Library Research Guides: BUS L406 Law &amp; Ethics at Work: Research Sources

News and Popular Press

New York Times Online
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Access to nytimes.com and via apps. Additional access options for the New York Times are available.

IUB Affiliates: To register for access, go to http://go.iu.edu/registerNYT. Students will be prompted to provide their anticipated graduation date in order to complete the registration process. Once activated, you can access all content at NYTimes.com from a Web browser, as well as via NYTimes.com smartphone and tablet apps, from any location. Students will need to renew the IUB Group Pass annually. Faculty will need to renew every 4 years.

Click more for complete activation and renewal instructions, access for unaffiliated users, and additional access options.
Smartphone and tablet apps can be downloaded for free by visiting: https://www.nytimes.com/services/mobile/index.html (Please note e-reader apps are excluded from our Academic Group Pass.)

New IUB Affiliated Users - One-Time Activation of NYTimes.com IUB Group Pass
1. Go to http://go.iu.edu/registerNYT
2. Create a NYTimes.com account using your IU email address. (Note: If you already have a NYTimes.com account using your IU email address, you may log in with those credentials)
3. When you see START YOUR ACCESS, the expiration time and date of your pass will appear
4. Go to NYTimes.com and enjoy your full access from any location

Returning IUB Affilated Users
Once you have activated your IUB Group Pass account, it should allow you full access until your expiration date with no further action on your part. However, if for any reason while on NYTimes.com you are served the message that you are reaching the limit of free articles on the site, please do the following: Make sure you are logged in to the NYTimes.com account with which you activated your Group Pass. If you log out of your account or visit NYTimes.com on a device where you are not logged in, you can simply log in to your account to continue enjoying access.

If your Group Pass has expired: Visit http://go.iu.edu/registerNYT to activate a new pass. Make sure you are logged in to the NYTimes.com account with which you activated your IUB Group Pass.

Unaffilated users may access up to 10 free articles (including blog posts, slide shows and other multimedia features) each month on NYTimes.com. This free, limited access resets at the beginning of each calendar month.

Content Availability:
1851-1922: unlimited article availability
1923-1980: up to five articles per day per user
1981-present: unlimited article availability

Additional access options for the New York Times:
Access to the New York Times from 2008 to the present (with a lag time of about three months)

Digitized microfilm of the NYT with a 3-month embargo. Note: The IUB Library holds the physical microfilm for the NYT as well. The microfilm copy is especially important given that some articles are not available in the ProQuest resource because of the Supreme Court's Tasini ruling concerning the copyright rights of independent journalists and writers. ProQuest entries carry a note referring one to the microfilm copy.

Access to the New York Times from 1851 - 2013 (plus access to the Times Index from 1851 - 1993)
Wall Street Journal Online
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The Wall Street Journal Online is a New York based newspaper with a focus on business and financial news; this entry enables access to wsj.com and via their apps. Additional access options for the Wall Street Journal are available.

IUB Affiliates: The first time IUB Affiliates (current faculty, staff, and students) access the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Online they will be asked to register for an account. IUB Affiliates should use their IU email address to register. Following activation, IUB affiliates can go directly to the Wall Street Journal online at https://www.wsj.com or to WSJ apps and log in with the username and password they created during account registration.

Click more for account renewal information, mobile app availability, and additional access options.0
Once your account is activated, you can access all content from a web browser, as well as via smartphone and tablet apps, from any location. To retain access via apps and the website, you must validate your account every 90 days by logging in using your IU credentials via https://libraries.indiana.edu/databases/wsj.

Smartphone and tablet apps can be downloaded for free by visiting: https://now.wsj.com/mobile/

After creating an account, you will be able to save articles. They will be permanently stored in your WSJ account and can be access via WSJ.com from any web browser on any device. To locate saved articles on WSJ.com, after logging in, click the arrow next tor your name in the right-hand corner to expand the drop-down menu, then select "Saved Articles."

Wall Street Journal Online is not available for unaffiliated users.

Additional access options:
Access to the Wall Street Journal from 1889-2000
Access to the Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition, 1984 - current

The Financial Times
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Sign up for access to FT.com here, or access content through Access World News.
The New Yorker
This resource requires a subscription. Access is provided by the Libraries.
The Atlantic
Harvard Business Review
Major business periodical. The Libraries have a subscription that can be accessed through the Business Source Complete database.
National Public Radio (NPR)
NPR is a non-profit news organization that receives no money for advertisements (but does accept sponsorships). NPR has no commercial motive for producing news stories and often has coverage of topics, such as movies, that far exceeds its commercial competitors.
PBS News
News and Public Affairs content from the Public Broadcasting System.
vox.com
Vox is an American news website owned by Vox Media, founded in 2014 and noted for its concept of 'explanatory journalism.'
Vanderbilt Television News Archive
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Extensive archive of television news. Includes evening news from ABC, CBS, and NBC (since 1968), an hour per day of CNN (since 1995) and Fox News (since 2004).

Scholarly Articles:

SSRN
The SSRN, formerly known as Social Science Research Network, is a repository for preprints devoted to the rapid dissemination of scholarly research in the social sciences and humanities and more.
Industrial & Labor Relations Review

Government, NGO and Nonprofit sources

Bureau of Labor Statistics - U.S. Department of Labor
Offers reports and data analysis tools for tracking employment numbers and other economic metrics. Data can be filtered by gender, race, and other indices.
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.
U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission
The agency of the United States Government that enforces the federal employment discrimination laws. Information about discrimination on the basis of age, sex, race, religion. Either the Publications or Statistics sections might be useful (look under "About EEOC").
Osha - Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Centers for Disease Control
GIS data from the CDC
National Labor Relations Board
US Department of Labor
Economic Hardship Reporting Project
The aim of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) is to change the national conversation around poverty and economic insecurity by commissioning and publishing journalism on topic of poverty and economic inequality.

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