Publications generally containing articles, stories, features, photographs, illustrations, and advertisements covering a variety of topics. Usually published on a weekly or monthly basis.
For help finding more recent issues of magazines, see the library's guide to finding journal & magazine articles.
American Periodical Series Online
Full-image reproductions of more than 1,100 American magazines and journals published between 1741 and 1940. APS Online includes popular general interest, literary and women's magazines.
HarpWeek
Full-image reproductions of Harper's Weekly, one of the most important 19th century American weeklies. 1857-1912.
Academic Search Premier
Indexes over 8,000 scholarly journals and popular magazines in all areas of study. Full-text articles provided for more than 4,600 titles.
Alternative Press Index
Coverage: 1991-present
An index to 250 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.
Alternative Press Index Archive
Coverage: 1969-1990
An index to 250 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
Location: Ref AI3 .R4
Coverage: 1982-present
Indexes and abstracts 240 popular magazines in the United States and Canada.
Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900
Location: Ref AI3 .W45
Coverage: 1824-1900
Tables of contents and author bibliographies for articles from 43 major quarterlies and monthlies published in Great Britain.
Use the table below to develop search strings for locating primary source bibliographies and collections in library catalogs. Words in the table and accompanying examples are derived from Library of Congress subject headings. Words enclosed in [ ] must be replaced with specific descriptors (e.g., use american in place of [nationality].
Change the defaults in the drop-down menus to the right to "as a phrase" and "subject" for entries shown in the "Enter this phrase" column from the table above.
