With fake news being so common nowadays, you should use reliable news sources. This guide will show you how.
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The library subscribes to e-resources which you can use to search or read credible newspapers: |
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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. |
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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.
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 |
