🥳 Fun Stuff
These are not necessarily directly related to your writing seminar, but they are great, fun resources to know about.
News
- New York TimesPrinceton faculty, students, and staff have access to The New York Times (NYT) Digital Edition provided by Princeton University Library. Also available through Apple and Android apps after account creation.
- Washington Post This link opens in a new window
Digital edition of The Washington Post. Not available via mobile app. 2001+
- Wall Street JournalArchival coverage includes last 4 years (very limited additional coverage back to February 10, 2010). 90-day archive to a digital version of the daily print edition of The Wall Street Journal. Available editions include: US, Asia, Europe, and India. Available through Apple and Android apps after account creation.
- The EconomistIP based authentication for The Economist.
- The Financial TimesRegister for free access to the web experience of ft.com. Your account will also work to access the FT app for Apple and Android.
Travel & Language Learning
Travel Guides Collection
Located on the first floor of Firestone Library in the Thomas Graham Reading Room, the travel guides collection covers destinations in the US and around the world and is available to check out for four weeks at a time.
- Rosetta Stone This link opens in a new window
Rosetta Stone offers a wide range of courses and proficiency levels for dozens of languages.
NOTICE
On December 23, 2024, the Rosetta Stone platform offered through the library will be upgraded. With the change in platform, user profiles will be reset. Please record your last activity prior to the last few weeks of the semester. You will be able to navigate back to your last activity once you have re-registered for a new license.
You will find your current Unit and Lesson number on the top of the screen. When you login to the new platform after December 23, 2024, find Explore All Content to navigate back to your progress point.
Popular Magazines
- The Atlantic MonthlyAccess to articles from The Atlantic, including the most current issue. This link will not provide access to the web experience of theatlantic.com or give access to the mobile app.
- The New YorkerFree access to the web experience of newyorker.com as well as the archive from 1925 to the latest issue.
Leisure Reading
Dixon Print Collection
Located on the first floor of Firestone Library in the Thomas Graham Reading Room, the Dixon collection houses print copies of contemporary, popular fiction and non-fiction similar to what you might find in a public library. Books from this collection can be checked out for four weeks at a time.
- Dixon ebook & audiobook collectionThousands of contemporary, popular fiction and non-fiction titles to read or listen to. Many titles available as Kindle books. Download the Libby app for use on smartphones and tablets.
Games
- New York Times Games This link opens in a new window
The New York Times Games includes the Crossword, Crossword Mini, Letter Boxed, Spelling Bee, Sudoku, Tiles, Vertex, Wordle, and chess puzzles.
Music & Performing Arts
- Met Opera on Demand This link opens in a new windowProvides video and/or audio streaming access to over 500 productions from New York’s Metropolitan Opera, including recent high-definition videos from the Met’s Live in HD series, telecasts from the 1970s-2000s, and radio broadcasts dating back to 1936. New additions occur monthly.
- Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Offers the world's largest online classical music library, with streaming access to more than 120,000 CDs of both the standard and rare repertoire in all genres. The library offers the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogs plus the complete catalogs or selected titles from over 650 other recording labels, with more labels joining monthly. Also includes some jazz, world, and pop/rock music.
- Digital Concert Hall (Berlin Philharmonic) This link opens in a new window
Stream live and archived concerts of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as documentaries and interviews with composers, conductors, and performers.
Create a free account the first time you visit (click 'Start Institutional Access') and use that account to log in each time afterwards.