Database Information

 
Reader's Guide Retrospective
Description

The online version of Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature.   Indexes general interest/popular magazines and journals from 1890-1982. Helpful to individuals interested in american history and culture. One of the best sources to find a contemporary article written about an important event in the 20th century.

Some examples of magazine titles are Atlantic Monthly, Time, Newsweek, Black Enterprise, Christian Science Monitor Magazine Section, Esquire, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and Ladies Home Journal.  It is very useful for finding primary sources -  information about events of the time written at the time.

Dates of Coverage 1890 - 1982
Source Types Magazines
Source List
Simultaneous users Unlimited
Direct Import to RefWorks Yes
Vendor H.W. Wilson
 

Maintained by Laura Crain