Research Guides: INF 240: Digital News Reporting (Loggins): Getting Started

How to Use This Guide

This guide is for journalism classes in the Informatics department. It has the following tabs:

Hays Happenings: Links to community organizations, local government, and news from FHSU, Hays, and Ellis County

Finding News: Links to the library's main news databases as well as major U.S and international newspapers and news networks.

Finding Data: Links to the library's statistical databases and public data sources.

Evaluation and Citation: Guides to evaluating and citing sources.

Fact-checking: Instructions for evaluating the accuracy of information written by others

FHSU Faculty/Staff: Links to FHSU faculty and staff lists by department, to assist you in finding experts to interview

Get Help: Contact information for the library.

Newspapers and Magazines FHSU Students have access to

New York Times This link opens in a new window
Students, faculty and staff now have access to the full content of the NYT.com and NYT mobile apps. Activate your free pass and create an account by going to NYT Edupass . You must use your FHSU e-mail address to create an account.
***Accounts are active for 364 days. If your account has expired use the same NYT Edupass link and log-in at that page to reactivate your account.***
Atlantic Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
The Atlantic Magazine Archive includes more than 1800 issues covering 1857-2014. Through literary and cultural commentary, The Atlantic, covers research areas like political science, foreign affairs, culture, the arts, technology and more.
Ebony Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
The premier magazine for African-American culture since 1945, the Ebony Magazine Archive covers more than 800 issues (1945-2014) and provides cover-to-cover fully searchable text and images, providing a perspective on African-American issues, history and more.
JET Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
Jet Magazine Archive covers art, news, politics and other social topics with an African-American focus. It includes over 3,100 issues providing a broad view of culture, fashion and entertainment from its first issue in 1951 through 2014.
LGBT Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
Archival runs of 26 of the most influential, longest-running serial publications covering LGBT interests. Includes the pre-eminent US and UK titles – The Advocate and Gay Times, respectively. Chronicles more than six decades of the history and culture of the LGBT community. In addition to LGBT/gender/sexuality studies, this material also serves related disciplines such as sociology, political science, psychology, health, and the arts. Some publications may contain explicit content.
Education Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
Publications aimed at teachers and other educational professionals and constitute valuable primary sources through which the evolution of educational policy, practice, and theory during this period may be delineated and interpreted. Covers the years 1910-2015
Women's Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
An archival research resource comprising the full backfiles of leading women’s interest consumer magazines. Coverage ranges from the late-19th century through to 2005. Among the research fields served by this material are gender studies, social history, economics/marketing, media, fashion, politics, and popular culture.
Includes full-text of Better Homes & Gardens, Chatelaine, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, Woman's Day, and more