FREE FULL TEXT PERIODICALS/JOURNALS ON THE WWW

General Periodical Databases

The following periodical Web sites offer the ability to search for articles in many standard magazines and journals free of charge.

• FindArticles.com    Indexes about 300 reputable titles from 1998 to the present, searchable, completely free & full text, can email/print results. Excellent value.    http://www.findarticles.com/
• MagPortal   Indexes about 140 titles, the archive is approximately one year deep, many special features like marking & annotating articles, completely free & full text , articles are annotated, can email/print results.  Because of the special features mentioned above, it has great value for teachers.          http://www.magportal.com/

Scholarly Journal Collections

• Scholarly Journals Distributed via the WWW    Compiled by the University of Houston Libraries, the site lists web based scholarly and e-journals with full text content that are in English and that do not require registration or fees, the site is not searchable, but one can browse by title.    http://info.lib.uh.edu/wj/webjour.html

Electronic Journal Collections

• Electronic Journal Miner    The EJM project is part of an effort by the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries with funding from the State Library of Colorado, the site access free, peer reviewed e-journals, can keyword search by title, subject    http://ejournal.coalliance.org/
• Electronic Journals in the Field of Education    Full text, free scholarly, peer reviewed e-journals, archive and search/browse features of titles varies   http://aera-cr.ed.asu.edu/links.html

Discipline Specific Collections

• Free Medical Journals.com    1010 medical journals browse by specialty or title.    http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/htm/english2.htm
• Social Science Online Periodicals    From UNESCO Information Services the site provides free access to full text articles from 368 titles in the Social Sciences. keyword searchable for relevant titles, browse by area, title, newly added titles. Must search individual titles for articles.    http://www.unesco.org/shs/shsdc/journals/shsjournals.html
• Highwire Press    From Stanford University, the site offers free full text access to science titles and has joined with MedLine and so now has articles from over 4,500 medical journals in addition, browse or search by journal type, title, publisher, and topic    http://www.highwire.org/

Individual Titles with pre-existing print editions

A) Much free, full text content:

• American Heritage Magazine.    Archives and full text of feature articles back to mid 2000 (they are working on adding to the archives) Also links to two additional publications - American Legacy and Technology & Innovation with similar availability.     http://www.americanheritage.com/
• Atlantic Unbound - The Atlantic Monthly Online.    Archived back to 1857.  Article 1964 - 1992 not available due to copyright restrictions. Fee for past articles, yet seemingly one can bypass this by using the "Back Issues" browse feature. Some special features like linking to full text articles on selected Political Issues of the day.    http://www.theatlantic.com/
• Discover. Archived back to1992. Use Archives for articles 1992 - 1999, and Recent Issues for articles 2000 to present.  Can search by keyword, article title, date, and author. Completely full text. Other nice features like Web Picks.   http://www.discover.com/
• Fortune.    Completely full text.  Archive gets you to a list of issues from 2002 and 2001, but using the search feature gets articles from 1998  (perhaps even to 1996?) Special features include access to the Fortune 500 and other lists.    http://www.fortune.com/
• History Today.     Many free articles from the current three issues, free registration required to access some full text, the rest are for paid subscribers. Archived back to 1980. Searchable    http://www.historytoday.com/
• The Nation         Selected articles back to 1866! Fuller coverage begins 2000. Search or browse by date. Full text articles feature links to related articles in The Nation and to related web sites. Some Web only articles.        http://www.TheNation.com/
• Scientific American Online    Searchable, large archive, good percentage of full text feature articles    http://www.sciam.com/
• Smithsonian    The magazine is searchable from 1987, though one only has access to full text articles from 1995 on. But from 1995 one seems to get full text of most, if not all, of the magazine. Search tips available. One can browse by date. Smithsonian magazine also features an image gallery where one can view the work and biographies of contributing artists and photographers. "Journeys" features travel stories from the magazine and these articles link to literary works, travel tips, and more, related to that "journey". http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/index.shtml

B) Useful for archive searching or special features, must pay for archived full text

• The Economist. Mainly premium content, but so many fabulous special features. Go to Print Edition for  some full text from the last 5 issues. Features include links to Research tools, Country briefings, City guides, and business biographies.    http://www.economist.com/
• Forbes.   Archived back to 1997. Current issue full text, free registration gives access to "recent" issues (current year?),  paid subscription or order to view the rest. Searchable. http://www.forbes.com/
• National Geographic magazine.    No full text, even from the current issues, but some nice feature available. Can search full index 1888 to present. Abstracts of articles link one to useful Web links and a bibliography  on the topic.    http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
• Newsweek    Current issue full text, searchable archive back to 1993    http://www.newsweek.com/
• Time Magazine    Useful for searching for "cover stories"- but only current edition available    http://www.time.com/time/
• USNews.com    (US News &World Report) 2 weeks available free, searchable archive back to 1992    http://www.usnews.com/

Individual e-journal titles

• Early America Review: a journal of people, issues, and events of 18th century America.    Archived back to 1996. Searchable. Browse by date. Completely full text. Scholarly. http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/
• Essays in History.    Annual publication from University of Virginia. Archived from 1991. Complete full text. Scholarly journal. Browse or search. No new issues since 2000.   http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/EH/
• Essays in Medieval Studies.     Full text from 1984. Browse by year. One issue per year. http://www.luc.edu/publications/medieval/
• The Internet TESL Journal.    Monthly web journal. Features full text articles, research papers, teaching ideas and plans. Searchable. Browse by date or topic. http://iteslj.org/
• Romanticism on the Net: an international refereed electronic journal devoted to Romantic Studies.      Peer reviewed. Complete full text articles back to 1996. Browse by date/contents or author.     http://www-sul.stanford.edu/mirrors/romnet/index.html
• Salon.com    Founded 1995. Search full archive. Browse by date or department/article type. Completely full text. Good source of interviews.    http://www.salon.com/

NOTE: Many of these databases or periodicals could fit into more than one category.

Newspapers

Most newspapers allow searching of up to a weeks worth of full text - thereafter one must usually pay for the full text article. Sometimes free registration is required to access even the past weeks files.

• Chicago Tribune      http://www.chicagotribune.com/
• Christian Science Monitor    http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/
• Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/
• New York Times     http://www.nytimes.com/
• The Washington Post    http://www.washingtonpost.com/
• Today's Front Pages      Features 125 front pages from 20 countries and different states (listed alphabetically, i.e. first papers from Australia, then Austria, and so on.) Very interesting to see how different countries/states present the same headlines, or what different countries choose to feature/ignore as headline worthy. No more than the front page is available. One clicks on the tiny thumbnail to get a larger view, and ,ultimately, one can open a readable pdf version of the front page. One can also browse by state/country. From the Washington D.C. Newseum. The days pages are available on the website by 9:30 each morning. The Cyber Newseum site also features exhibits and tools for educators are available. http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/

Other

• Full Text US Government Documents    http://www.lib.usf.edu/virtual/govdocs/docs.html
• Informed Librarian Online. Sign up for this free monthly (actually less often) email newsletter that hooks you in to the contents pages of library interest publications. Once at the publication it is like most individual periodical titles - some have large, free, partial full text archives, while others want you to pay for past content.  http://www.infosourcespub.com/ilofreesubscribe.cfm

Created by Claudia Striepe & Judith Harris, October 2002

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