Free Online Subscriptions to Leading News Sources

Have you heard that the library provides free online access to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times for current Bentley students, staff and faculty? Sign up for your subscriptions today!

Registration links and key features:

The New York Times

  • See The New York Times registration instructions
  • Subscription provides access to the NYTimes.com website, the Spanish and Chinese editions of the newspaper, and NYTimes mobile apps. Not included are the Premium Crosswords, Times Insider and Crosswords app.
  • Includes access to New York Times in Education, an educator site that provides curated course-relevant content (videos, photos, infographics, and podcasts), instructional strategies designed to promote learning across disciplines, and ideas for co-curricular activities outside of the classroom.
  • All NYTimes.com accounts expire on their one year anniversary, but can be renewed following these easy renewal instructions.

The Wall Street Journal

  • See The Wall Street Journal registration instructions
  • Subscription provides full access to the WSJ.com website and mobile apps.
  • WSJ.com accounts last for one calendar year from activation, but can be renewed following these easy renewal instructions.

Financial Times

  • See the Financial Times registration instructions
  • Subscription provides full access to the FT.com website and mobile apps.
  • Choose topics to follow and sign up for customized email alerts based on your interests by adding FT Topics and Alerts to your myFT account.

More information about these three newspaper subscriptions and additional news databases can be found on the Current News research guide. Contact the Reference Desk if you need assistance or have questions.

It May be Time to Renew Your WSJ.com Account!

It’s been just about a year since we announced that current Bentley faculty, staff, and students are eligible to receive free access to The Wall Street Journal online via the library’s group subscription. If you registered for an account when we first launched, your subscription will expire soon. All WSJ.com accounts will expire on their one year anniversary.

Don’t worry, it’s easy to continue your subscription following these steps:

  1. Go to Bentley’s activation page: https://wsj.com/bentley
  2. Complete the Create Account form. Select the account type (student, staff or faculty) and enter your name and Bentley University email address.
  3. You will see a confirmation screen if you have registered successfully. A confirmation email will also be sent to you.
  4. Verify your account by following the directions in the email that has been sent to you.

For more information about the library’s subscription to WSJ.com and access to WSJ mobile apps, please visit our Wall Street Journal guide.

If you have questions or experience a problem with creating a WSJ.com account please contact the Reference Desk.  Stop by, call 781.891.2300, or email refdesk@bentley.edu.

Introducing Free Access to The Wall Street Journal Online, WSJ.com

Here’s the news you’ve all been waiting for…

Introducing Free Online Access to WSJ.com!

WSJ online

 

We are excited to announce that current Bentley University students, faculty, and staff now have full online access to the Wall Street Journal website WSJ.com and WSJ mobile apps. The library’s new subscription to WSJ.com supplements our existing database coverage of The Wall Street Journal and The Wall Street Journal Historical Collection. 

New Users Activate Your WSJ.com Account:

  1. While connected to the Bentley network (on-campus) visit the WSJ.com website.  An activation banner will appear at the top of the page, as shown below. If you don’t see the banner, go directly to Bentley’s account activation page. You must be on-campus to create your account, but once it has been activated you can access WSJ.com from any location.
  2. Complete the Create Account form. You must register with your Bentley University email address. You will see a confirmation screen if you have registered successfully. A confirmation email will also be sent to you.

Wall Street Journal activation screen

Returning Users:

Once you have activated your account, login to WSJ.com  from any location.

Mobile Apps:

Visit https://now.wsj.com/mobile to download your free WSJ apps.

More Information & Help:

More information about creating an account and accessing the library’s WSJ.com subscription is available at http://libguides.bentley.edu/wsj.

If you have additional questions please contact the Reference Desk.  Stop by, call 781.891.2300, or email refdesk@bentley.edu.