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(R) Restricted to authorized MTA University
users | (FT) Includes or links to Full Text
articles
| *AltPress Watch (accessible
via ProQuest) ( FT ) ( R
) |
| Description: |
Full text database of newspapers, magazines
and journals of the alternative and independent press. |
| Years indexed: |
early 1990s - present; varies by title |
| Access: |
On-campus
| Off-campus |
| CBCA Reference (ProQuest) ( FT
) ( R ) |
| Description: |
Canadian periodicals, including academic journals
in the humanities, social sciences and sciences, special interest
publications and general magazines focusing on opinion, public policy,
children/youth, lifestyles, arts and culture, health, regional concerns,
etc. |
| Years indexed: |
Varies by title |
| Access: |
On-campus
| Off-campus |
| LexisNexis Academic ( FT
) ( R ) |
| Description: |
Includes U.S., Canadian and international news,
magazines and journals, business, medical, and legal information,
polls and surveys, country profiles, biographical information and
more. |
| Years indexed: |
Varies by Title |
| Access: |
On-campus
| Off-campus
|
| Research Library (ProQuest) ( FT
) ( R ) |
| Description: |
Broad coverage of a wide range of subject areas,
including arts, business, education, general interest, health, humanities,
international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences,
social sciences, and women's interests. Includes scholarly journals,
magazines and newspapers. |
| Years indexed: |
1971 - present. Varies by title. |
| Access from: |
On
campus | Off-campus |
* Please note:
AltPress Watch is the only journal index available at Mount Allison
that is entirely devoted to alternative press publications.
Databases that cover, at least in part, publications
of the alternative press are also listed above (note that these databases
contain mostly academic and/or mainstream titles but do include a few
alternative press titles).
Other Indexes (not available at Mount Allison)
- Alternative Press Index
API was launched in 1960 "to provide access to the practices
and theories of radical social change." It is published quarterly
and is also available online via OCLC. More
about API. (not available at the MTA Libraries).
- Left Index
Indexes "literature of the left, with an emphasis on political,
economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside
academia." More
about the Left Index. (not available at the MTA Libraries).
- Communication Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts media and communication-related publications
worldwide, including journals, books and papers. More
about Communication Abstracts. (not available at the MTA Libraries).
- see Bibliographic and Web Tools for Alternative
Publications, compiled by Byron Anderson, for a list of additional
resources: http://www.libr.org/AIP/bibtools.html
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