LibGuides: HIS 3348: The U.S. as a World Power: Magazines & Journals

Dwight D. Eisenhower

June 19, 1944 cover of Life Magazine showing General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States, 1945-1953.

Magazine & Journals

This page contains links to journals and magazines published in the past. Many of these may contain articles that could be useful to mid-century United States history and could be considered primary sources. However, they are more difficult to search through because they cannot be searched all at once; they can only be searched issue by issue.

Online Books Page--Serials
The Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all. The Online Books Page was founded, and is edited, by John Mark Ockerbloom, He is a digital library planner and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. He is solely responsible for the content of the site.

Databases that search magazines

MasterFILE Complete
Offers a large collection of popular magazines, plus journals, books, primary source documents, more than 2 million photos, maps, flags, and thousands of videos from the Associated Press (AP).
MAS Complete
Designed for high school students, this database contains hundreds of magazines and books. It also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, plus over a million photos, maps and flags.

Magazines & Journals

The Ebony Archives
We’ve partnered with Google to offer our entire 65-year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements.

Life Magazine
Call Number: periodicals, 2nd floor

Life Magazine was a general interest magazine that was published weekly from 1936 to 1972. It was known for its outstanding photographs. Holdings: Nov 23, 1936-May 2000
Time Magazine
Call Number: Periodicals, Second Floor

Holdings: January 1934- present
Newsweek
Call Number: Periodicals, 2nd floor

Newsweek is weekly news magazine, which began publication in 1933.
Holdings: July 1944-Dec 2012

Sports Illustrated Vault
Sports Illustrated
Available in print on the Second Floor of the West Library.

U.S. News and World Report
Call Number: Periodicals, Second Floor
Time Magazine: The Vault
Call Number: online

The Vault contains the front covers of every issue of Time Magazine from