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BU Libraries now provides New York Times subscriptions

February 4th, 2025

The BU Libraries now provides subscriptions to The New York Times online to all current BU students, faculty, and staff. Through the BU Libraries academic group pass, students, faculty, and staff across all disciplines have unlimited access to The New York Times online and several of its features, at no cost to them.

With this subscription, BU community members have full online access to the paper’s latest news and features and all articles dating back to 1851, browsable digital replicas of issues from 1851 to 2002 via the TimesMachine, podcasts, multimedia features, and subscriber-only newsletters. Subscribers can access content online or via the NYT News App for mobile devices. Please note this subscription does not include crossword puzzles, NYT Games, Cooking, Wirecutter, or The Athletic. New York Times access is not available to BU alumni and affiliated researchers.

To create your free account, log into the NYT academic group pass with your BU credentials, and follow the prompts. You can review more detailed instructions on creating your account and guidance for users with existing accounts.