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Using Reliable News Sources

With fake news being so common nowadays, you should use reliable news sources. This guide will show you how.

News E-Resources

The library subscribes to e-resources which you can use to search or read credible newspapers:

   
Newslink for SPH publications, including Straits Times. Note that it can only search two years at a time. Many of the articles are available in PDF, complete with images.
   

 

Straits Times (ST) Online provides the current 7 days' worth of news. Full-time polytechnic and ITE students have been given free personal subscription to ST Online. Find out more.

A full list of e-resources listed by content type can be found on this page.

Comparison of News E-Resources

Access the library's subscription to e-resources for news by going to E-Resources > By content type > Newspapers.

Not sure which online news resource to use? Here's a comparison table:

Straits Times Online Newslink
Source of news Straits Times SPH news publications
More suitable for searching or reading news Reading Searching
Any images or photographs Yes Yes
Allows use of Boolean operators, quotation marks No No
Duration for reading or searching

Reading: seven days

Searching: unknown

Searching: Ony two years at a time.
Off-campus access No Yes

 

Other News Sources

Other reputable news sources include:

BBC News 

CNA 

TodayOnline