Library Research Guides: AMST 327: Beyoncé, J-Lo, and Other Divas: Find Magazine & News Content

Music Magazines

Rock's Backpages This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles on popular music from the 1950s forward, from the music and mainstream press. Also includes audio interviews.

Billboard
Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Rolling Stone
The Music Library has Rolling Stone in print from 2003 forward.
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Rolling Stone
Features music, album and artist news, movie reviews, political, economic and pop culture commentary, videos, photos, and more. The Academic Search Complete database has the text of all issues from 1990-present, but no images. The Music Library has print issues from 2003-present. You can access full-color digitized versions of the magazine contents from 1967-2018 through the Boston Public Library (see below).
Rolling Stone Archive
Contains the complete full-color contents of Rolling Stone, from its launch in 1967 to 2018. NOTE: Access is provided through the Boston Public Library with a Boston Public Library card. Get a BPL eCard
The Source
The online version of the popular Hip-hop music magazine that provides news coverage of urban music, African American issues, youth culture and politics.
Vibe
Vibe is the lifestyle guide to urban music and culture including celebrities, fashion, beauty, consumer electronics, automotive, personal care/grooming, and, always, music.
XXL
Hip-hop on a higher level with new music, rap videos, reviews, new artists, industry news and the rapper database.
RoJaRo
Citations for articles on rock music, 1992 to date
A free music magazine index covering rock, jazz, roots music, blues, country, rap, soul, folk Latin, gospel, metal, psychedelic, reggae, punk, world music, salsa, afropop, pop, film music progressive, dance, techno, electronica, avant garde, ska, r&b, exotica, house, etc. Also includes music magazine, fanzine, and record label information.

Other Magazine & News Sources

Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
One of the largest collections of news from the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia, many in full text, as well as news sites, blogs, and newswires from the 1980s to the present (dates vary by title).
Historical Newspapers (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Search for historical articles in a variety of major American and British newspapers. Comprised of the following titles, which can also be searched individually: Boston Globe, 1872-1989; Chicago Defender, 1909-1975; Chicago Tribune, 1849-1997; Guardian and the Observer (UK), 1791-2003; Los Angeles Times, 1881-1996; New York Amsterdam News, 1922-1993; New York Times, 1851-2016; and Washington Post, 1877-2003
Alt-PressWatch This link opens in a new window
Articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals of the alternative and independent press, 1995 to present.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
An interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish), full text database of newspapers, magazines, and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses, 1960 to present.
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
With a focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas, this collection gathers historical perspectives on the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgender community, and changes in gender roles, including articles dating back as far as the 1970s.
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
Index to literature on topics pertaining to sexuality and gender identity, including full text for over 140 of the most important and historically significant LGBTQ+ journals, magazines, and regional newspapers.
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 This link opens in a new window
270 newspapers published in 36 states, including rare 19th-century titles.
African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 This link opens in a new window
More than 170 academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations' bulletins, annual reports and other genres, by and about African Americans.

Essence
Includes articles from 1988 to the present. This magazine is also included in the Ethnic NewsWatch database.
Ebony Magazine
Full text for 1998-2019
Ebony Online
Freely available digital archive of Ebony Magazine, 1959-2008
Jet Magazine Online
Freely available digital archive,1950-2005

New York Times Academic Pass This link opens in a new window
On-campus registration is required prior to access and must be renewed every 180 days. See the NYT Academic Pass guide for more information.

Rolling Stone
The Music Library has Rolling Stone in print from 2003 forward.
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Village Voice
Local New York news, events, music, movies, restaurants, and reviews.

Vogue Archive This link opens in a new window
Fulltext of Vogue Magazine from 1892 to the present in high-resolution color page images.