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CHEM 326: Chemical and Synthetic Biology: New Articles

Access news at Williams

In your research for your blog post or conversation, you may wish to take a look at popular news and magazine articles related to science communication. While there is some good free content on the internet, you should know that you can access some paywalled news and magazine articles through Williams subscriptions. 

TIP: Some news articles from major outlets like The Atlantic, will be available for free through subscription databases linked below, like Nexis Uni. However, be aware that this content is usually digitized from the paper edition, and can differ in content in terms of formatting and images, from the online-only content.

Best Bet Library Databases

If You Have A Citation

  1. Search the library catalog by Title for the title of the newspaper to see if it is available in print, through an online database, or on microfilm.
  2. Check what dates are available in the "Get It" section (for print/microfilm) or "View It" section (for online access).
  3. If we don't own the title or date you need, use interlibrary loan to request a scan.

Local News (Williamstown area)

To find print, microfilm, and online editions of local newspapers in our collections, use the Browse search function of the library catalog. Choose to search by Subject and enter the following pattern:

Town/County (State abbreviation) -- Newspapers 

Examples:

Note: the date listed in the catalog record is the year the newspaper began publishing.

If you know the title of the newspaper you want, do a Browse search by Title. Watch out for changes in the title over time; there will be a different catalog record for each time the title changes.

Magazines and News Outlets