Finding Newspapers & Magazines at the Library (Also See Databases Below)
Newspaper & Magazine Databases
- Factiva
Current editions of major newspapers & magazines, plus Company Reports. Click "Switch Factiva" to see front pages. - U.S. Major Dailies
Limit your search to The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, LA Times, & Chicago Tribune - Nexis Uni
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Best place to find The Atlantic & Atlantic Online and many other news publications and business & legal sources. - ABI-Inform Complete
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Business publications like The Wall Street Journal & The Economist. - American Historical Periodicals (Gale Primary Sources)
American newspapers & magazines, 1684-1912. - ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
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Magazines & journals on religion & scripture.
Subscriptions & Archives of Specific Magazines
- National Geographic Virtual Library
Every issue of National Geographic, with images, 1888-2015. - The Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2015 (Gale Primary Sources)
Archive of every issue of The Economist, 1843-2015. - Science | AAAS formerly Science Magazine
Magazine founded by Thomas Edison. Not an actual subscription provided by the Library but you can register for a free account. - Chronicle of Higher Education
Weekly magazine covering college issues.
Finding Magazines & Newspapers On the Web
To learn what is being discussed in our culture or find current events & opinions, "popular press" articles are where it's at. Use Google to look up your topic just to see what pops up, and also use Google to search for the name of a publication (such as those suggested below) plus your topic.
Try opinion, feature, & news articles in publications like National Review, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Reason, and Psychology Today for political and cultural issues.
It's important to try different perspectives. For example, National Review is conservative while Reason is libertarian and The Atlantic is progressive. Google will often emphasize certain political perspectives, which is why it's helpful to search by publication title plus your topic to ensure you get different perspectives.
For Christian perspectives & issues, try magazines online: First Things, Christianity Today, Relevant, The Gospel Coalition, Charisma, and Christ & Pop Culture.
Browse the "front pages" as a way to find a good issue to research!
Also browse our Factiva database for the "front page" newspaper experience for WSJ, NYT, & WaPo with full access to articles.
Look through CQ Researcher database or procon.org on the web for collected articles on both sides of issues. And visit our current "Print Periodicals" section in the library.