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Here is a list of our magazine and newspaper subscriptions, including how long we keep back issues. Most magazines and newspapers may be checked out.
We have included links to the magazine and newspaper websites for your convenience. These websites sometimes help identify articles that readers seek. Content varies greatly. We have no passwords for premium content.
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The MLS Union List of Serials lists all the periodical subscriptions in libraries in the Metropolitan Library System. To request an article from another library, contact our Magazine Desk or e-mail us.
See our magazine list by subject here.
Alphabetical List:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z
AAII Journal 2012 – Current
Adoptive Family (Youth Services) 2011
All You Current two years
America Current two years
American Girl (Youth Services) Current two years
American Heritage Current ten years
American Hiker Current two years
Archaeology Current two years
Architectural Digest Current two years
Architectural Record Current two years
Arizona Highways Current two years
Art & Antiques 2011- June 2012
Arthritis Today 2011-July/August 2012
Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel Current two years
ARTnews 2011-Summer 2012
Ask (Youth Services) October 2011-Current
Atlantic Current two years, 1982 – 2002 (MFCH)
Aviation Week & Space Technology Current two years, 1982 – 1986 (MFCH)
Backpacker 2011-2012
Barron’s Current year
BBC Knowledge 2011-2012
Better Homes and Gardens Current two years
Better Investing Current two years
Bicycling Current two years
Birds & Blooms 2011
Bloomberg Businessweek Current two years, 1970-2002 (MFCH)
Bon Appetit Current two years
Booklist Current two years, Sept 1, 1982 – 2002 (MFCH)
Bottom Line/Personal Current two years
Boy’s Life (Youth Services) Current two years
Brides 2011-May 2012
Car and Driver Current two years
Cat Fancy Current two years
Chicago Current two years
Chicago Consumer’s Checkbook Current three years
Chicago History 1994 – 2010, Sum 2011, Spring 2012
Chicago Sun-Times One month
Chicago Tribune Current three months, 1972 – 2003 (MFLM)
Chicago Tribune Books Online only
Chicago Trib Local Current two years
Chicago Tribune Magazine 1972 – 2003 (MFLM)
Chicagoland Gardening Current two years
Christian Century 2011-September 19, 2012
Christianity Today 2011-January 2012, 1982 – 2002 (MFCH)
Clean Eating Current two years
Click (Youth Services) Current two years
Cobblestone (Youth Services) Current two years
Conde Nast Traveler 2011-June 2012
Consumer Reports Current three years,1982-2003 (MFCH)
Consumer Reports Buying Guide Current two years
Cooking Light Current two years
Cook’s Illustrated Current two years
Country Living Current two years
Crafts ‘n Things Current two years
Crain’s Chicago Business Current three years
Crain’s Chicago Business-Book of Lists 1996 – Current
Cricket (Youth Services) Current two years
Cuisine At Home 2011-June 2012
Current Biography 1940 – Current
Cycle World Current two years
Diabetes Forecast 2011-November 2012
Dig (Youth Services) Current two years
Digital Photo 2011-2012 (formerly PC Photo)
Discover Current two years, October 1986-2000 (MFCH)
Discovery Girls (Youth Services) Current two years
Disney Princess (Youth Services) Current two years
Dog Fancy 2011-June 2012
Doings Current three years
Dwell Current two years
Eating Well Current two years
Economist Current two years
Elderhostel Current issues
Elle Decor June 2011-
Entertainment Weekly Current two years
ESPN 2011-October 29, 2012
Esquire Current two years
Everyday Food Current two years
Every Day with Rachael Ray-Rachael Ray Recipes Current two years
Family Circle Current two years
Family Fun (Youth Services) Current two years
Family Handyman Current two years
Field and Stream 2011-June 2012
Fine Cooking Current two years
Fine Gardening Current three years
Fine Homebuilding Current eight years
Fine Woodworking Current eight years
Fitness Current two years
Food Network Magazine Current two years
Forbes Current two years, 1982 – 2002 (MFCH)
Foreign Affairs 2011-May/June 2012, 1982 – December 1996 (MFCH)
Fortune Current two years, 1982 – 2002 (MFCH)
Game Informer (Young Adult) August 2012-Current
Garden Gate Current two years
Girl’s Life (Youth Services) Current two years
Glamour Current two years
Going Places (Youth Services) Current issue only
Golf Digest Current two years
Good Housekeeping Current two years
GQ 2011-June 2012
Harper’s Bazaar 2011-November 2012
Harper’s Magazine Current two years, 1982 – 2002 (MFCH)
Harvard Business Review 2011-July/August 2012, 1982 – 2002 (MFCH)
Health Current two years
Highlights for Children (Youth Services) Current two years
Highlights High Five (Youth Services) November 2011-Current
Historic Illinois 1994 – 2011
History Magazine Current three years
Horn Book Magazine (Youth Services) Current four years
House Beautiful Current two years
Humpty Dumpty Magazine (Youth Services) September/October 2011- May/June 2012
Illinois Heritage Online only
Inc. Current two years
InStyle Current two years
Internet Genealogy Current three years
Investor’s Business Daily One month
Junior Baseball (Youth Services) Current two years
Justine (Young Adult) 2012
Kids Have Arthritis Too (Youth Services) Current three years
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Current two years
Ladies Home Journal Current two years
Ladybug (Youth Services) Current two years
Lego Club Magazine (Youth Services) Current two years
Lego Club Jr. Magazine (Youth Services) Current two years
Library Journal Current two years
LibrarySparks (Youth Services) Current three years
Linn’s Stamp News Current two years (Special Monthly Issues Only)
Living Museum Current issue only
Lutheran Witness Current issue only
M Magazine (Young Adult) Current year
Mac Life Current two years
Maclean’s January-September 2011
Macworld 2011-June 2012
MAD (Young Adult) Current three years
Mailbox: Grade 1 (Youth Services) Current two years
Mailbox: Grades 2-3 (Youth Services) Current two years
Mailbox: Kindergarten (Youth Services) Current two years
Mailbox: Preschool (Youth Services) Current two years
Make:Technology on Your Time 2011-April 2012
Martha Stewart Living Current two years
Mayo Clinic Health Letter 2010-July 2011
McCall’s Quilting May-Jun 2011-Current
Men’s Health Current two years
Men’s Journal Current two years
Mental Floss Current two years
Midwest Living Current two years
Money Current two years
More Current two years
Mother Jones Current two years
Motor Trend Current two years
Nation Current two years, 1982 – 2001 (MFCH)
National Geographic Current five years
National Geographic Kids (Youth Services) Current two years
National Geographic Traveler Current two years
National Review Current two years, 1978 – 2002 (MFCH)
National Wildlife 2011-Feb/Mar 2012
Natural History Current two years
New Moon Girls (Youth Services) Current two years
New Republic Current two years, 1982 – 2002 (MFCH)
New York Review of Books Current three years
New York Times Current three months, 1990 – 2003 (MFLM)
New York Times Book Review Current four years
New York Times Magazine Current two years
New Yorker Current two years
Newsweek 2011-2012, 1970-2003 (MFCH)
Nintendo Power (Young Adult) 2012
Nutrition Action Health Letter Current three years
O: The Oprah Magazine Current two years
Odyssey (Youth Services) Current two years
Old House Journal Current three years
Outdoor Illinois 2011-March 2012
Outside Current two years
Parents (Youth Services) Current two years
PC World Current two years
People Current two years
Popstar (Young Adult) Current year
Popular Mechanics Current two years, 1982-2002 (MFCH)
Popular Photography & Imaging Current two years
Popular Science Current two years, 1982-1999 (MFCH)
Prevention Current two years
Psychology Today 2011-May/June 2012, 1982-1989,1992-2002 (MFCH)
Ranger Rick (Youth Services) Current two years
Reader’s Digest 2011-October 2012
Reading Teacher (Youth Services) January-September 2011
Real Simple Current two years
Redbook Current two years
Road and Track Current two years
Rolling Stone Current two years
Romantic Homes Current two years
Rotarian Current issue only
Runner’s World Current two years
Saveur 2011-June/July 2012
School Library Journal (Youth Services) Current three years
Science News Current two years, 1982 – 2002 (MFCH)
Scientific American Current two years, 1982 – 2002 (MFCH)
Self Current two years
Seventeen (Young Adult) Current year
Shonen Jump (Young Adult) 2011-March 2012
ShopSmart July 2011- June 2012
Sierra Current two years
Smart Money 2011-September 2012
Smithsonian Current two years
Southern Living Current two years
Spider (Youth Services) Current two years
Spin (Young Adult) Jan/Feb -Sept/Oct 2012
Sports Illustrated Current two years, 1982 – 2002 (MFCH)
Sports Illustrated for Kids (Youth Services) Current two years
Stone Soup (Youth Services) Current two years
Suburban Life Current year, 1976 – Current (MFLM)
The Sun August 2011-July 2012
Sunset Current two years
Technology Review 2011-Jan/Feb 2013
Teen Vogue (Young Adult) Current year
Tennis 2011-January/February 2012
This Old House Current three years
Thomas & Friends (Youth Services) Current two years
Threads 2010-June/July 2011
Time Current two years, 1960 – 2002 (MFCH)
Time Out Chicago Current two years
Time Out Chicago: Kids June/July 2011-Current
Town & Country Current two years
Traditional Home Current two years
Trains Current two years
Transworld Skateboarding(Young Adult) Current year
Transworld Snowboarding(Young Adult) Jan-Nov 2012
Travel & Leisure Current two years
Treasures July 2011-Current
Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter Current three years
Twist (Young Adult) Current year
University of California at Berkeley, Wellness Letter Current three years
U.S News & World Report 1970 – 2002 (MFCH)
US Weekly Current two years
USA Today Current month
Value Line Current three months
Value Line Investment Survey Current six months
Vanity Fair Current two years
Vegetarian Times Current two years
Verena Knitting Spring 2011-Summer 2011
Victoria 2011-Jan/Feb 2013
Vital Speeches of the Day 1982 – October 1, 2002 (MFCH)
Vogue Current two years
Vogue Knitting Current three years
Vogue Patterns 2010-Feb/Mar 2013
VOYA (Young Adult) Current seven years
Wall Street Journal Current four months
Web MD September 2012- Current
The Week Current two years
Weekly Standard Current two years
Weight Watchers Current two years
Western Springs Citizen 5/10/1913 – 1975(MFLM)
West Suburban Living Current two years
Where to Retire Current two years
Whole Living-Body+Soul in Balance 2011-Jan/Feb 2013
Wired Current two years
Wisconsin Trails 2011-August 2012
Woman’s Day Current two years
Working Mother (Youth Services) 2011-Oct/Nov 2012
Worth 2011
Yoga Journal Current two years
Yum Food & Fun for Kids (Youth Services) Winter 2011-Fall 2012
Zoobooks (Youth Services)
