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New York Writing

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All members of the Chapin community free digital access to the New York Times.
Here is how to set up your account for the first time or renew your existing account:

  • Visit to nytimes.com/passes and create an account using your Chapin email address
  • Then, open your email and look for a confirmation email from the Times (be sure to check your spam folder if nothing arrives within 5 minutes)
  • After clicking the confirmation message, select the appropriate descriptor (Student) and graduation year 
  • Your registration is now complete!

scholarly secondary sources

You can find books in two places: in the stacks at the library and in our eBook database.

This is a link to the library catalogwhere you can find all the physical books the library has in its collection

This is a link to our scholarly eBook databasewhere you can find over 100,000 books from academic and university presses


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