Many databases are helpful in locating magazines. Some include full-text articles, but others do not. If the full article is not available online, we can get it for you through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) or Document Delivery.
It can be difficult to find a particular magazine in our collection to study. One way of doing this is using the library catalog. Use these geographical links to start searching. Then, refine the search by topic or time period to narrow results (examples below).
Identifying a magazine through our catalog allows you to search for periodicals we own. Another way to select magazines or learn more about individual titles for your research is to use books that explain them in historical context.
American Mass-Market Magazines by 
The Dream of a New Social Order by 
Magazines for the Millions by 
The Popular Magazine in Britain and the United States of America, 1800-1960 by Periodical indexes provide citations, usually organized by subject, for articles in journals, magazines, newspapers and more.
Generate a search, listing over 600 periodical indexes in the SMU Libraries collection.
After you see the full list, narrow it down by topic, historical period, or resource type.
Use print indexes to find citations for sources that might not be available online.
Here are some examples: