A magazine is a periodical publication containing a collection of articles, stories, pictures, or other features. It is not considered an academic or scholarly journal. For example, Family Tree is a magazine. The Genealogist is a peer-reviewed journal.
The EBSCO database MasterFILE Premier contains both magazine articles and peer-reviewed articles from scholarly journals. Do not place a check mark in the box for "Peer reviewed" articles and you will find a mixture of both types when you enter your search term.
The databases listed in this Research Guide are available only to Truckee Meadows Community College students, faculty and staff. You will need your TMCC credentials (Username and Password) to access them off-campus.
In order to find magazine articles, be sure not to check the "Peer-reviewed" articles box. If you have any questions, consult a reference librarian.
PERSI is the premier subject index for genealogy and local history periodicals, and is produced by the staff of The Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library. This valuable resource provides more than 3.1 million citations to readily-available periodical sources.
Click here to enter the PERSI Database
You can either order the article(s) you need directly off of their website, or do an Inter-Library Loan request through your local library.
The search term in EBSCO's Consumer Health Complete - EBSCOhost database is "genealogy."
In order to avoid academic journal articles, the search is limited to Magazines.
I am happy to share with you some of my favorite online magazines that are available though our subscription databases. Here are a few that I hope you will enjoy.
Available in full text for the years 11/1/2008 - Present through our Ebsco MasterFile Complete subscription.
While this title has ceased publication, online full text back issues are available for free.
Available in full text for the years 2009 - 2010 in our Ebsco History Reference Center subscription.
Available in full text from 8/1/21 to present in our Ebsco Master File Complete subscription. It is also available in full text from 2010 - 2014 in our Gale General Onefile subscription.
Available in full text from March 2017 through multiple library subscriptions. This is an open source title, see this link.
Available in full text from 9/1/12 to present in our Gale Academic Onefile subscription, and in our Gale General Onefile subscription.
Available in full text for the years of 2011 - 2017 in our Ebsco Master File Elite subscription.
Available in full text for the years of 11/1/2208 to 10/31/2009 in our Ebsco MasterFile Complete subscription.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Available in full text from 1847 - 1865 in our Ebsco American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodical subscriptions.