Magazines & Newspapers

General Research
Find articles in thousands of general-interest periodicals.  Includes reference book articles, primary source documents, and images.
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Academic Search Complete
Find articles in thousands of scholarly and peer-reviewed periodicals.
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OverDrive
Downloadable eMagazines for all ages. Includes eBooks and eAudiobooks.


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Individual Subscriptions

Consumer Checkbook
Reviews of local services: auto repair shops, dentists, plumbers, health plans and much more.
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Consumer Reports
Search Consumer Reports magazine index and find full-text articles.
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The New York Times (inside the library)
The New York Times (outside the library)  
The New York Times newspaper online from 1851-present. Spanish and Mandarin Chinese languages also available.  Register for a free account.  

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PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Weekly science journal publishing more that 3,800 papers annually.
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