LibGuides: Canadian Studies/Études canadiennes (GL/CDNS): Magazines

Magazine Databases

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To find magazine articles on a topic, consult the databases A-Z list or one of the suggestions below. Read the coverage descriptions to determine if a database is suitable for your needs.

Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive
This online collection features core US and UK trade magazines. It covers film, music, broadcasting, and theatre from the vaudeville era to present.
● Major sources: Billboard, American Film, Box Office, Broadcast, Variety, etc.
National Geographic Magazine Archive
This online collection provides access to issues of National Geographic Magazine. The archive covers issues published between 1888 and 1994.
● Subjects: Geography, exploration, photojournalism, culture, nature, etc.
Press Reader
This digital newsstand includes thousands of the world's most popular newspapers and magazines. Published in full text, all titles include images.
● Major sources: Newsweek, Vogue, ELLE, GQ, Canadian Living, Reader's Digest, etc.
Women's Magazine Archive
This online collection features consumer magazines aimed at a female audience. The archive covers the 19th to 21st centuries.
● Major sources: Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, Redbook, and Chatelaine
Alternative Press Index
A subject index to over 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. This resource is international and interdisciplinary, spanning the social sciences and humanities.
● Major subjects: socialism, national liberation, labour, indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+, feminism, ecology, democracy, etc.