Bowman Library offers students their own subscriptions to the following newspapers. The New York Times must be re-subscribed to once a year. If you sign up today, you'll have access for 364 days, on the 365th day, you just need to go in and sign up for an account again using the same credentials. For both newspapers, sign up with your Menlo email login and password.
Financial Times (via ABI/INFORM)
The Financial Times is read daily by businesses, politicians, and academics around the world. The FT covers a variety of topics, including management, business, the legal industry, politics, climate change, and economics, all from a global perspective.
After activating your subscription here, log on to the New York Times site (https://www.nytimes.com) directly using your Menlo e-mail and the password you have set up. iPhone, iPad, and Android apps are available with your login. The Menlo Community has full-text access to the New York Times from 1851 to the present. For the years 1923-1980 there is a limit of 5 articles per day per user.
To activate your NYT subscription from off campus, click on the link and search for "Menlo College" and follow the instructions. After activating your subscription, log on to the New York Times site (https://www.nytimes.com) directly using your Menlo e-mail and the password you have set up. iPhone, iPad, and Android apps are available with your login. The Menlo Community has full-text access to the New York Times from 1851 to the present. For the years 1923-1980 there is a limit of 5 articles per day per user.
Find full text of the Wall Street Journal through the database, ABI/Inform:
Searching in both of these newspapers can be done at their respective websites FT.com and NYTimes.com. And, one of the best ways to search for relevant content is to employ a Google Site Search.
Using a site search helps you find information related to your topic.
For example, to search the New York Times, input the phrase site:nytimes.com then leave a space an add in your key terms like this:
site:nytimes.com coffee trends In this search you have told Google to only find results from the New York Times. a date limit to the past year has also been imposed. Look at the top few results, how might they be useful?
To run a similar search in the Financial Times, input the following search phrase:
site:ft.com retail coffee market The search tells Google to get results from the Financial Times only. Again, results are limited to the past year.
site:wsj.com coffee trends U.S. This search tells Google to get results from the Wall Street Journal only. Results are limited to the past year.
NOTE: A date limit is set by clicking on Tools under the Google search bar, clicking Any time, & selecting from the dropdown list.