Databases for Finding Magazine Articles
For historical magazines see the Primary Sources and Popular Magazines guides.
- Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)References to or full text of journal and magazine articles, major newspaper articles, book reviews, and more. Some PDF content going back as far as 1887. Includes popular periodicals like Newsweek, Time, U.S. News and World Report. To search those publications click here and add your keywords and specific time period.
- MasterFILE Complete (Ebsco)Includes popular periodicals like Newsweek, Time, U.S. News and World Report. To search those publications click here and add your keywords and specific time period.
Select Titles (various formats)
Dates for all formats may not be inclusive: there are often gaps in holdings.
- Atlantic (was Atlantic Monthly)
- Commentary (Digital from Commentary.org)1945-present
- Commonweal (Digital from Opinion Archives)1924-present
- Cosmopolitan--1925-2005, digital from Proquest Women's Magazine Archive NOTE: full text PDF download is restricted to a single page or page spread
--1886-present, link to catalog records for non digital formats - Forbes (Link to catalog for multiple formats)1917-present
- Fortune (Link to catalog for multiple formats)1930-current
- Good Housekeeping (Digital from Proquest Women's Magazine Archive)1885-2005, NOTE: full text PDF download is restricted to a single page or page spread
- Harper's Bazaar (Link to catalog records for multiple formats)1867-1912, 1934-1984
- National Review (Digital from EBSCO)1955-2020
- New Republic (Digital from EBSCO)1914-present
- New Yorker (Digital from The New Yorker)1925-present
- Parents' Magazine (Digital from Proquest Women's Magazine Archive)1926-1980, 1982-2005
- People (Digital from EBSCO)1994-present; some material is HTML full text only, not PDF
- Progressive (Digital from Opinion Archives)1929-present
- Redbook (Digital from Proquest Women's Magazine Archive)1903-1924, 1926-2005, NOTE: full text PDF download is restricted to a single page or page spread
- Seventeen (Digital from Proquest Women's Magazine Archive)1944-2005, NOTE: full text PDF download is restricted to a single page or page spread
- Town and Country (Digital from Proquest Women's Magazine Archive)1846-1851, 1854-1856, 1900-2005, NOTE: full text PDF download is restricted to a single page or page spread
- Woman's Day (Digital from Proquest Women's Magazine Archive)1937-2005, NOTE: full text PDF download is restricted to a single page or page spread
Politics, Commentary, Culture
Please note: As some of these sources come from a digital archive, they may lag behind and may not contain the most current issue available.
- Current Newspapers (Proquest)Includes the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
- New York Times (NYTimes.com)Users must create an account to access NYTimes.com. Click here to set up your NYTimes.com account.
- Wall Street JournalUsers must create an account using their OU credentials in order to use this resource and will need to refresh their access on an annual basis.