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Read news, stats, style guides, history and more without paywalls — brought to you by University of Dayton Libraries.

1. AP Stylebook: No Oxford commas here. This guide for media writing contains everything from the print version plus regular updates.
2. Chicago Manual of Style: Not as tasty as the hot dog. Provides quick answers to your writing, citation and editing questions; also has convenient sample formats and style sheets for research papers, tables, articles, chapter submissions and letters.
3. Flipster: Read a variety of popular magazines.
4. GuideStar: Research and evaluate U.S. nonprofit organizations and charitable institutions. 
5. Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center: Get crafty. Offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of hobby enthusiasts; full text is provided from leading hobby and craft magazines.
6. National Geographic Virtual Library: Explore history through a new lens. Browse, read cover to cover, explore topics and search issues from 1888 to 2015. Issues from March 2017 to the present are available free through Flipster.
7. The New York Times: Go to AccessNYT.com to create an account using your UD email address, then start reading. Access is jointly sponsored by the Student Government Association, the Office of the Provost and University Libraries. Need help signing up?
8. UDiscover: It’s better than Google; and it’s just for UD. Access or easily request full text of articles, books, data and more.

No login required on these!:

1. ArchivesSpace: Unique history is here. Search archival materials from the Marian Library, the U.S. Catholic Special Collection, and University of Dayton Archives and Special Collections.
2. eCommons: Explore content produced by our diverse campus community. This is the University's institutional repository — a permanent multimedia archive of UD's continuous pursuit of transformative education and world-changing research.

Questions about these or other library resources? Contact University Libraries on our Get Help website.