Agnes Scott College, McCain Library

McCain Library recently added the following academic databases to our list of resources. We are excited to offer these amazing resources to students and faculty for research and personal interest.

For a complete list of academic databases subscribed to by McCain Library, you can click here. 

Feminist Periodicals 

Feminist Periodicals is an open access repository of digitized contents pages of 150 academic journals and pop culture magazines for researchers and scholars to view what is currently being published in the fields of Feminism, Gender and Women’s Studies, Sexuality Studies, and LGBTQIA+ Studies. Since many international and grassroots titles are not indexed in standard sources, Feminist Periodicals is the best key to their contents. Feminist Periodicals is made available through the Office of the Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian at the University of Wisconsin.

Independent Voices (An Open Access Collection of an Alternative Press) 

Independent Voices is an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.

Religious Magazine Archive 

A searchable archive of magazines devoted to religious topics, spanning 19th-21st centuries. The publications were originally written by/for a wider populace rather than academic/cultural elites and offer insights into, for example, the influence of belief systems on public life, the history of popular religious movements and the means used by religions to gain adherents and communicate their ideologies. A wide variety of religions and denominations are represented, allowing for comparative studies of religions during this period.

McCain Library recently added the following academic databases to our list of resources. We are excited to offer these amazing resources to students and faculty for research and personal interest.

For a complete list of academic databases subscribed to by McCain Library, you can click here. 

American Periodicals (1740-1940) 

American Periodicals provides access to full-text articles from over 1100 American magazines and journals published between 1740 and 1940. Contents include America’s first scientific journal, Medical Repository, popular magazines like Vanity Fair and Ladies’ Home Journal, early professional journals such as the Publications of the American Economic Association, as well as articles of investigative journalism and social commentary. Also includes access to full-color scans of documents archived at the Center for Research Libraries. This is an informative source for anyone studying history, American literature, politics, women’s studies, and art history.

Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive 

An archival research resource containing the essential primary sources for studying the history of the film and other entertainment industries, from the era of vaudeville and silent movies through to 2000. The core US and UK trade magazines covering film, music, broadcasting and theater are included, together with film fan magazines and music press titles. Comprehensive information on specific films, plays, theaters, actors, directors, TV series, film studios, musicians, genres, record labels, subcultures and youth movements.

The Rolling Stone Archive 

The backfile of Rolling Stone, from its launch in 1967 to the present. One of the most influential consumer magazines of the 20th-21st centuries, it initially sought to reflect the cultural, social, and political outlook of a generation of students and young adults. It has been a leading vehicle for rock and popular music journalism, as well as covering wider entertainment topics such as film and popular culture. Major journalists and authors to have contributed include Hunter S. Thompson, Patti Smith, and Tom Wolfe.

McCain Library recently added the following academic databases to our list of resources. We are excited to offer these amazing resources to students and faculty for research and personal interest.

For a complete list of academic databases subscribed to by McCain Library, you can click here. 

The Vogue Archive‎ 

A searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution color page images. Pages, advertisements, covers and fold-outs have been included, with rich indexing enabling researchers to find images by garment type, designer and brand names. The Vogue Archive preserves the work of the world’s greatest fashion designers, stylists and photographers and is a unique record of American and international fashion, culture and society from the dawn of the modern era to the present day.

Men’s Magazine Archive 

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.

The GQ Archive 

The backfile of GQ magazine, from its launch in 1931 (as Apparel Arts) to the present. One of the longest-running, most influential men’s magazines, GQ expanded its initial focus on fashion to cover general men’s-interest subjects. The digital archive makes available a wealth of editorial content and photography, providing essential insights into the 20th/21st-century history of fashion, popular culture, masculinity, and society.

Health & Fitness Magazine Archive 

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.

McCain Library recently added the following academic databases to our list of resources. We are excited to offer these amazing resources to students and faculty for research and personal interest.

For a complete list of academic databases subscribed to by McCain Library, you can click here. 

MedicLatina 

MedicLatina provides access to the full text for more than 140 peer-reviewed medical journals in native Spanish. The majority of full-text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF or scanned-in-color. A wide range of topics are covered including neuroscience, cardiology, nephrology, biomedicine, clinical research, pediatrics, human reproduction, clinical pathology, cancer research, and hematology.

MEDLINE (at EBSCOhost) 

MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.

MedlinePlus (at National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health) 

MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative, consumer-focused information from The National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. MedlinePlus includes extensive information about drugs and supplements, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, videos, interactive patient tutorials, and the latest health news.

McCain Library recently added the following academic databases to our list of resources. We are excited to offer these amazing resources to students and faculty for both research and personal interest.

For a complete list of academic databases subscribed to by McCain Library, you can click here.

Children’s Magazine Archive, 1866-2020 

The backfiles of a variety of 20th-century serials covering many aspects of children’s lives and interests. These include titles focusing on education, entertainment / literature, news, and religion / moral development. As well as shedding light on the history of childhood and family life during this period, these titles provide alternative perspectives in the study of 20th-century advertising/marketing, popular culture, education, media, and print culture.

Records of the Children’s Bureau, 1912-1969 

The Bureau’s voluminous records, including correspondence, research reports, brochures, court hearings and speeches, represent a large and important collection of primary material for the study of the family and the health and well-being of children in the twentieth century.

Child Development & Adolescent Studies 

Child Development & Adolescent Studies provides references to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21 covering publications on child rights and welfare issues from 1927 – 2001. Book reviews and abstracts from hundreds of journals and a bibliography of thousands of technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations covering biomedical and social sciences worldwide are indexed in this database.