Free public access is provided by FCL. No library card is required.
Start by creating your free account with an email address and password using one of the access links below:
Activate Detroit Free Press Access
Activate The Detroit News Access
Then visit the other two access links and click “Already have an account? Sign in.” under the account creation section. This step activates your access for all three publications.
Once you’ve signed in to each publication for the first time through the Library’s access links, you can go directly to their websites or mobile apps to sign in. You won’t need to return to this Library page for future access.
Free public access is provided by FCL. No library card is required.
Enjoy unlimited access to The New York Times and The New York Times Games with a 24-hour access code. Your access works on nytimes.com, the NYTimes app, and the NYT Games app.
You’ll need to create a free NYT account or log into an existing account with an email address and password. The same account can be used for both News and Games.
Use the links below to redeem a subscription code:
Redeem The NYT News 24-hour Access
Redeem The NYT Games 24-hour Access
Each time you’d like to redeem an access code, visit this Library page and click the desired access link.
Mobile app tip: If you’re logged into your NYT app before redeeming your code, you may need to log out and back in to activate unlimited access.
Please note: the subscription pass does not include full access to NYT Cooking or The Athletic content on nytimes.com, the NYT Cooking app, or The Athletic mobile apps. However, Cooking and Athletic articles can be viewed through the main NYTimes app.
Free public access is provided by FCL. No library card is required.
Enjoy unlimited access to The Wall Street Journal with a free 3-day access pass. Your access works on wsj.com and the WSJ app.
You’ll need to create a free WSJ account or log into an existing account with an email address and password. Use the link below to redeem a pass:
Each time you’d like to redeem a 3-day pass, visit this Library page and click the desired access link to login.
Mobile app tip: If you’re logged into your WSJ app before redeeming your pass, you may need to log out and back in to activate unlimited access.
Accessible with an FCL card.
Borrow the Hoopla Magazines BingePass to get seven days of unlimited access to more than 100 popular magazines—like Us Weekly, Good Housekeeping, Prevention, Cosmopolitan, Reader’s Digest, In Touch, TIME, and more.
Accessible with an FCL card.
Over six thousand magazines are always available with no wait list, no borrowing limits, and no due dates. Titles include Better Homes & Gardens, The New Yorker, Southern Living, National Geographic, Vogue, Smithsonian, Food Network Magazine, US Weekly, Reader’s Digest, and so much more.
Public in-library access; available remotely with an FCL card.
Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers and newswires and offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
Public in-library access; available remotely with an FCL card.
MAS Complete is a research database that contains full text for hundreds of popular magazines and e-books covering news, politics, science, sports, culture and more. It also includes thousands of full-text primary source documents and videos from the Associated Press.
MAS Complete Periodicals Title List
Public in-library access; available remotely with an FCL card.
Regional Business News provides full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces. Users can search newspapers, magazines and other resources from trusted news sources.
Regional Business News Title List
Free in-library access; available remotely with an FCL card, MeLCat library card, or Michigan Drivers License/State ID. Access is provided by the Michigan eLibrary.
Find digital archives of National Geographic magazine from 1888 to 2020. Filter and browse issues by date. Full text search is available.
Local Newspapers
Historical Newspapers
The Library has the following newspapers either in hard copy or on microfilm in the Heritage Collection at the Farmington Hills location:
- Detroit News: January 1976 to present
- Farmington Observer (formerly Enterprise, Enterprise Observer, Observer, and Observer Eccentric): on microfilm 1910–2011. Scattered issues November 2 , 1888 to 1910.
- Farmington Forum: January 1976 to December 1989 (not on microfilm)
- New York Times Sept. 1851 to present.
- Northwest Gazette: March 8, 1993 to present (not on microfilm)