Reference Sources can be helpful for finding background information about a topic, for researching major ideas, theorists or researchers in a particular field, and for deciphering scholarly or technical language used in scholarly articles.
Search the library catalog for books and ebooks on your topic. Some books contain multiple essays or collected articles on a variety of topics.
We are happy to offer current faculty, staff and students access to the entire New York Times website.
What does it include?
In addition to the New York Times' news coverage, an educational account will provide the following benefits:
How do I sign up?
* The confirmation email may be routed to your spam folder.
What if I already have a New York Times account?
NOTE: NYT in Education website (includes 16 discipline-specific areas of study, discussion prompts, learning outcomes, Instructional Strategies, and Co-Curricular Activities) - a separate website for instructors, it requires its own username/password. You must register for access (and use your @elmhurst.edu email address) here: nytimesineducation.com/register
These databases are good sources for popular press articles. You can also use them to get at the full text of articles when you hit a "paywall" on a news website.