Current BU students, faculty, and staff may access the New York Times online. Our subscription includes news articles from 1851 to today’s front page, as well as access to the mobile news app, the TimesMachine, and subscriber-only news letters. Learn more and create your academic group pass.
Coverage is also available in several formats through these services:
- Recent coverage is available via Factiva. (Text only content, not image-based).
- Nexis Uni provides content from 1980 to the present. (Text only content, not image-based).
- Gale Academic Onefile provides content from 1985 to present. (Text only content, not image-based).
- Online through Proquest Recent Newspapers, from 2008+ (1 month time lag); an image-based product with search capabilities. Traditional microfilm from 1857-2009 is available on site only.
- Online through ProQuest Historical Newspapers as an image-based, searchable archive starting with 1851 and including everything except the most recent 3 years.
For additional information on how to access the New York Times, or for information on accessing other newspapers, see our Newspapers and News Media guide.
