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New York Times LRC@TCC
On March 28, 2011, the New York Times stopped
providing unlimited free access to the paper from the nytimes.com web site. They
have instituted a ‘paywall’ that allows only limited access for free.
Below is some information about the paywall and about the access
available through the library databases:Paywall:
• From the nytimes.com web site you can view 20 articles per month
before you are blocked or asked to pay.
• Home subscribers to the print newspaper get unlimited online access,
but institutional subscribers (like TCC) do not.
• All front page content is available.
• Access is available to an additional 5 articles per day if found through
major search engines.
• Unlimited access is available to articles found through blogs and social
networks (like Facebook).
Library Databases:
Factiva:
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Best for someone who wants to read today’s paper: Click on the News
Pages tab. The New York Times is the second paper listed.
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Full text available through the search page from 1980-present (today’s
paper).
EBSCO
Newspaper Source Plus:
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Full text available from 1985 to present (generally to yesterday’s
paper).
• Can find articles using on a topic through the search page.
• Can browse the publication by date.
Lexis/Nexis
Academic:
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Full text available through the search page from 1980-present (today’s
paper).
ProQuest
Digital Microfilm:
• Provides a pdf copy of the paper (looks just like the newspaper).
• Cannot search by topic; must call up the paper by date.
• Information is added a month at a time and generally lags about 2-3 months.
• As the name suggests, this is like using the microfilm.
Other: NY Times articles are also found in Science
In Context and Opposing
Viewpoints in Context.
If the patron is searching for a topic, please refer them to a librarian for
assistance with searching these databases.
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