Periodicals
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1. American Heritage
2. Art in America
3. Atlantic Monthly
4. Audubon
5. Business Week
6. Challenge: the Magazine of Economic Affairs
7. Change
8. China Quarterly
9. Columbia Journalism Review
10. Computers in Libraries
11. Current History: a journal of contemporary world affairs
12. Discover
13. Economist
14. Education Digest
15. English Journal
16. English Teaching Forum
17. Far Eastern Economic Review
18. Foreign Affairs
19. Fortune
20. Governing: the magazine of states and localities
21. Harper's
22. Harvard Business Review
23. Harvard Law Review
24. Journal of American Studies
25. National Geographic
26. New York Times Book Review
27. New York Times Upfront
28. New York Review of Books
29. New Yorker
30. NewsWeek
31. Online
32. PC Magazine
33. Reader's Digest
34. Rolling Stone
35. Scientific American
36. Searcher
37. Sports Illustrated
38. Smithsonian
39. Time
40. U.S. News & World Report
41. Washington Monthly
42. Washington Post National Weekly
43. Wired
http://www.americanheritage.com/
New York, NY: American Heritage Publishing Co.
Bi-monthly
No aspect of the American experience is too trivial or too important not to merit treatment in this magazine. The very readable articles vary in length. Both the quality and broad popular appeal of this publication make it a standard selection for most American libraries.
New York, NY: Brant Art Publications, Inc.
Monthly, except July
A visual chronicle of the state of American art, this journal covers painting, sculpture, architecture, antiques and photography. Articles are often extensive and well illustrated reviews of a major exhibition. Although the emphasis is on the contemporary scene, writers tend to place their subjects in a historical context. The journal has the substance of an academic journal, but its style of presentation is more informal.
http://theatlantic.com/
Boston, MA: The Atlantic Monthly Co.
Monthly
The Atlantic is one of several critical journals with a wide readership. It incorporates essays on politics, economics, education and other aspects of American life and culture, along with essays on similar aspects of life in other countries. It also includes fiction and poetry by some of the most popular contemporary U.S. writers.
http://magazine.audubon.org/index.html
New York, NY: National Audubon Society
Bi-monthly
Audubon is a bimonthly magazine that reports on the state of the earth. It offers views on environmental problems and proposes solutions regarding ecology, conservation, wildlife, policy, recreation, and technology.
http://www.businessweek.com/
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Inc.
One of the most widely read U.S. business magazines, Business Week concentrates on corporate business, management and finance. Articles are usually quite short, although the cover story is always examined in more depth. Its weekly circulation makes it more current that its nearest competitors, Fortune and Forbes, which are published less regularly.
http://mesharpe.com/cha_main.htm
Armonk, NY : M.E. Sharpe, Inc.
Bi-monthly
The purpose of Challenge is to present a wide range of views on national and international economic affairs in the belief that an informed dialogue can result in more rational and effective public policy.
http://www.aahe.org/change/
Washington, DC: Helen Dwight Reid Education Foundation
Bi-monthly
Well known and respected as an opinion magazine dealing with contemporary issues in higher learning, the award-winning Change spotlights trends in, provides new insights about, and analyzes the implications of educational programs. Articles cover influential institutions and individuals, new teaching methods, curriculum, finances, governance, and public policy. Change is published six times a year with editorial leadership provided by the American Association for Higher Education. Editorial content includes special departments, regular columnists, a wide-ranging book review section, and in-depth analytical features on current issues in higher education.
http://uk.cambridge.org/journals/cqy/
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
The China Quarterly is the leading scholarly journal in its field, covering all aspects of contemporary China including Taiwan. Its interdisciplinary approach covers a range of subjects including anthropology/sociology, literature and the arts, business/economics, geography, history, international affairs, law, and politics. Edited to rigorous standards by scholars of the highest repute, the journal publishes high-quality, authoritative research, keeping readers up to date with events in China. International in scholarship, The China Quarterly provides readers with historical perspectives, in-depth analyses, and a deeper understanding of China and Chinese culture. In addition to major articles and research reports, each issue contains a comprehensive Book Review section, and also a Quarterly Chronicle, which keeps readers informed of events in and affecting China. Annually, there is a special issue, which in 2002 will consider China's Relations with Europe
http://www.cjr.org/
New York, NY: Columbia University
Bi-monthly
Columbia University's Review is the most acclaimed American journalism review. It is particularly noted for analyses of specific media features, with personal accounts by journalists enlivening these discussions. The journal is also acclaimed for its scrutiny of media ethics. This concern is reflected in the Review's famous "Darts and Laurels" column.
http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/default.shtml
Medford, NJ : Information Today, Inc.
Monthly
Computers in Libraries is a monthly magazine that provides complete coverage of the news and issues in the rapidly evolving field of library information technology. Focusing on the practical application of technology in community, school, academic, and special libraries, CIL includes discussions of the impact of emerging computer technologies on library systems and services, and on the library community itself.
11. Current History: a journal of contemporary world affairs
http://www.currenthistory.com/
Current History, Inc.
9/Year
Devoted to special area studies or special topics of interest to America. An invaluable tool for reference and research, which updates expensive and already outdated hardcover reference works. Indexed in the Readers' Guide.
http://www.discover.com/current_issue/index.html
Publishing Co: Buena Vista Publishing
Monthly
Discover magazine is an award-winning, clearly written general interest magazine devoted to the world of science and technology. It intelligently explores all areas of science, from archeology to ecology, technology to medicine, and astronomy to physics. Each issue uncovers the latest breakthroughs on such intriguing subjects as the origin of life, the evolution of the universe, the inner workings of the human brain, and the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.
http://www.economist.com/printedition/index.cfm
London, UK: Economist Group.
Weekly
The Economist is the weekly news and business publication written expressly for top business decision-makers and opinion leaders who need an international outlook in an increasingly global marketplace. Each weekly issue explores the links between domestic and international issues, business, finance, current affairs, science, technology, and the arts — and provides a refreshingly objective perspective on it all.
http://www.eddigest.com/
Ann Arbor, MI: Prakken Publications, Inc.
9/Year
This magazine publishes in full or condenses some 17-20 representative articles on education a month. The abridgments are skillfully done, preserving the originals' tone and lines of thought. Most articles examine kindergarten through grade 12, with classroom problems and methods, administrative and policy issues, and the relationship of education to social and economic problems all receiving attention. The journal's broad scope reflects its generalist target audience.
http://cc.ysu.edu/tej/
Publishing Co: Natl. Council of Teachers of English
6/Year
Articles and activities on the teaching of language, literature, composition, & media in secondary schools. English Journal is for middle school and junior and senior high English teachers.
This journal presents the latest developments in teaching composition, reading skills, oral language, literature, and the uses of varied media. Published bimonthly (September, November, January, March, May, and July).
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of State.
Quarterly
The English Teaching Forum is a quarterly journal for teachers of English as a foreign or second language. In print since 1962, and with a worldwide readership of over 200,000, the journal features articles contributed by well-known scholars, readers worldwide, or the editors. Articles focus on the theory and practice of teaching English and include discussions of methods, techniques and ideas useful in the classroom. Thematic content varies, often focusing on an aspect of American culture or a particular language skill or teaching approach.
http://www.feer.com/
Hong Kong: Review Publishing Company Limited
Monthly
The magazine reports on politics, business, economics, technology and social and cultural issues throughout Asia, with a particular emphasis on both Southeast Asia and China.
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/
New York, NY: The Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.
5/Year
This periodical is generally considered the preeminent journal of world affairs and its contributors are experts in their fields. Policy ideas are frequently tested and debated in this publication before being adopted. Foreign Affairs also contains one of the most comprehensive book review sections in the international relations field.
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/magazine/
New York, NY: Time, Inc.
Bi-Weekly
Fortune is among the best known general business magazines in the United States. Its articles tend to be longer than those of similar magazines, and frequent use of sidebars allows the reader to learn more about related issues. The magazine is also noted for its special issue focusing on "The Fortune 500", the leading 500 U.S. businesses.
http://www.governing.com/
Congressional Quarterly, Inc.
Monthly
Identifies and relates trends in making public policy & doing the business of government below the federal level.
http://www.harpers.org/
New York, NY: Harper's Magazine Foundation.
Monthly
Harper's is similar to The Atlantic in both format and focus. It too incorporates five to six articles on the American nation or some aspect of the global political, economic or social scene. The magazine is a basic title that addresses the well-educated reader, or certainly someone with a wide variety of interests.
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbr/index.html
Harvard Business School Publishing Corp.
Bi-monthly
HBR is the world's most influential management publication, and has been defined as indispensable reading for executives who aspire to superior leadership. Its goal is to help executives improve the practice of management.
http://www.harvardlawreview.org/
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Law Review
8/Year
The Harvard Law Review is a student-run organization whose primary purpose is to publish a journal of legal scholarship. The organization is formally independent of the Harvard Law School. The Review is the only independent student-run law journal in the country. Aside from serving as an important academic forum for legal scholarship, the Review has two other goals. First, the journal is designed to be an effective research tool for practicing lawyers and students of the law. Second, it provides opportunities for Review members to develop their own editing and writing skills. Accordingly, each issue contains pieces by student editors as well as outside authors. The Review publishes articles by professors, judges, and practitioners and solicits reviews of important recent law books from recognized experts. All articles—even those by the most respected authorities—are subjected to a rigorous editorial process designed to sharpen and strengthen substance and tone. Most student writing takes the form of Notes, Recent Cases, Recent Legislation, and Book Notes.
http://www.journals.cambridge.org/
New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
3/Year
Journal of American Studies publishes works by scholars from all over the world on American history, politics, literature, institutions, economics, film, popular culture, geography, sociology and related subjects. A Notes and Comments. section provides a forum for shorter pieces and responses from readers to points made in articles or reviews. Also included are review essays, book reviews and, biennially, a list of theses on American topics in progress and completed at British universities.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/index.html
Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society.
Monthly
For nearly a century, National Geographic has been presenting new insights into contemporary society and documenting everyday life in the United States. It also offers glimpses of the distant past and the remote future, with articles tending to stress the need to conserve natural resources. The excellent surveys are strengthened by the magazine's outstanding photography.
http://www.nytimes.com/books/specials/contents.html
New York, NY: New York Times Co.
Weekly
The New York Times Book Review contains authoritative reviews (more than 2,000 a year), author interviews, lists of best selling and recommended books, and intelligent coverage of the book world.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/upfront/
New York, NY: New York Times Co., Scholastic Inc
18/Year
The New York Times Upfront magazine - a collaboration between The New York Times and Scholastic Inc. - is the first news magazine designed specifically for teenagers. Upfront is based on the assumption that young people are smart, aware, interested in the world around them - and eager to see the world improve. Upfront makes the most of The Times' expertise in news and Scholastic's expertise in producing engaging educational materials. Upfront features regular articles on current news events, politics, government, pop culture, technology, business and science. The stories are selected for timeliness, interest to teens, and relevance to the high school history and social studies curriculum. Some of the stories are written exclusively for the magazine by Times reporters. Others are adapted from the pages of The New York Times. Many of the stories are written by top editors and writers at Scholastic. Upfront also features The New York Times crossword puzzle written for students, news debates, quizzes and other games, and interviews with Times correspondents all over the world.
http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev/
New York, NY: The New York Review of Books.
Irregularly
"With a national circulation of over 115,000, The New York Review of Books has established itself, in Esquire's words, as 'the premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language.'" It is a "kind of magazine -- one in which the most interesting and qualified minds of our time would discuss current books and issues in depth," and "a literary and critical journal based on the assumption that the discussion of important books was itself an indispensable literary activity." "It is the journal where the most important issues are discussed by writers who are themselves a major force in world literature and thought." "Every two weeks, writers publish essays and reviews of books and the arts, including music, theater, dance, and film–from Woody Allen's Manhattan to Kurosawa's version of King Lear. What has made The New York Review successful, according to The New York Times, is its 'stubborn refusal to treat books, or the theatre and movies, for that matter, as categories of entertainment to be indulged in when the working day is done.'"
http://www.newyorker.com/
New York, NY: The New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
Weekly
This journal features many well-known American writers. Each issue includes fiction, poetry, commentaries on current political events, and reports on significant social concerns. The New Yorker is also a compendium of information about events in New York City. "Goings on About Town" briefly lists visual and performing arts events and exhibitions at museums and libraries. In addition, there are lengthier theater, music, film, dance, and record reviews as well as outstanding cartoons.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/NW-front_Front.asp
New York, NY: Newsweek, Inc.
Newsweek is one of the general, mass circulation U.S. news magazines familiar to readers throughout the world. This weekly always contains a broad variety of stories on every imaginable aspect of life in the United States and around the world. Each issue includes the following sections: National Affairs, International, Business, Society, and The Arts.
http://www.infotoday.com/online/default.shtml
Medford, NJ : Information Today, Inc.
Bi-Monthly
ONLINE is written for information professionals and provides articles, product reviews, case studies, evaluation, and informed opinion about selecting, using, and managing electronic information products, plus industry and professional information about online database systems, CD-ROM, and the Internet. This site contains selected full-text articles and news from each issue of the magazine.
http://www.pcmag.com/
New York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Co.
22/Year
PC Magazine is the #1 information resource for computing professionals. Every issue provides comprehensive product evaluations, including side-by-side comparisons based on benchmark tests from PC Magazine Labs - the industry's foremost product testing authority. Trust PC Magazine to deliver the most timely and accurate computing information available anywhere.
http://www.readersdigest.com/
Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Monthly
Reader's Digest provides current events coverage and features essays that reflect contemporary American life. Each issue of this popular magazine will provoke, educate, and entertain readers from all walks of life.
http://www.rollingstone.com/
New York, NY: Wenner Media
Bi-weekly
Rolling Stone has long been the dominant popular music magazine in America. It has made an important contribution as a questioning, iconoclastic, anti-establishment voice in the sometimes bland world of US journalism. For over 30 years, many of America's top writers and journalists - Tom Wolfe, Hunter Thompson, Joe Eszterhas and P.J. O'Rourke - had contributed powerful, insightful views about contemporary society, politics, the arts and, of course, rock and roll. The commitment both to music and social and political criticism has been the magazine's strength.
http://www.sciam.com/currentissue.html
New York, NY: Scientific American, Inc.
Monthly
This long-established magazine offers a broad range of articles covering archaeology, astronomy, earth science, medicine, psychology, and technology. In fact, it examines anything even remotely considered science. Illustrations, many in color, are informative and decorative. Nevertheless, readers will find a solid scientific background helpful in understanding some of the articles.
http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/
Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc.
10/Year
Searcher: The Magazine for Database Professionals is a unique publication that explores and deliberates on a comprehensive range of issues important to the professional database searcher. The magazine is targeted to experienced, knowledgeable searchers and combines evaluations of data content with discussions of delivery media. Searcher includes evaluated online news, searching tips and techniques, reviews of search aid software and database documentation, revealing interviews with leaders and entrepreneurs of the industry, and trenchant editorials. Whatever the experienced database searcher needs to know to get the job done is covered in Searcher.
http://www.si.com/
Weekly
Reports and interprets the world of sport, recreation and active leisure. It previews, analyzes and comments upon major games and events, as well as those noteworthy for character and spirit alone.
http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Associates.
Monthly
Every Smithsonian features eight informative articles on almost any topic imaginable in a style appealing to the non-specialist. A separate section always suggests further reading on that issue's particular topics.
http://www.time.com/time/
New York, NY: Time, Inc.
Weekly
Another of the well-known and widely-read U.S. news magazines, Time provides similar U.S. and global news coverage to Newsweek. Indeed, it follows an analogous format -- tight, easily-read prose supported by excellent color photography
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm
Washington, D.C.: U.S. News & World Report, Inc.
Weekly
This news magazine emphasizes general business news and events having a strong effect on business interests. Devoted to national and international affairs, it presents information concisely to maximize coverage on a wide variety of issues. It also features interviews with key public figures on a variety of topics.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/
Publishing Co: Washington Monthly Co.
Reports and analyzes matters of politics and the public interest.
http://nationalweekly.com/
Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post.
This is a very useful weekly compilation of reports and commentaries from The Washington Post, one of the most influential newspapers in the United States.
http://www.wired.com/
San Francisco, CA: Wired USA
Monthly
"Wired magazine is the journal of record for the future. It's daring. Compelling. Innovative. Courageous. Insightful. It speaks not just to high-tech professionals and the business savvy, but also to the forward-looking, the culturally astute, and the simply curious. Each month, Wired covers the people, companies, and ideas that are transforming the way we live. It delivers incisive analysis and resonant storytelling from some of the world's most provocative writers: Po Bronson. Gary Wolf. Denise Caruso. Douglas Coupland. Chip Bayers. Mitch Kapor. Pamela McCorduck. Randall Rothenberg. Phil Patton. David Bennahum. Josh Quittner. Michael Schrage. Bruce Sterling. Competitive, intelligent journalism uncovers what's next. Wired is there. On the front lines of the 21st century."
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