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The Library of Virginia now offers online access to past issues of the Farmville Herald and Farmville-Leader, dating between 1893 and 2010. The Farmville Herald was established in 1890 as a weekly paper to serve Buckingham, Cumberland, and Prince Edward Counties. In 1934, the Farmville Herald merged with the Farmville-Leader to become the Farmville Herald and Farmer-Leader. In 1957, the paper once again became the Farmville Herald. 

In addition to browsing current paper issues of the Farmville Herald in the library building, patrons can use the link below to view digitized versions of the paper (and many others). 

Bortz Library offers a site license subscription to the New York Times (NYT) that allows current H-SC students, faculty, and staff unlimited access to the New York Times website for free. To create a free account, click on the link below or visit the library's A-Z Database List.

Please note: when creating a new account, Hampden-Sydney users must access the NYT website through the library's site license link and register with their H-SC email address. After the account has been registered, users may access the New York Times from anywhere, including on the NYT app. 

The NYT account will need to be reactivated each year in order to retain access. Users must be on campus to reactivate their account. 

The complete archive of The New York Times with more than 13 million articles total. The archive is divided into two search sets: 1851–1980 and 1981–present. You must have a current New York Times Site License in order to access certain articles and date ranges. You can obtain a pass using the link for New York Times Site License above. Links to access the New York Times Digital Archives and Site License can be also found in the library's A-Z Database List. 

Please note: your NYT site license pass will need to be reactivated each year in order to retain access. You will need to be on campus to reactivate your account. 

Factiva provides access to the exclusive combination of the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, DOW Jones and Reuter's newswires and the Associated Press. Links to Factiva can be found in the library's A-Z Databases List, or click on the link below.

To access the database's news resources, log in to Factiva and navigate to the "News Pages" in the main navigation bar (shown to the right). If you are off campus, you will need to log in using your standard H-SC username and password, leaving off the "@hsc.edu" from your username. 

The Chronicle of Higher Education is a source for news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. Links to The Chronicle of Higher Education can be found in the library's A-Z Databases List, or click on the link below. From on campus, there is no need to log in. Off-campus users will need to create a free username and password using your Hampden-Sydney email address.