National Library Datasets

Discover and download our rich datasets about the National Library’s digital collection.

Keen to glean insights about Singapore’s history, culture, and the arts - through data? Now you can! The National Library’s digital collection comprises various formats such as digitised books, magazines, maps, newspapers, images, sound and video recordings and websites. We have made the metadata of this collection available in the form of open datasets for non-commercial visualisation and analysis. 

Datasets are structured collections of data generally associated with a unique body of work.
(Source: Introduction - Datasets at the Library of Congress: A Research Guide by the Library of Congress) 

Click on the links below to download the datasets and start your exploration journey.

  1. National Library Singapore Digitised Books and Magazines 
  2. National Library Singapore Online Articles
  3. National Library Singapore Digitised Documents and Manuscripts
  4. National Library Singapore Digitised Ephemera
  5. National Library Singapore Digitised Maps  
  6. National Library Singapore Digitised Music Albums, Lyrics and Music Scores
  7. National Library Singapore Digitised Sound and Video Recordings
  8. National Library Singapore Digitised Images
  9. National Library Singapore Archived Websites
  10. National Library Singapore Digitised Newspapers:

10.1.    Newspapers-Bintang Pranakan-1930 to 1931
10.2. Newspapers-Bintang Timor-1894
10.3. Newspapers-Comrade-1946
10.4. Newspapers-Daily Advertiser-1890 to 1894
10.5. Newspapers-Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser-1905 to 1907
10.6. Newspapers-Indian Daily Mail-1946 to 1947
10.7. Newspapers-Indian Daily Mail-1949 to 1953
10.8. Newspapers-Indo-Chinese Patriot-1900
10.9. Newspapers-Kabar Slalu-1924
10.10. Newspapers-Kabar Uchapan Baru-1926 to 1931
10.11. Newspapers-Malacca Guardian-1928 to 1929
10.12. Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1914 to 1918
10.13. Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1919 to 1923
10.14. Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1924 to 1928
10.15. Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1929 to 1933
10.16. Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1934 to 1938
10.17. Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1939 to 1942
10.18. Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1945 to 1949
10.19. Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1950 to 1951
10.20. Newspapers-Malayan Saturday Post-1924 to 1928
10.21. Newspapers-Malayan Saturday Post-1929 to 1933
10.22. Newspapers-Mid-day Herald-1895 to 1898
10.23. Newspapers-Morning Tribune-1927
10.24. Newspapers-Morning Tribune-1936 to 1941
10.25. Newspapers-Morning Tribune-1946 to 1949
10.26. Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1838 to 1839
10.27. Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1856
10.28. Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1879
10.29. Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1886 to 1890
10.30. Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1891 to 1897
10.31. Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1899 to 1905
10.32. Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1906 to 1910
10.33. Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1911 to 1915
10.34. Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1916 to 1920
10.35. Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1921 to 1925
10.36. Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1926 to 1930
10.37. Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1931 to 1935
10.38. Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1936 to 1941
10.39. Newspapers-Prince of Wales Island Gazette-1833
10.40. Newspapers-Shonan Times (Syonan Shimbun)-1942 to 1945
10.41. Newspapers-Singapore Chronicle and Commercial Register-1827 to 1831
10.42. Newspapers-Singapore Chronicle and Commercial Register-1832 to 1837
10.43. Newspapers-Singapore Standard-1950 to 1953
10.44. Newspapers-Singapore Weekly Herald-1888 to 1889
10.45. Newspapers-Straits Advocate-1889
10.46. Newspapers-Straits Chinese Herald-1894
10.47. Newspapers-Straits Daily Advertiser-1900
10.48. Newspapers-Straits Echo-1903 to 1904
10.49. Newspapers-Straits Echo-1905 to 1909
10.50. Newspapers-Straits Echo-1910 to 1914
10.51. Newspapers-Straits Echo-1915 to 1918
10.52. Newspapers-Straits Eurasian Advocate-1888
10.53. Newspapers-Straits Mail-1894 to 1895
10.54. Newspapers-Straits Observer (Singapore)-1874 to 1876
10.55. Newspapers-Straits Observer (Singapore)-1897
10.56. Newspapers-Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser-1899
10.57. Newspapers-Sunday Standard-1950 to 1953
10.58. Newspapers-Sunday Tribune (Singapore)-1933 to 1937
10.59. Newspapers-Sunday Tribune (Singapore)-1938 to 1941
10.60. Newspapers-Sunday Tribune (Singapore)-1945 to 1950
10.61. Newspapers-Syonan Shimbun Fortnightly-1945
10.62. Newspapers-The Malacca Weekly-1888 to 1889
10.63. Newspapers-The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser-1888 to 1889
10.64. Newspapers-The Penang Patriot-1898 to 1900
10.65. Newspapers-The Penang Standard and Mercantile Advertiser-1879
10.66. Newspapers-The Penang Times-1882
10.67. Newspapers-The Straits Chronicle-1945 to 1946
10.68. Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1904 to 1907
10.69. Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1908 to 1911
10.70. Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1913 to 1916
10.71. Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1917 to 1920
10.72. Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1922 to 1926
10.73. Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1927 to 1931
10.74. Newspapers-The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle-1889 to 1892
10.75. Newspapers-The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle-1894 to 1896
10.76. Newspapers-The Straits Maritime Journal and General News-1895 to 1896
10.77. Newspapers-Weekly Sun-1910 to 1913