Q. How do I create or renew my New York Times account?

The library provides access to the digital New York Times to all current SVA students, faculty, and staff. Our educational group access also includes NYT Cooking, the Wirecutter product reviews, and the Times Machine archive of New York Times PDFs from 1851-2002. It does not include Games or the Athletic. Scroll down for renewal instructions.

Create an account

To create an account, visit https://nytimes.com/passes:

Use your SVA email address when creating your account:

Select whether you are a Student or Faculty/Staff. If you are a student, enter your graduation year and an alternate email address. If you are faculty or staff, you will need to renew your account, or "pass," one calendar year from the date you signed up. Click Sign Up.

You will receive a message to check your SVA email to validate your account:

Click the link in the email to confirm your email address:

To use your account, visit https://www.nytimes.com/ and login with the credentials you have just created.

If you need technical support, please email edu@nytimes.com; the library does not have administrative access to SVA accounts on nytimes.com.

Renew your account

Current SVA faculty and staff need to renew their New York Times academic pass once per calendar year. Renewing is very similar to the sign up process. Visit https://nytimes.com/passes, and click the link in "Already have an account? Log in here:"

Login with the credentials you created when you originally signed up for an account:

If your account is still active, you will receive a message on screen with the date it expires and the option to set a calendar reminder to renew:

If your account has expired, you will receive a message to check your SVA email to validate your account:

Click the link in the email to confirm your email address:

To use your account, visit https://www.nytimes.com/ and login with your credentials.

If you need technical support, please email edu@nytimes.com; the library does not have administrative access to SVA accounts on nytimes.com.