Academic Literacy: Digital Access to the New York Times

The New York Times began charging for online access to its current issue on March 28. Non-subscribers have access to twenty articles per month before being asked to pay.

All of CUNY has access to the current content of the New York Times through LexisNexis, but this database does not have a browse function. The content of the New York Times can be searched in LexisNexis from 1980 to the present.

To see content from the current issue of the newspaper:

1. Browse the content on the Times' site.

1. Go to LexisNexis

1. Search for the desired articles by keyword -

1. Enter your search terms in the Search for box, and enter New York Times in the by source title box.

1. When the search results appear, change the Sort dropdown menu from Relevance to Newest to Oldest.

The content of each issue of the New York Times from 1985 to the present can be accessed in Academic OneFile, but this database lags one day behind the print/online New York Times.

The content of the New York Times from 1857 through 2009 can be accessed in New York Times Historical File.

All of these resources can be accessed from off-campus with an activated CUNY ID card. You can activate your ID card at the Check Out Desk in the Library. This needs to be done each semester.