Newspaper and magazine articles are great sources for information on what people knew when an event first happened, as well as interviews with experts and witnesses and follow-up articles. Briggs Library has several newspaper databases that you can search. Try using the date filter to find articles from certain points of time.
All students, faculty, and staff can now read unlimited articles from The New York Times directly on nytimes.com from anywhere in the world. Access includes all articles published on the website since 1996 as well as scanned issues going back to 1851.
Activate your Account
If you have never logged into the the New York Times, follow these steps to set up your access:
1. Go to accessnyt.com
2. Select South Dakota State University from the school search box
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to create an account using your SD State email address
4. Reactivate access after 365 days by following these same steps.
Note: If you already have a personal NY Times subscription connected to your SD State email and would like to activate this library-provided one, you will need to first contact NY Times customer service at 1-800-698-4637 to cancel your individual subscription.
Returning Users
Once you've made your account, follow these steps to get those unlimited articles:
1. Go to nytimes.com
2. Click on "Log In" in the upper-right-hand corner of the screen
3. Enter your SD State email address and chosen password
For more research help, check out our Research 101 Guide.
You can also get help from a librarian by using the instant chat in the bottom-right corner of the screen, emailing blref@sdstate.edu, or coming to the reference desk in the lobby of Briggs Library.
Peer-reviewed articles are sources written by researchers and academics about experiments they've conducted. Because they take longer to write and edit, most articles about an event will not be published until a year or more after that event has happened. Many of the databases Briggs Library provides contain peer-reviewed articles.