How do I access The New York Times through the Law Library?
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Maryland Carey Law students, faculty, and staff can sign up for full access to NYTimes.com and NYT mobile apps, courtesy of the Thurgood Marshall Law Library. Learn how to sign up for an account in the Law Library's Guide to Accessing the Baltimore Banner, New York Times, and Washington Post.
Please note that your account needs to be reactivated each year. NYTimes.com covers a variety of topics through breaking news articles, blogs, videos, and interactive features. Your access to NYTimes.com is available from any location, on or off-campus. You will be able to share content on social networks, save articles of interest, subscribe to email newsletters and set up personalized alerts.
Additionally, the Thurgood Marshall Law Library provides access to the New York Times through several databases and aggregators, including:
- New York Times via Lexis+ : Coverage: June 1, 1980 to date. Updated same day. No pictures and graphics available (Lexis username and password required).
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times: Coverage: 1851 - 2019. PDF scans of print edition) (Login with UMB credentials required if off-campus).
- ProQuest News & Newspapers: New York Times: Coverage: 1980 to date. Includes stories from print and online editions. Updated same day. Includes graphics and pictures for selected articles (Login with UMB credentials required if off-campus).
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ProQuest Recent Newspapers: New York Times: Coverage: 2008 - recent (3-month embargo). Provides access to full-page PDF images of the digitized New York Times newspaper (Login with UMB credentials required if off-campus).
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ProQuest News & Newspapers: Full text access to more than 40 contemporary and historical newspapers, including the American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger, American Israelite, Baltimore Afro-American, Baltimore Sun, Christian Science Monitor, Jerusalem Post, Jewish Advocate, Jewish Exponent, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
The Law Library provides the New York Times on microfiche from 1967-1990 in microformat cabinets M17-M18 located on level 1.
If the Law Library doesn't have an article, it may be available through interlibrary loan.