Newspapers at the BPL: Current Newspapers
Current Online Newspapers — Subscription Databases
Library's remote access policy, followed by a list of databases which supply the most recent issues of newspapers up to and including the past year
- Up-to-the-moment access to Globe.com with no limit on the number of articles viewed.
- Access will be available for the next 3 days (72 hours). A limited number of passes may be issued each day.
- After 3 days, simply come back and click the above link again and register again to regain access.
This resource requires you to create a free temporary account.
The following databases provide article level access to current newspapers, but not complete full page access with pictures, graphs and some other types of content such as classified ads.
- Boston Globe (1980-Present) This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text articles for staff-written news items, feature stories, columns, and editorials for the Boston Globe. Coverage: 1980-present
- Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new windowMillions of full-text articles cover the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1985. Updated daily. Coverage: 1980 - current.
- Gale General OneFile This link opens in a new windowAccess to more than 3,100 full-text periodicals, 89 newswire services, and five major American newspaper indexes covering a diverse set of topics.
- Gale OneFile: NewsIncludes Jewish Advocate (Boston) 08.22.1991 to present, as well as hundreds of other newspapers worldwide
- New York Times (1985-Present) This link opens in a new windowIncludes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1985. Updated daily. Coverage: 1985 - current.
Current Daily Paper Newspapers — Delivery Desk
A library card is required to request these newspapers — Second Floor, McKim Building
Latest 11 months are kept at the Delivery Desk
Includes the Globe Magazine.
A library card is required to request this newspaper.
Latest 11 months are kept at the Delivery Desk.
A library card is required to request this newspaper.
Latest 11 months are kept at the Delivery Desk.
Includes The New York Times Book Review, New York Times Magazine and The New York Times Style Magazine.
A library card is required to request this newspaper.
Today's issue and Issues from 1851 to the present can also be accessed through our databases if you are a Massachusetts resident, work here or own property in Massachusetts.
Issues from Sept 1851-Dec 2009 can be found at the Research Services Dept. on microfilm
The current 3 months are kept at the Delivery Desk.
A library card is required to request this newspaper.
This newspaper is in Chinese
Non-daily newspapers - Delivery Desk
Recent issues up to one year old can be requested at the Delivery Desk.
For issues older than one year, please check with the Research Services Dept.
Many of these titles come in the mail so there is often a delay of up to a couple of weeks before the latest issue is received.
Armenian English-language newspaper version of Hairenik published in Watertown, MA.
America's oldest Catholic newspaper. Weekly
The Oldest Irish American Newspaper in USA, Established in 1928. Weekly
African-American weekly newspaper covering religion, society and culture with Islamic perspective
The only bilingual Chinese-English newspaper in New England
Sampan = Shan pan yüeh kʻan : a publication of the Chinese American Civic Association.
Current Business Related Newspapers & Publications - KBLIC
These current business paper newspapers and newspaper-like publications can be found at the Kirstein Business Library & Innovation Center (KBLIC) in the Lower Level of the Boylston Street Building.
Most current 6 months available
Most current 6 months available
Most current 6 months available
Current and previous month available.
Issues from previous months (beyond one month) can be found online in Gale Academic OneFile and Gale General OneFile
3 months available
Newspapers at the Branches of the Boston Public Library
Most branches hold current issues of the Boston Globe, Boston Herald and recent issues of their local neighborhood newspaper.
Some have paper copies of the New York Times and the New York Times Book Review.
Please contact your local branch for more information.