Penn Libraries Now Offers Access to The Philadelphia Inquirer Online

University of Pennsylvania students, faculty, and staff now have online access to The Philadelphia Inquirer from on-campus locations or IP addresses, courtesy of the Penn Libraries. This campus-wide subscription includes unlimited digital access to Inquirer.com, including all premium and subscriber-exclusive articles.

To activate access, just visit Inquirer.com while on campus to start reading. Note that your device must be connected to the AirPennNet Wi-Fi network or plugged into on-campus ethernet to access.

You can also read The Inquirer online using University VPN via Global Protect to access the PennNet while off-campus. Learn more on the Penn ISC website.  

In its commitment to increasing access to news content, the Penn Libraries echoes Penn’s goal to drive conversations about democracy, trust, and truth on campus and in the wider world.  

“At the Penn Libraries, we believe that access to trusted journalism is fundamental to informed citizenship and a thriving democracy,” says Brigitte Weinsteiger, H. Carton Rogers III Vice Provost and Director of the Penn Libraries. “We are proud to provide the Penn community with digital access to a broad range of major news publications, ensuring they have the resources to engage critically with the world around them.”

In addition to The Inquirer, the Penn Libraries also provides news subscriptions for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Financial Times, Le Monde, and The Atlantic, among other publications.

The largest newspaper by circulation in Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley, The Inquirer is one of the oldest US daily newspapers in continuous publication. It is also currently the largest American newspaper run as a public-benefit corporation, under the ownership of the nonprofit Lenfest Institute. Previous owners include John S. Knight, who made The Inquirer one of the earliest online searchable full-text newspapers, and Walter Annenberg, the benefactor of Penn's Annenberg School for Communication.

While this new subscription to Inquirer.com uses IP-range authentication that requires you to be connected to the Penn network, you can also access some Inquirer content from anywhere in the world through various databases using your PennKey. The Access World News database offers robust full-text searching for text-only content from 1981 to the present and page-image content from 2008 to the present. ProQuest Historical Newspapers provides page-image content from 1860 to 2001, including The Inquirer's widely respected coverage of the Civil War, as well as published advertisements, classified ads, and legal notices. Visit The Philadelphia Inquirer library catalog record to learn how to access these resources.

Please note that this new Inquirer website subscription is available to current Penn students, faculty, and staff using campus ethernet, AirPennNet Wi-Fi, or University VPN via Global Protect. Network access from facilities in the University of Pennsylvania Health System (HUP, Pennsylvania, and Presbyterian Hospitals) and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is not included. For more information, visit our FAQ.