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Chronicle of Higher Education is a weekly newspaper that features academic-related news articles, information and job listings for college and university faculty and administrators.
Interactive edition of the New York Times. [Access is limited to current WPI students, faculty and staff. Access is not available for walk-in or non-affiliated users.]
The Gordon Library provides free access for CURRENT students, faculty, and staff with a WPI email address to NYTimes.com. This service will provide you with an e-subscription to The New York Times to stay connected with the events of the day. In addition, you will have access to the extensive NYT database dating back to 1851 – a tremendous research tool.
To set up your account, go to:
Once you have activated your account you can log in no matter where you are at https://www.nytimes.com/.
**WPI New York Times faculty & staff subscribers need to renew your "academic pass" once every 4 years, on or before your registration anniversary date. (Students will have access until their graduation date.)
To do this, follow these steps:
1. Navigate to accessnyt.com (from campus or using the VPN)
2. Search for/select Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Then follow the directions to activate the Academic Pass.
**Once completed, your digital access will be active and you can navigate directly to nytimes.com from any web-enabled device.
For more details, see https://libguides.wpi.edu/news
Interactive edition of the Wall Street Journal. To activate your account go to https://partner.wsj.com/partner/WorcesterPolytechnicInstitute. You'll be prompted to log in with your WPI username and password. Then, you'll create your WSJ account with a new password, using your WPI email address.
[Access is limited to current WPI students, faculty and staff. Access is not available for walk-in or non-affiliated users.]