Hello! It’s Rebecca again! I hope you enjoyed or learned something new from last week’s post by Mikaila, our Business and Career Librarian. For those who haven’t been following this series, I am the Information Literacy Librarian here at the Chester County Library. (You might recognize me as the librarian with the purple hair!) Welcome to this series here on our blog where every week (or thereabouts) I’ll be introducing you to one of the library’s databases. A library database, for those who are unsure, is essentially just an online resource that the library pays for so that you can access it for free with your library card!
Today, I’m going to introduce you to the New York Times. That might sound a bit silly, because I’m sure all of you know what the New York Times is, but I’d bet some of you didn’t know that you could access the online version of this newspaper for free through the Chester County Library System!
Access from home is provided in the form of a 24-hour day pass that can be renewed every day. To get this day pass, first you’ll want to create an account with the New York Times website. All you’ll need to do is input your email address and create a password. Once you have an account with the website, go back to our databases page and click the Remote Access link to bring you to the page that will allow you to connect your library card to your account for the day. You will then have full access to the New York Times online for 24 hours. To gain access again the next day, just click on that same Remote Access link, log in to your account if you aren’t already, and connect your library card.
Access from within the library is one step easier! If you are on the library’s wifi network, all you need to do is create or log in to your account to get full access. No need to link your library card and no 24-hour access limitation.
Find our links to the New York Times on our website by going to chescolibraries.org –> Tools and Research –> All CCLS Databases –> N –> New York Times
This post is number eleven in this databases series! If you missed the previous installments, you can view them here.
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