Magazines & Journals

Alternative Press Index is a database of journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from hundreds of international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. Topics include anarchism, ecology, democracy, feminism, organized labor, LGTBQ+, indigenous people, and emerging social movements. Covers 1991--present. Not full-text.

Partnering with the American Antiquarian Society (AAS), EBSCO provides digital access to a comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912 in fifty subject-based thematic subsets.

Periodicals covered include English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Additional periodicals are published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. This database also indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.
Coverage: indexing of periodicals from 1984-present and abstracting from 1994-present.

Formerly known as Arts:Search, this resource includes:

• Design Abstracts Retrospective (DAR), which covers many of the most important design and applied arts journals and annuals published during the twentieth century;
• Arts+Architecture ProFiles (AAP), which includes profiles of  designers, architects, craftspeople, studios, workshops, etc. covered by DAR, and
• ReView, a service aiming to digitize significant decorative and fine arts journals published in Europe and the USA during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, making them available for the first time in a searchable form online.
• Research Sources: Posters, which contains extensive information on Poster Design.

The backfile of Artforum (later Artforum International), the leading magazine for coverage of international contemporary art, from its launch in 1962 to 2020. Spanning six decades of reporting on art in all media, Artforum offers features, reviews, and interviews relating to artists, exhibitions, publications, and other art world events / trends.
Coverage: 1962-2020.

Barron's is a weekly financial magazine founded in 1921 published by Dow Jones & Company. Barron’s covers U.S. financial information, market developments, and statistics and is a valuable resource for researchers studying financial history, market trends, and investment strategies. Coverage: 1921 - 2010

Journal, magazine, and news articles and reports covering a wide range of topics, including law, criminology, forensics, sociology, psychology and mental health, and substance abuse and addiction.

Search across decades of art and architecture magazine back issues. Titles include:

• Architectural Digest
• Art in America
• ARTnews
• The Magazine Antiques

Search across decades of business magazine back issues. Titles include:

• Bloomberg Businessweek: 09/07/1929 to 12/25/2000
• Forbes: 09/15/1917 to 12/25/2000
• Fortune: 02/01/1930 to 12/18/2000

Search across decades of news and broad-interest magazine back issues. Titles include:

• The Atlantic - 11/01/1857 to 04/01/2014 
• Ebony -  11/01/1945 to 06/01/2014
• Esquire - 10/15/1933 to 03/02/2014
• Life - 11/23/1936 to 05/01/2000
• Maclean's - 10/01/1905 to 10/26/2015 (including Busy Man's Magazine (1905 - 1911) and Business Magazine (1905 - 1905)
• People - 03/04/1974 to 12/25/2000
• Time - 03/03/1923 to 12/26/2000
• U.S. News & World Report - 03/04/1926 to 12/31/1984 (including United States Daily (1926 - 1933), United States News 03/04/1926 to 01/09/1948 and World Report (1946 - 1948)
• Vanity Fair - 09/01/1913 to 10/01/2015 

Search across decades of back issues from magazines focusing on political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. Titles include:

• The Nation: 07/06/1865 to present
• The National Review: 11/19/1955 to 12/31/2020
• The New Republic: 11/07/1914 to present

Search across decades of Sports Illustrated back issues. Covers 8-16-1954 (vol. 1, no.1) to 12-25-2000 (vol. 93, no. 26).

Full searchable reproductions of The Economist starting with the first published issue, including exportable financial tables.

An index and full-text digital library of English-language education research, including journal articles, government publications, reports, theses, dissertations, books, conference proceedings, and audiovisual materials. All items are described using the ERIC Thesaurus, a special collection of subject terms for education topics. This resource is created and maintained by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences.

Explore, download, and read current magazine issues on your computer, tablet, or smartphone.

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Full-text journal and magazine articles and citations covering the sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects. Coverage:1901-present; most full-text coverage after 1980.

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Historical newspapers and periodicals, primarily from Britain and the United States, covering the 17^th -21^st centuries.

Access current and authoritative periodical content covering agriculture and its related fields.

Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends back to 1980 as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Includes broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available.

Search millions of articles covering all aspects of communications, including advertising, public relations, and more.

Cooking and nutrition magazines, culinary journals, and reference books, including industry information and thousands of searchable recipes and restaurant reviews.

Access a range of periodical content to explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community.

Discover content useful for starting a business, marketing a product, developing policy, analyzing trends, and more.

Journal and magazine articles, reference books, and trade publications offering diverse perspectives and information from the scientific community, government policy makers, and corporate interests.

Search millions of articles about drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. Diverse resource for serious fine arts students.

Discover balanced coverage of topics related to gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.

Scholarly and professional journal articles, books, reports, newsletters, popular health magazines, and audiovisual materials for students, researchers, and health care professionals.

Search home improvement topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.

Full-text articles from scholarly journals, popular magazines, and trade publications, as well as travel guides and reference books covering the cultural, economic, and practical aspects of these industries.

Access articles covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology. Updated daily.

Discover information about physical and intellectual asset protection, from individuals to multinational corporations.

Search authoritative periodical content covering topics like organizational dynamics, adult learning, and more. Updated daily.

Search scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of past and present military affairs. Updated daily.

Access scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture.

Access the most searched magazines across Gale OneFile focusing on current events, sports, science, and health issues.

Find authoritative periodical content supporting research in all fields of psychology.

Research the impact of religion on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language. Updated daily.

This collection focuses on finding the right career and an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career. It offers content from nearly 400 journals from general career guides to trade publications.

Gain insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale.

Cross-search Gale OneFile, Gale In Context, and Gale eBooks. Subjects include: agriculture, biography, business, communications and mass media, criminal justice, culinary arts, diversity studies, economics and theory, environmental studies and policy, fine arts, gardening and horticulture, gender studies, global issues, health and medicine, high school edition, home improvement, hospitality and tourism, information science, insurance and liability, leadership and management, military and intelligence, news, nursing and allied health, opposing viewpoints, physical therapy and sports medicine, pop culture studies, popular magazines, psychology, religion and philosophy, science, U.S. history, war and terrorism, and world history.

Cross-search all Gale databases to which BPL subscribes. Subjects include: agriculture, biography, business, communications and mass media, criminal justice, culinary arts, diversity studies, economics and theory, environmental studies and policy, fine arts, gardening and horticulture, gender studies, global issues, health and medicine, high school edition, home improvement, hospitality and tourism, information science, insurance and liability, leadership and management, military and intelligence, news, nursing and allied health, opposing viewpoints, physical therapy and sports medicine, pop culture studies, popular magazines, psychology, religion and philosophy, science, U.S. history, war and terrorism, and world history.

Digitized books, government publications, and other documents from the collections of an international community of research libraries. All material is indexed and searchable, but access to full reproductions is limited to material not under copyright.

Full-text articles from hundreds of scholarly journals from the mid-19^th century to the early 21^st century covering a wide range of subjects, including complete runs of many historical journals. The most recent 3-5 years of current journals are not available in full-text.

Weekly transcripts of BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) radio and television programs, representing the only record of many early broadcasts and including coverage of contemporary events as well as intellectual, literary, and musical topics.

Full reproductions of National Geographic magazine (1888-present) and National Geographic Traveler (2010-present), as well as searchable collections of books, maps, images, and videos.

Full-text journal articles in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, including ethnic studies, women’s studies, history, and more. Coverage: 1972-present.

Over 3000 popular magazines are available, including several in Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and more.

All Magazines are available instantly, and do not count against the number of OverDrive items that can be checked out at one time.

Color full-page and article reproductions of thousands of U.S. and international newspapers and magazines including the NYT, Economist, and Boston Globe (backfile covers Oct 25, 2003-Feb 24, 2016; July 26, 2022-present mostly in color which are accessible through calendar). Coverage: usually current 3 months or more.

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This database provides detailed analyses of writings on musical history and culture between 1760 and 1966. It includes exclusive content provided by internationally recognized scholars and editors.

Contains the complete backfile of Rolling Stone, from its launch in 1967 to 2018. It has been a leading vehicle for rock and popular music journalism, as well as covering wider entertainment topics such as film and popular culture.

Full reproductions of Smithsonian Magazine (1970-present) and Air & Space Magazine (1986-present) with searchable text and illustrations.

SBRnet provides a source of sports market analytics. It offers a comprehensive perspective of the sports business, drawing on syndicated and custom proprietary market research, industry reports, and licensed industry articles from leading trade publications.