[Trial Database] ProQuest Central Premium, News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive (feat. Newsweek), Men’s Magazine Archive, Health & Fitness Magazine Archive, Education Magazine Archive (~6/29)
Trial Database:ProQuest Central Premium
Available until June 29th, for on-campus IP only (off-campus users please log in to VPN first).
ProQuest Central is a multidisciplinary, multi-format resource that is designed to support broad curricular needs as well as defined, discipline-specific research. This resource provides a single search experience across thousands of full-text periodicals, newspapers, market and industry reports, and more. In addition, ProQuest Central includes the ProQuest One line, providing users with complete discipline-specific lenses to support the study of business, education, sustainability, psychology, health and medicine, and more.
Trial Database:News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive (feat. Newsweek)
Available until June 29th, for on-campus IP only (off-campus users please log in to VPN first).
An archival collection comprising the backfiles of 15 major magazines (including the Newsweek archive), spanning areas including current events, international relations, and public policy. These titles offer multiple perspectives on the contemporary contexts of the major events, trends, and interests in these fields throughout the twentieth century. The collection will provide valuable primary source content for researchers in fields ranging from history and political science, through to law and economics.
Trial Database:Men’s Magazine Archive
Available until June 29th, for on-campus IP only (off-campus users please log in to VPN first).
A collection of men’s-interest magazine backfiles serving research in men’s studies/history but also offering important additional perspectives for women’s studies. It includes some of the earliest publications of this type – National Police Gazette and Argosy – and covers key topics such as fashion, sports, health, and arts/entertainment.
Trial Database:Health & Fitness Magazine Archive
Available until June 29th, for on-campus IP only (off-campus users please log in to VPN first).
The backfiles of consumer magazines devoted to health and fitness topics. With publications aimed at a male readership (e.g. Flex, Men’s Health) and women’s titles (e.g. Women’s Health, Women’s Health Activist), this collection supports research in topics such as the history of sex roles, body image, fitness/exercise, public health, food/nutrition, and medicine. The backfile of Prevention (from 1950) offers over six decades of content reflecting contemporary developments in these areas.
Trial Database:Education Magazine Archive
Available until June 29th, for on-campus IP only (off-campus users please log in to VPN first).
An archive of magazines in the field of education, ranging from the early 20th to 21st centuries. The publications are aimed at teachers and other educational professionals and constitute valuable primary sources through which the evolution of educational policy, practice, and theory during this period may be delineated and interpreted. This content also pertains strongly to several related fields such as social history, psychology, and childhood studies.