All magazines and newspapers can be found in the Periodical Room with the exception of the Wall Street Journal and Barron’s which are located at the Information Services Desk on the second floor. In the periodical room, older copies can be found by lifting up the shelf. For any copies you are unable to locate on the shelf please speak to the librarian at the Information Services Desk on the second floor.

Please note that the most current copy of magazines are for in library use only. Older copies may be checked out.

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Provides subject access to a variety of news magazines and websites as well as the Wellesley Townsman from August 2005 to date.

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Daily website edition of the Boston Globe via Pressreader provided by the

Wellesley Free Library

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Full text access to 1872-1981 (Proquest Historical Newspapers).

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Provides full text access to The Boston Globe - 1980-current.

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The Minuteman Library Network provides free unlimited access to bostonglobe.com to resident cardholders of all member libraries through a 72-hour access pass, for up to 500 users at a time.

Enter your Minuteman library card number, then follow-up the steps to create or login with a BostonGlobe.com account. If successful, that account will receive a welcome email and have 72-hours access to all subscriber content.

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The Boston Herald Newspaper 1991-Current through NewsBank

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ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ is the definitive newspaper digital archive offering full-text and full-image articles for significant newspapers dating back to the 18th Century.

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Full text access to to the New York Times from 1851 to 2012 (Proquest Historical Newspapers).


New York Times Newspaper, Magazine and Book Review


Enjoy free access to NYTimes.com at home by creating your account with your email address and choosing a password, then redeeming an access code by clicking the link above. Home Access includes NY Times App and 5 Premium Archive (1923-1980) articles per day.

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Real news articles to help with learning to read, write, speak, and understand English.


Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields.