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Indexes to 20th Century Popular Magazines

  • Print

    • Alternative Press Index
      Reference Index Area R 050 A466
      Library has: 1995 to present
    • Author Index to Esquire, 1933-1973. Herman Baron. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1976.
      Bound Periodicals [shelved with Esquire]
    • Black Index: Afro-Americana in Selected Periodicals, 1907-1949
      Reference R 016.97 N554b
    • Index to Black Periodicals (1950 to present)
      Reference Index Area R 050 I382 and R 050 I383
      Note: previous titles of this index include Index to Periodical Articles by and about Blacks, Index to Periodical Articles by and about Negroes, and Index to Selected Periodicals Received in the Hallie Q. Brown Library.
    • Index to Playboy: Belles-Lettres, Articles, and Humor, December 1953 - December 1969. Mildred Lynn Miles. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1970.
      Reference R 051 P722i
    • The New Yorker Index
      Years of coverage: 1925-1975
      Bound Periodicals [shelved with the New Yorker]

  • Online

    • Academic Search Premier
      (1975 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers.
      Search Syntax:
      • Truncation: use an asterisk *
      • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " "
      • Wildcard: use a question mark ?.
    • OmniFile Full Text Mega
      (1982 to present) Indexes articles from over 3,000 scholarly and popular periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences; also includes the full text of selected articles from over 1,650 of these periodicals.
      Search Syntax:
      • Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *.
      • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "".
      • Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?.
    • Periodicals Index Online
      (c. 1665-1995) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews on a broad range of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects.
      Search Syntax:
      • Truncation: use an asterisk *
      • Phrase searching: automatic
    • Readers' Guide Abstracts
      (1890 to present) Indexes articles in popular periodicals; also includes citations to book and film reviews.
      Search Syntax:
      • Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *
      • Phrase searching: use double quotation marks ""
      • Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?