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.
Searchable backfile of the journal Artforum (later Artforum International) containing reviews, features, and interviews relating to artists, exhibitions, publications, and other art world events.
Searchable archive of the weekly magazine The Listener, with transcripts of early radio programs from the BBC, book reviews, and previews of upcoming programs.
Magazines and reference books covering a wide range of academic and non-academic subjects like business, health, education, fitness, sports and leisure, personal finance, general science, multicultural issues, DIY and fashion. Also includes photos, maps, flags, and videos.
Popular magazines, reference books, biographies, maps, photographs, images, and other primary source documents for use in research for middle and high school students.
Archived issues of The Economist Historical from the years 1843-2020, a newspaper covering political, business, scientific, technological, and cultural developments and the connections between them.
Complete issues of the magazine Picture Post from its full publication run in the years 1938-1957, with photojournalism of everyday life in Great Britain.
Digital versions of documents from the Smithsonian's collections, including diaries, letters, scrapbooks, technical specifications, government documents, pamphlets, advertisements, art, and the magazines Air & Space and Smithsonian Magazine.
Rice University owns access to the following modules:
- World's Fairs and Expositions: Visions of Tomorrow
- Trade Literature and the Merchandising of America, 1820-1923
- Evolution of Flight, 1784-1991
- Smithsonian (1970-2010) and Air & Space Magazine (1986-2010) Archive
Full issues of the magazine Scientific American, which covers science and technology for the general public. Access is for issues from 1845 to the present.