Good News: Your Library Card Now Gives You Access to NYTimes.com!
At the library, we want you to have access to all the news, all the time, when and where you want it. That's why we provide online access to:
- PressReader – 7, 000+ international newspapers and magazines including the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the Washington Post and the Times of India
- RBDigital Magazines – Hundreds of major magazines, including the New Yorker, the Economist and the Atlantic
- Flipster eMagazines – Even more Canadian and U.S. magazines including Macleans, Toronto Life and Time
- OverDrive Magazines – Including New York Magazine, Newsweek, and Bloomberg Business Week
But we haven't had access to the juiciest plum in the North American daily journalism basket – until now. That's right: Twitter browsers, Facebook scrollers and news junkies of all types, rejoice – your library card now gives you free access to the New York Times online, at NYTimes.com!
Access includes all articles, the Book Review, the Cooking app (iOS only) and the Magazine (but not the crossword; this is not a perfect world).
How to access NYTimes.com:
- If you're using a library computer, you don't have to do anything at all – just go to nytimes.com and enjoy your free access!
- If you're using your own device:
- Go to tpl.ca/nytimes
- Log in with your library card number and PIN
- Create an account (select Other/Non-Academic User)
You'll get a 3-day pass that you can renew as many times as you like.
Need more info? Check our Getting Started Guide for complete instructions.
Enjoy all the news that's fit to print!
39 thoughts on “Good News: Your Library Card Now Gives You Access to NYTimes.com!”
Thank you!
How about a similar arrangment with the Toronto Star (if it isn’t too greedy to ask!) 🙂
Our PressReader service (see link above) gives library card holders access to thousands of newspapers from all over the world, including the Toronto Star.
Within the first week of arriving in Canada, I applied for a TPL card. That one card has enriched my life beyound measure. And now we get the NY Times as well. I love our library system 😁❤️
It’s mutual! We love hearing stories like this! ❤️❤️❤️
I can do without access to the NY Times personally but to each his own as they say. Whatever turns one crank.
Wonderful. The New York Times can now be read and accessed by everyone. Best library news in a long time!
Just when you hit a paywall… TPL gives you a jetpack. 😀
WOW…this is wonderful news…thank you, TPL! One more reason (not that i needed another) to be happy to be a donor to our superb library system, in addition to supporting it with my taxes.
Thanks for the NYT. Your intro might have listed the new OverDrive magazine service. Haven’t gone through it all and not sure of apps, but am able to read the current Bloomberg BusinessWeek in a Chrome browser page on an Android tablet.
Jeff, you’re right! OverDrive magazines are so new they completely slipped my mind! I’m going to edit the post to include them – thanks for catching that.
Help plese. I want to use PressReader on my android phone. But I can’t access content. The only I can is to use library pc. How can we use PressReader for free contents on android smartphone??
Hi Mark, try following the steps in our Getting Started Guide: https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/pressreader-help/ – you have to create an account and log in. Hope this helps!
Which service includes The Washington Post? I’m already a New York Times subscriber.
Amazing!!! You guys are awesome. Really appreciate all the work you put in to make TPL such an awesome resource.
PressReader has a PDF of the print version of WaPost (i.e. not website) and other major papers.
Can we read the earliest copies of the newspaper (1851)? And is it word searchable?
If you want to use the wapo app for internet-friendly display, the newspaper has an incredible deal for people outside the US – only $18 US per year! You can share it with one other person, support their journalism without breaking the bank, + give a free month to friends once a month. Wish NYT had done this! No personal affiliation with the paper, just a happy subscriber.
It does seem that the Press Reader service is typically “unavailable at this time.” At least for the past several days. That’s more than a little frustrating. Are you working on a particular problem? Is there an end in sight?
Hi Kevin,
Yes, it is frustrating. Our I.T. department has been working on the problem, but I don’t have a timeline for when it’s going to be resolved. Thanks for bearing with us, and sorry it’s taking so long.
Thanks for the thought. I don’t know the financial deal TPL has with these news / mag services but have read about the huge unit price premium libraries pay ebook and audiobook services over retail for titles, on the basis of of offering multiple “reads” – a dozen copies of a popular novel in ebook or audiobook will run TPL thousands of dollars, and considering most of those library readers would never be buying the book anyway, it’s a good deal for publishers. I gave up a couple of long-standing print magazine subscriptions for RBDigital (formerly Zinio) not feeling bad at all about the public library subscription model as a helpful answer to the (admitted) print media crisis.
Hi Wanda,
Yes, you can! Here are the steps:
1. Select the menu (three lines in the upper left-hand corner of NYTimes.com).
2. Select More
3. Select Tools and Services
4. Select Times Machine
5. Enter the date you want
You’ll get a scan of the original paper. You can click on individual articles, then select “Continue Reading – PDF” in the sidebar to see an expanded version of the scan.
I can access my PressReader account through my browser, but not through the app. The “hot cup of tea” mentioned in the instructions for using the PressReader app (Android) does not appear. The only cup of tea is at the bottom of the app and it simply directs one to the nearest hot spot (usually a public library) where one can log in. Either I’m missing something, or the instructions for using the app are out of date.
Hi Kevin,
Here’s a link to a detailed help sheet – you’ll notice that the procedure for accessing PressReader for free through the app is, um, more complicated than you might expect – in that you have to sign in to your Pressreader account via the app, then open your browser to log in to tpl.ca/pressreader with your library card, *then* return to the app to read the news:
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/content/books-video-music/downloads-ebooks/pdf/pressreaderhandout.pdf
Please let me know if this works for you! If you’re still having trouble, you can get more detailed help at Answerline, at 416-393-7131.
Wow. That’s pretty much the same as saying that, um, the PressReader app isn’t available. And even after following all those steps (attempting several times), that magical green cup of tea never appears and the app insists on charging me for access. I might yet make a call to the Answerline, but so far the instructions have been neither helpful not encouraging. Um, Ugh.
PressReader just announced that the Globe and Mail is no longer available through their app and can only be read at a TPL location. Have been really loving these amazing services so hoping the library will have another way for us to all access the Globe from home.
PressReader app does not list Toronto Public Library in their library selection, so I can’t sign in with my card. Any suggestions?
Looks like the PressReader links through TPL have stopped working. Hoping we can get access to these newspapers, especially the Globe in some other way. It was such a terrific offer from the library.
Hello. I have been using PressReader for the last couple of weeks and not that the Globe and Mail is no longer available. Service appears to have stoped as of July 21.
Am I doing something wrong or is this service no longer available through the TPL?
Hi everybody,
I’ll be away from the library and not monitoring comments here until mid-August.
For tech support, please contact Answerline at 416-393-7131.
I bookmark and sign in through the TPL link rather than a direct URL link to PR:
https://login.ezproxy.torontopubliclibrary.ca/login?url=http://www.pressreader.com/
PR behaves oddly, especially through the Android app, which I’ve uninstalled. It went off the rails a few days ago, locking nearly everything for paid subscription only, and I had to terminate my email address login, then recreated it to remake a quick list under “publications”. Logging in through TPL shows the correct email login at upper right. I think it’s the connection of a personal email login with the TPL login that PR has not mastered.
I contacted support and the answer was you need to be at the Library wifi hotspot to get globe and mail. It is no longer available offline or remote. It sucks, because Globe and Mail was the main reason I started using Pressreader.
Is there anyway to read the Globe and Mail from home though the Library? You can no longer read it through Press Reader. Would love an update if possible. Love this service.
Hi Matt,
One option is Canadian Newsstream (https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEDB0196&R=EDB0196). It offers a full-text database of a ton of Canadian newspapers (including the Globe and Mail), right up to the present day. The interface is a bit finicky – it’s set up like a database, not like an online newspaper; but if there’s an article you’re looking for or if you want to browse through the headlines, it’s not too bad.
Hope this helps!
Hi there. This is an excellent service. One quick question: is there a way to access the Replica New York Times edition — the digital version of the actual printed paper — through the library pass? Supposedly this version is supported through Press Reader, however when redirected to Press Reader through the NYTimes, I can’t seem to log on with my Press Reader account. Thank you.
Hi Joey,
I’ll pass your question on to the specialist who works with the Times. Quick question – are you logging on with your personal, paid PressReader account, or the one you access with your library card?
thanks,
Wendy
Thanks for the quick response! I’m logging on to Press Reader with the account that is associated to my Library Card. I’ve also logged on to the NYTimes through TPL — and from there go to the portal directing users to access the replica version. Then it takes you to a special NyTimes Press Reader page, which asks for your press reader log in info… but then it doesn’t recognize my account.
Anyway, perhaps the Replica version is not available with the Library pass… just wanted to double check.
Many thanks.
Good to know – thanks! For what it’s worth, I’m getting the same result as you. I suspect it’s because we don’t have access to the NYT via the library’s PressReader account, but I’ll try to confirm that with the specialist. If I learn more, I’ll let you know!
Hi Joey,
I just heard back from the Collections Specialist, and unfortunately we don’t offer access to the Replica edition of the NYT through either NYTimes.com or Pressreader. Sorry about that!
Wendy
Thanks for investigating. And no worries, the digital access that the library provides — for ebooks and magazines too — is still an excellent service!