GSU Library Research Guides: CASA/Humanities Inclusivity Program (Summer 2023): Finding Popular and Mainstream Articles

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Leslie Madden

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Subjects: English, World Languages & Cultures

Historical Magazines/Journals (Databases available at GSU)

(Newspaper collections are listed separately in the Newspapers guide)

Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890 - 1982 (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Provides a detailed account of US culture and history in a searchable database including articles from popular US magazines. It offers full coverage of the original paper volumes of the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature.
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
Digitized music-related magazines from the 20th and 21st centuries focused on rock and folk genres.
Nation Archive This link opens in a new window
Contains indexing, abstracting, and full text for the complete archive of The Nation from its first issue on July 6, 1865 to the present, including historic articles, editorials, letters, reviews, poems, puzzles, and also perspectives on news, politics, and culture.
National Review Archive This link opens in a new window
A digital resource for conservative news, commentary, and opinion, offering complete abstracting, indexing, and full text coverage for all journal issues dating from its inception in 1955 to the present, providing coverage of political, social, and cultural issues and trends.
New Republic Archive This link opens in a new window
The New Republic Archive database provides current and past issues, with coverage dating back to 1914, of The New Republic in PDF format.
Ebony Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
This archive covers civil rights, education, entrepreneurship and other social topics with an African-American focus. Coverage: 1945 through 2014.
Life Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
Life Magazine Archive presents an extensive collection of the famed photojournalism magazine, spanning its very first issue in November, 1936 through December, 2000 in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format. Articles and cover pages are fully indexed and advertisements are individually identified.

Databases that Include Popular Magazine Articles

Popular/mainstream articles are NOT considered to be peer-reviewed. These are examples of databases that include popular articles. So if there's a "Scholarly/Peer Reviewed" box in Advanced Search, and you want to find popular articles.... don't check that particular box!

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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A scholarly, multi-disciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for thousands of journals and other publications. PDF content dates back to 1887.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
A full-text database covering sports and sports medicine journals in subjects such as biomechanics, drugs, exercise, kinesiology, movement science, nutrition, occupational health and therapy, physical fitness, physical therapy, rehabilitation, sports and exercise psychology, coaching and education, and sports medicine.
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
This database contains LGBT journals, relevant bibliographic data from NISC's Sexual Diversity Studies, an LGBT thesaurus, author supplied abstracts and keywords, and searchable cited references.
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
Provides in-depth coverage of subjects that are uniquely central to women's lives. Including: the family, childbirth, birth control, daycare, domestic abuse, work and more.
Points of View Reference Source This link opens in a new window
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Formerly Points of View Reference Center. Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this database provides rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.