In case you missed the news, The New York Times recently announced that TimesSelect, (a paid subscription service of nytimes.com) will be discontinued and all content of the newspaper back to 1987 is now freely available online. Free access is also available from 1851-1922. Many articles from 1923-1986 will have a $ icon next to them indicating you’ll have to pay a fee, so be careful while searching.
This increased free access is great news if you like to go straight to nytimes.com rather than through a database. Note: you still need to create a free account for access to many articles.