Magazines

Historians value Provide insight into prevailing attitudes and changes in attitudes over time Provide a narrative of events Provide variety of different views since many publications are written with a particular political bent and for a specific audience Generally available in many libraries and often with indexing

Using Magazines Limited to modern history Most popular magazines date only from the 19 th century when literacy rates climbed May be difficult to use May not have good indexing Many articles will be short and may not provide in-depth coverage of a topic In the UW Libraries Some issues may be in storage, in Special Collections or on microfilm

Your article What is the article about? What is the magazine? Does it have a political slant (scan through the issue, read the publisher’s statement if available, look at the ads) For what topics would this article be useful?

Finding Magazine Articles

Databases Reader’s Guide Retrospective Indexes articles published in mainstream American magazines from Best to search broadly Limit search to We own most but not all magazines included in the database

Other indexes for finding articles from the 1940s PAIS, Public Affairs Information Service Print index going back to 1915 (Suzzallo Reference Z7163.P9) International Index Print index covering (Suzzallo Reference AI13.R49)