Research Guides: Communication and Media: Magazines

Popular Magazine Collections & Digitized Archives

This page provides links to just a small selection of magazines available through the library. For a particular publication, look up the title in L ibrary Search.

Magazine Collections

The magazine collections/databases below allow you to search many magazines at once. Some may be text-only, while others include digitized page images.

Ebsco Magazine Archives
Combined searchable access to full color archives of 14 major popular American magazines including: Architectural Digest, The Atlantic, Bloomberg Businessweek, Ebony, Esquire, Forbes, Fortune, Life, The New Republic, People Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Time, U.S. News & World Report, and Vanity Fair.

Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive
Full-text runs of trade magazines covering film, music, broadcasting, theater, and video gaming, from the 19th century to the 21st.

Google Magazine archive
Full page images from hundreds of magazines. Note that dates vary, and only selected issues may be available (not every single issue printed).
News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive (includes Newsweek)
Archival collection of 15 magazines (including Newsweek) spanning areas including politics and current events.
ProQuest Women's Magazine Archive
Full image backfiles of leading women’s interest consumer magazines. Coverage ranges from the late-19th century through to 2005; titles include Cosmopolitan, Essence, Seventeen, Ladies' Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Woman's Day, and Better Homes and Gardens.
Readers Guide Full Text
Includes hundreds of popular periodicals published in the U.S. & Canada from 1890 to the present. Covers current events & news, fine arts, fashion, education, business, sports, health and nutrition, consumer affairs, etc.

Individual Magazines

Architectural Digest 1924-2011 (Ebsco)
The Atlantic (Ebsco)
Use "Searching" link to select The Atlantic Magazine Archive.
Bloomberg Business Week 1929-2000 (Ebsco)
Essence, 1970-2005 (ProQuest)
Esquire magazine archive 1933-2014 (Ebsco)
Forbes 1917-2000 (Ebsco)
Fortune 1930-2000 (Ebsco)

GQ Archive
Full backfile of GQ from its launch in 1931 through the present.

Harper's Magazine (1850-present)
Life magazine, 1936-2000 (Ebsco)
Life Magazine archive, 1936-1972
View full pages images from selected issues of Life Magazine. Available via Google.
The New Yorker (1925-present)
People magazine, 1974-2000 (Ebsco)
Use "Searching" link to select People Magazine Archive
Sports Illustrated, 1954-2000 (Ebsco)
Use "Searching" link to choose the Sports Illustrated Magazine Archive
Time magazine archive, 1923-2000 (Ebsco)
Searchable, full-text access along with page images from Time Magazine, 1923-2000.
Vanity Fair, 1913-2015 (Ebsco)
Use "Searching" link to choose Vanity Fair Magazine Archive from the list.
Vibe Archive (1993-2014)
The full run of Vibe magazine, the U.S. magazine of record for hip-hop culture, from 1993-2014.

Vogue Archive
Online access to Vogue magazine (US edition) from 1892 to three months ago, in high-resolution color page images.
The Women's Wear Daily Archive
Searchable archive of Women's Wear Daily from first issue in 1910 to within past year: every page, article, advertisement and cover.

Last Updated: Jun 18, 2025 3:04 PM

Subjects: News & Current Events, Social Sciences

Tags: communications, health communications, journalism, mass media, media, movies, television, tv

Communication and Media

Popular Magazine Collections & Digitized Archives

This page provides links to just a small selection of magazines available through the library. For a particular publication, look up the title in Library Search.

Magazine Collections

Individual Magazines

This page provides links to just a small selection of magazines available through the library. For a particular publication, look up the title in L ibrary Search.