Find Articles: Alternative Media
| (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 |
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| CBCA Reference and Current Events (ProQuest) (FT) (R) | |
| Description: | A database of academic, trade, and news publications, covering Canadian business, arts and humanities, news, and politics. |
| Years indexed: | Varies by title |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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* 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 biannually in April and October. 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 Media, compiled by Byron Anderson, for a list of additional resources: http://libr.org/amtf/bibtools.cp.doc
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