapore's post-war society and press use the index to locate and cite specific articles. Enquiries can be sent to [email protected].
National Library Board CSV catalogue of digitised articles from The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle (1894–1896), with issue, page, and article metadata. Historians locate mid-1890s Straits Settlements press coverage in NLB’s heritage digitisation programme. Enquiries: [email protected].
National Library Board CSV index of digitised Syonan Shimbun Fortnightly articles from 1945, with issue, page, and article metadata. Supports end-of-occupation and early post-war Singapore press research within NLB’s NewspaperSG heritage programme. Enquiries: [email protected].
National Library Board CSV index of digitised The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser articles from 1888 through 1889, with issue, page, and article metadata. Historians locate late-19th-century Malacca and Straits mercantile press coverage in NLB’s heritage digitisation programme. Enquiries: [email protected].
National Library Board CSV catalogue of digitised Bintang Timor newspaper articles from 1894, with issue, page, and article metadata plus opening text. Historians explore late-19th-century Malay press coverage in NLB’s heritage digitisation programme. Enquiries: [email protected].
National Library Board CSV index of digitised Kabar Uchapan Baru newspaper articles from 1926 through 1931, with issue dates, page and article identifiers, titles, opening text, and contributors. Supports Malay-language press and interwar Singapore historical research. Enquiries: [email protected].
This National Library Board dataset indexes digitised Straits Echo newspaper articles published in 1903 and 1904. Records identify issues, publication dates, editions, pages and articles, with article titles, the first 50 words and contributor information where available. It enables researchers to discover early twentieth-century primary sources on Singapore and the wider Straits region, assess potentially relevant articles and trace them to specific pages in the digitised newspaper collection.
This National Library Board dataset indexes digitised articles from the Straits Advocate published in 1889. Records describe newspaper issues, dates, editions, pages and individual articles, and may include titles, the first 50 words and contributor details. It provides a searchable route into nineteenth-century primary sources on Singapore and the Straits region, helping researchers identify relevant material and connect citations to specific digitised newspaper pages.
This dataset indexes digitised articles from the Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle published from 1926 to 1930. Each record can identify an issue, publication date, edition, page and article, with titles, opening text and contributor details where available. It helps historians and other researchers discover primary newspaper sources relating to Singapore, Penang and the wider Straits Settlements, then connect individual records with their digitised pages.
National Library Board CSV catalogue of maps digitised from National Library Singapore collections in 2024–2025, with titles, creators, subjects, rights, and access metadata. Historians, cartographers, and cultural researchers discover digitised map resources on Singapore’s history and geography; enquiries to [email protected].
This National Library Board dataset indexes digitised articles from the Singapore Chronicle and Commercial Register published between 1832 and 1837. Records identify the newspaper issue, date, edition, page and article, and include article titles, the first 50 words and contributor information where available. Researchers can use it to locate primary sources on early Singapore commerce, society, politics and culture while tracing articles back to specific digitised newspaper pages.