Media Studies: Magazines

Scholarly and general interest sources in business, medicine, humanities, social sciences, and science and technology, including books, journal and magazine articles, bibliographies, and trade publications.

This magazine archive "charted the course of middle America from 1924–1950 with art, stories, and feature articles from some of the twentieth century’s greatest authors, celebrities, artists, and politicians (Gale)."

This archive "provides unparalleled, in-depth coverage of cultures, nature, science, technology, and more (Gale)."

"From 1841 to 1992 Punch was the world’s most celebrated magazine of humour and satire. From its early years as a campaigner for social justice to its transformation into national icon, Punch played a central role in the formation of British identity – and how the rest of the world saw the British (Gale)."

The backfile of Artforum (later Artforum International) offers reviews, features, and interviews relating to artists, exhibitions, publications and other art world events / trends (ProQuest).

Magazines serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and related communities are often the principal source of documentation on LGBT+ cultures, lives, and events. Dating back to the 1950s, this collection features major periodicals devoted to LGBT+ interests, covering prominent topics like health, lifestyle, politics, social attitudes, law, activism, LGBT rights, arts and literature (ProQuest).

Full text of the magazine.

"Independent Voices is an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century (Independent Voices)."

"The Listener was a weekly magazine established by the BBC in 1929 under its Director-General Lord Reith. It was the intellectual counterpart to the BBC listings magazine, Radio Times. Developed as the medium for reproducing broadcast talks – initially on radio, but in later years television as well - The Listener is one of the few records and means of accessing the content of many early broadcasts. As well as commenting on and expanding on the intellectual broadcasts of the week, The Listener also previewed major literary and musical programmes and regularly reviewed new books."

"Home Improvement Reference Center features full-text content from leading home improvement magazines images not found anywhere else online, and videos of popular home repair projects."

Offers popular full-text magazines and reference books, including business, health, education, fitness, sports and leisure, personal finance, general science, multicultural issues, DIY and fashion (EBSCO).

"A full-text database providing hundreds of popular high school magazines and reference books covering subjects including art, history, sports, music, film, travel, science, the Internet, fashion, religion, nature, hobbies, current events and fiction. It also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, plus over a million photos, maps and flags.

Content Includes:
-Full text for more than 550 popular high school magazines
-More than 430 full-text reference books
-More than 120,000 biographies
-More than 73,000 primary source documents
-An image collection of more than 1.6 million photos, maps, flags and color PDFs (EBSCO)."

"The Economist has consistently delivered a highly intelligent and comprehensive report of the week's events and has long been a leading magazine ... Its back issues ... serve as key witnesses to the economic and political history of the last 170 years (Gale)." The Economist Historical Archive back issues are available from 1843 through 2020.

This magazine archive "provides the key to understanding the pre-television era with a focus on popular entertainment and the rise of youth culture... Picture Post’s innovative use of photo-journalism captured the imagination of the British people, with readership at its peak estimated at 80% of the population (Gale)."

This collection is "the chance to look behind the glass of the Smithsonian exhibits and collections and provides patrons access to "archives that span multidisciplinary topics for both research and education (Gale)." Rice University owns access to the following modules: 1) World's Fairs and Expositions: Visions of Tomorrow; 2) Trade Literature and the Merchandising of America, 1820-1923; 3) Evolution of Flight, 1784-1991; and 4) Smithsonian (1970-2010) and Air & Space Magazine (1986-2010) Archive.

"This full-text Spanish-language database covers a broad array of subjects inside and outside academia. It offers content from a variety of sources, including reference books, general interest magazines and health reports.

Content Includes:
-​More than 150 multidisciplinary reference books
-More than 50 general interest magazines
-More than 2,500 health reports
-More than 1 million images with captions in Spanish


Esta base de datos en español de texto completo cubre una amplia gama de temas dentro y fuera de la academia. Ofrece contenido de una variedad de fuentes, incluidos libros de referencia, revistas de interés general e informes de salud.

El contenido incluye:
-Más de 150 libros de referencia multidisciplinarios
-Más de 50 revistas de interés general
-Más de 2,500 informes de salud
-Más de 1 millón de imágenes con subtítulos en español
(EBSCO)"

Scientific American is the world's premier magazine of scientific discovery and technological innovation for the general public. Readers turn to it for a deep understanding of how science and technology can influence human affairs and illuminate the natural world. Its readers are not primarily scientists; to the extent that they have technical backgrounds, they read Scientific American for information about areas outside their expertise. In every issue, leading scientists, inventors and engineers from diverse fields describe their ideas and achievements in clear and accessible prose; the work of select journalists rounds out the offerings. The graphics are rich in content and visual style. Fulltext access from 1845-Current.