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Zoom: Drop in to our virtual reference room during our Reference Desk hours to ask any questions.
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Certain resources linked in this guide have limited access. Please see the guide to the icons below. Resources without icons in this guide are available to the public.
= Access is available to current Stanford Law School faculty, students, and staff.
= Access is available to current members of the Stanford University community.
Details about accessing particular U.S. newspapers from different databases and the range of coverage are available in the List of Major U.S. Newspapers tab. See also Stanford University Library's guide to U.S. Newspapers.
Stanford University and Stanford Law Library provide individual subscription account access for certain newspapers for their respective communities. Please see below for information on setting up individual accounts.
Stanford Law School
New York Times: Stanford Law Library provides subscription access for current Stanford Law School students, faculty, and benefits-eligible staff. SLS faculty and staff, please send a request to tslibrary@law.stanford.edu to setup your account. Incoming law students will be added to the subscription list and become eligible to activate their account during the first week of class. If you have forgotten your password, please navigate to the Forgot Password page.
All Stanford University
Washington Post: To sign up, visit the WaPost sign up page, enter your SUNetID email, and create your account. Be sure to check your email and verify your account afterwards. Note: There have been some problems for people signing up who previously had paid subscriptions with their SUNetID email. We are currently trying to resolve this issue.
Wall Street Journal: To sign up, visit the WSJ sign up page, enter your SUNetID credentials, and create your WSJ account.
Financial Times: To create an account, go to the Welcome to FT.com page and enter your Stanford email address.
Below are some major databases that collect U.S. newspapers and other news sources. More databases are listed in the Searchworks catalog under Newspaper Databases or you can search for a particular newspaper in Searchworks. You can also check out Stanford University Library's guide to U.S Newspapers.
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