Research Guides @ Fordham: American Studies: Magazines

Finding Magazines

► Use the E-Journals tab on the library homepage to search for electronic access to magazines.

► Use the Periodical search fields in library catalogs (Library Catalog or Classic Library Catalog) to find both print & electronic access to a magazine.

Quick Links to Selected Magazines (current)

The Atlantic
Also known as The Atlantic Monthly.
November 1993 – present.
Esquire
1996 – present.
Good Housekeeping
1996 – present.
New York (magazine)
August 1993 – present. Check the library catalog for print and microform availability.
The New Yorker
Varying electronic access (1978, 1982, 1989, 1996, and 1998 – present) as well as print and microfilm going back to 1925.
People
March 1974 – present.
Rolling Stone
August – 1990 present.
TIME
March 1923 – present.
Vanity Fair
2003 – present.
Vogue (New York)
April 2005 – present.

Historical Magazines via Library Databases

American Periodicals (ProQuest)
Offers digitized pages of American magazines and journals published between 1740 and 1940.

American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 1-5 (EBSCO)
Offers digitized access to historical magazines covering agriculture, art, education, family life, fashion, industry, literature, medicine, music, photography, politics, religion, science, sport, and temperance.

Open Access Resources

Magazines – Google Books
Google Books offers free access to selected historical magazines including:
LIFE, The Crisis, Ebony, Jet, New York Magazine, SPY, and others.

Lantern – Media History Digital Library
Features millions of digitized pages of magazines and books from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound.

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