Information is published in a variety of platforms, for many different types of audiences, and purposes.
On this page, you will find access to background resources that give a general overview of topics. Encyclopedias, newspaper articles, small-business collections, and more.
Other sources are placed here for the purpose of discovery.
Patents filed with the federal government to protect new ideas or mechanisms to resolve identified problems can be found at the USPTO.
Useful when you're starting out on a research project. Do simple searches to find topic introductions in a variety of subjects. The mind map tool will help you discover related ideas and terms.
US Major Dailies provides access to The New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune. The content is available by 8 a.m. each day and provides archives stretching as far back as 1985.
Find both news and reviews as well as access to historical NY Times issues dating back to 1851.
First time user: To get access, you need to first register for an NYT account.
1. Click the link. You will have to enter your LSC library barcode.
2. Select Create Account and complete registration fields. Use your LSC email address!
3. Once you have an account, you may access NYTimes.com and NYT mobile apps like any subscriber, or go through this link but select "log in."
Note: Site passes will expire after 365 days. To renew, you will have to activate a new pass by repeating this process.
If Google Chrome shows a warning about this link, hit Ignore. You must use the proxy to get the special access.
