Need background information for a twentieth-century popular magazine? Consult one of the following or ask a librarian for help.

• African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: A National Bibliography. Ed. James P. Danky. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1998.
  Reference R 015.73 A258
  Includes information about popular magazines.
• American Humor Magazines and Comic Periodicals. Ed. David E.E. Sloane. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1987.
  Reference R 051 A512
• American Literary Magazines: The Twentieth Century. Ed. Edward E. Chielens. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1992.
  Reference R 016.81 A5121
• Black Journals of the United States. Walter C. Daniel. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1982.
  Reference R 051 D184b
• The Conservative Press in Twentieth-Century America. Ed. Ronald Lora and William Henry Longton. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999.
  Reference R 070.4 C755
• Index to City and Regional Magazines of the United States. Comp. Sam G. Riley and Gary W. Selnow. New York: Greenwood, 1989.
  Reference R 015.73 R573i
• Magazines for Libraries. Ed. Cheryl La Guardia. 16th ed. New Providence, NJ: ProQuest, 2008.
  Reference Desk R 016.05 K19m 2008
• Magazines of the American South. Sam G. Riley. New York: Greenwood, 1986.
  Reference R 051 R573m
• Popular Religious Magazines of the United States. Ed. P. Mark Fackler and Charles H. Lippy. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1995.
  Reference R 016.2 P831
• Regional Interest Magazines of the United States. Ed. Sam G. Riley and Gary W. Selnow. New York: Greenwood, 1991.
  Reference R 051 R336
• Women's Periodicals in the United States: Consumer Magazines. Ed. Kathleen L. Endres and Therese L. Lueck. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1995.
  Reference R 051.09 W8721
• Women's Periodicals in the United States: Social and Political Issues. Ed. Kathleen L. Endres and Therese L. Lueck. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1996.
  Reference R 051.09 W872