Web Resources

Get free access to The New York Times News, Games, Cooking, The Wirecutter, and The Athletic — including apps — from anywhere. Whether you are at the library or at home, you can access the full world of The New York Times from anywhere with 24-hour access codes.

Your access includes everything The New York Times offers:

• News: Understand the world with original reporting from 1,700 journalists
• Games: Spelling Bee, Wordle, The Crossword and more.
• Cooking: Recipes, advice and inspiration for any occasion.
• Wirecutter: Independent reviews for thousands of products
• The Athletic: In-depth, personalized sports journalism.

When using library WiFi on-site, all-access is available without account creation. To access at home:

Account creation, or logging into an existing NYT account, is required. The 24-hour access code, retrievable on-demand, must be redeemed by accessing The New York Times from this link on our website while in the library.

Over 3,000 scholarly journals, and trade journals, magazines, reports and conference papers published from a number of different sources around the world. Includes content from major subject repositories such as arXiv as well as open access journals.

A collection of photographs, letters, objects, maps, audio recordings - and other history - put into a digital format on the web, and told through story to bring the objects to life. The digitized items (and more) can be found within the Saratoga (Local History) Room of the Saratoga Springs Public Library.

A complimentary research database for teachers, Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 230 peer-reviewed journals.

“Tech-Talk: contains easy-to-read articles, videos, and other fun stuff with the tips and tricks you need to be competitive in today’s hi-tech world. Available as a website, an app, and a weekly newsletter (sign up).

Access teen-friendly articles on topics including diseases, drugs and alcohol, nutrition, mental health and more. Material contained in this database is valuable for teens in middle and high school, parents and educators.

Offers complete newspaper records, cover-to-cover, including article, and full-page images in an easily downloadable PDF format. All available records are searchable, including images. Coverage includes: editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries and death notices, birth and marriage announcements, historical photos, classifieds, and display advertisements.

Due to publisher restrictions, there is a three-year gap of availability, from the current year, in coverage.

Access to in-depth coverage by reporters on the ground when news happens, all over the world, with sources and market insights. WSJ provides news on topics from business and the economy to politics, tech and much more.
Account creation is required. Access is available for 3 days. After 3 days, you must use this link again to reactivate your account.

Value Line provides investment research on stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles, and offers a family of no-load mutual funds. Updated every Friday at noon.
Also available in print in the library: Value Line Investment Survey Summary and Index, Value Line Investment Survey: Ratings and Reports, and Value Line Investment Survey: Selection and Opinion

The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the sciences, technology, medicine, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects - authoritative and comprehensive. Millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions; updated daily.

Resource for academic research includes scholarly journals and selected general interest titles in a wide variety of subjects.

A readers’ advisory database for discovery of books by author, genre and topic based on expert reviews and recommendations.

Includes Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools.

Contenido en español preciso y apropiado para la edad de hablantes nativos de español, estudiantes bilingües y estudiantes que aprenden español. Disponible en dos niveles: primaria y secundaria.

Accurate and age-appropriate content in Spanish for native Spanish speakers, bilingual students, and students learning Spanish. Available at two levels—primary and secondary.

Learning discovery can be entertaining too! With videos, animations, games and activities, maps and photos, and various other multimedia, students can search for information on any number of people, places, and things. Targeted for elementary grade levels through high school.