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FYSP 045: How To Use Your Body: News

Resources for Prof. Ann Cooper Albright's First Year Seminar, Fall 2024

News Databases

For current news coverage, some databases will include news and magazine articles. You can usually filter your results only to see news sources or even filter to specific publications.

Oberlin also has a lot of news-specific databases, which may be international or historical. Our A-Z database list will let you browse all of them.

Starting Points

As an Oberlin student, you have current access to both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Once you create your account, you can read any articles behind a paywall and use their phone or tablet apps.

New York Times Pass

Institutional access to the NYTimes.com is provided to all current Oberlin College students, faculty, and staff.  

If you are new to campus or have not previously registered for Oberlin's institutional NYTimes access

  • While on campus and connected to the Oberlin’s network or while using the VPN, visit accessnyt.com.
  • Create an account (claim a Pass) using your @oberlin.edu email address.
  • You have successfully claimed a Pass when you see the Start Your Access screen.

Once registered you’ll be able to access NYTimes.com by logging into your account from any computer/tablet/device you use.

Students: when registering you will be asked for your date of graduation from Oberlin; your status will stay active through that date, with no need to reactivate/re-authenticate.

Faculty/staff: you will have to re-authenticate annually, 364 days from when you last registered/authenticated for your NYTimes.com Pass. You may not reactivate your Pass until your previous access has expired.

To reactivate your Pass:

  • While on-site and connected to the Oberlin’s network (or while using the VPN from off campus) visit accessnyt.com.
  • Make sure you are logged into the NYTimes.com account with which you activated your last Pass.
  • You will be granted a new Pass and see the Start Your Access screen.
  • The new Pass will be good for 364 days.

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