Magazines - The Perch - Guides at University of Iowa

News, Commentary, & Opinion

Browse this selection of magazines from our collection to read in-depth coverage of current events, and social, economic, and political issues of the day.

This page provides a link to the titles':

InfoHawk+ catalog record (describing date coverage and location information)
searchable Libraries' subscription access to its archive (if available)
publicly available online site
description from Wikipedia,
allsides.com entry (if available) which provides information on a publication's bias

Most of these publications can be searched in InfoHawk+ or our online databases.

If you're looking for older print issues, many of these can be found on the upper floors of the Main Library. Check the InfoHawk+ link for details on date coverage and location information.

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Academic Search Elite This link opens in a new window This multi-disciplinary database offers full text for nearly 2,000 scholarly journals, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed titles. Covering virtually every area of academic study, Academic Search Elite offers full text information dating as far back as 1985. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Alt-Press Watch This link opens in a new window Full-text database indexes over 250 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Includes selected abstracts from research journals. (Main Library Reference Area holds vol. 1- July 1969- to present in the paper edition.)
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