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Civil Rights and Social Movements

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The "Popular Press" includes magazines and newspapers intended for the general public. This would include titles such as Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Ladies Home Journal, the New Yorker, etc.

The Popular Press

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature Retrospective. 1900- .
Index to the major general interest and popular periodicals from the late 19th century to 1982. Rutgers-restricted Access
Periodicals Index Online/Archive Online
Multidisciplinary index to over 5000 journals, both scholarly and popular. Scope ranges from 1770 to 1995. Rutgers-restricted Access
Academic Search Premier
A basic multidisciplinary database, ASP indexes both news magazines (Time back to 1929, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report) and scholarly journals. Rutgers-restricted Access
Life Magazine
Search or browse selected issues of Life magazine between 1936 and 1972.