Magazines & Journals

Resources Requiring Login (Library card and password)

Canadian NewsStand - Newspaper and magazine articles (for the last 10 to 20 years). Includes the Times-Colonist and Vancouver Island's Black Press newspapers. 

Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q) - A 20-year index of nearly 200 Canadian magazines. Also includes full-text articles (from 1995) Canadian biographies, company profiles, and historical information.

CBCA Reference & Current Events - Canadian coverage of politics, business, the arts, sports, and other news from newspapers, magazines, television and radio transcripts. Subjects include opinions, public policy, children/youth, lifestyles, arts and culture, health, regional concerns and more.

Dragonsource Chinese Magazines - The most popular Chinese-language magazines. Topics range from business and economics to family, fashion, entertainment, film and travel.

EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier - Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, the MasterFILE Premier database provides full text for nearly 1,700 general reference publications including hundreds of popular magazines such as Consumer Reports, Good Housekeeping, and People, as well as full text for nearly 500 reference books. Also included are 165,000 primary source documents and an Image Collection of over 502,000 photos, maps, and flags.

Hobbies & Crafts Reference Centre - This resource provides comprehensive full-text content for many of the most popular hobbies, crafts and recreation activities today including: arts & crafts, collecting, games and electronics, model building, needlework, and scrapbooking. It includes access to over 1000 magazine and books, over 720 videos, more than 160 hobby profiles, and over 3000 recipes from various collections. This database offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast. Full text is provided from leading hobby and craft magazines, including Bead & Button, Birder's World, Creative Knitting, FineScale Modeler, Quilter's World, and many more!

Open Resources (no login required)

Directory of Open Access Journals