LibGuides: Communication 101: Access Popular News Sources

Magazines

Links to current magazine news sources. You will notice that some sources will have links to different databases. These databases have varying year coverage, so pay close attention to the information under the links to find the year you need. If you are off-campus you will be asked to log-in using your NetID and password.

The Advocate
Click on any of the "EBSCOhost" Online Full Text options. Select an issue to browse from the dates in the right-hand column, or click "Search within this publication."
The Atlantic Monthly
Click on "ABI/INFORM Collection" or "EBSCOhost Academic Search Ultimate." Browse by specific issue or search within the publication.
The Economist
Click on "ABI/INFORM Collection." Browse by specific issue or search within the publication. If you are off-campus you will be asked to log-in using your NetID and password.
Foreign Policy
Click on "EBSCOhost Military and Government Collection." Select an issue to browse from the dates in the right-hand column, or click "Search within this publication."
Mother Jones
Click any of the Online Full Text links.
The Nation
Click on "EBSCOhost Academic Search Ultimate." Select an issue to browse from the dates in the right-hand column, or click "Search within this publication."
National Journal
Select the "U of I Online Collection" link. Search keywords or browse topics.
National Review
Click any of the Online Full Text links.
The New Yorker
Click on "EBSCOhost Academic Search Ultimate" or either "Gale" full text link.
Newsweek
Click "EBSCOhost Academic Search Ultimate." Note that full text is available through the present.
Scientific American
Click on "U of I Online Collection," "EBSCOhost Academic Search Ultimate," "EBSCOhost Business Source Ultimate," or "EBSCOhost Military and Government Collection."
Slate Magazine
Use the search option in the upper right or browse by topic.
Time
Any of the Online Full Text options will work. Select an issue to browse from the dates in the right-hand column, or click "Search within this publication."
U.S. News and World Report
Click on any of the "EBSCOhost" Online Full Text options. Note that full text is available through the present. Select an issue to browse from the dates in the right-hand column, or click "Search within this publication."
The Week
Use the search bar at the top left or click "Menu" to browse by topic.
Wired
Select "Gale in Context: Biography." In the list of search results, click on Wired. Search within the publication or browse by date.

Newspapers

NOTE: You will see two versions for many of the newspapers below, one from the newspaper website and another from the library. Use the library links to locate articles when prompted for a payment on the newspaper website.

Los Angeles Times
Via newspaper website.
Los Angeles Times
Via University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign library (PressReader).
Select Los Angeles Times.
New York Times
Via newspaper website.
New York Times
Via University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign library (Nexis Uni).
Search by title or date.
Washington Post
Via newspaper website.
Washington Post
Via University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign library.
Search by date.
Wall Street Journal
Via newspaper website.
Wall Street Journal
Via University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign library.

Collegiate Readership Program

Collegiate Readership Program
The Collegiate Readership Program provides Illinois students with access to periodicals from across the country, including USA Today, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and more. To access, click the "Access Subscriptions" button and log-in with your NetID and password.