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Architectural Digest Magazine Archive (1922-Current) Library Card Required.

If you would like to access Architectural Digest Magazine from 2011 to Present, please check our catalog! Covers the history of design, offers inspirational ideas and provides a look at culture, art, unique homes and international design concepts from 1922-2011.  Features include the AD100, the Architectural Digest list of top 100 architects and interior designers worldwide, as well as celebrity style, landscaping, renovation, technology and travel.

Atlantic Magazine (1857- 2014), The Library Card Required.

If you would like to access issues of The Atlantic Magazine from 2014 to Present, you can find them on Flipster!  The Atlantic was originally created with a focus on publishing leading writers' commentary on abolition, education and other major issues in contemporary political affairs at the time. Over its more than 150 years of publication, it has featured articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, science and more. Some of the founding sponsors of the magazine include prominent writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe and John Greenleaf Whittier.

Ebony Magazine Archive (1945-2014) Library Card Required.

The magazine archives of Ebony covers civil rights, education, entrepreneurship and other social topics with an African-American focus. One notable feature is the annual selection of the “100 most Influential Blacks in America,” featuring entertainment figures, politicians, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs. During the 1960s, the magazine increasingly covered the Civil Rights Movement. Articles published in the magazine were about political events happening all over the U.S., in which activists protested racial violence and advocated for increasing social mobility for African–Americans across the diaspora. Also published in the magazine was content about the Black Power Movement. Ebony also commemorated historical events that contributed to black citizenship and freedom such as the September 1963 issue that honored the 100 year anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.  Research Areas:
  • African-American culture
  • Business
  • Civil rights
  • Entertainment
  • Ethnic studies
  • Fashion
  • History
  • ​Politics

Life Magazine Archive (1936-2000) Library Card Required.

Features storytelling through documentary photographs and informative captions. Each issue visually and powerfully depicted national and international events and topical stories, providing intimate views of real people and their real life situations. Articles and cover pages are fully indexed and advertisements are individually identified, ensuring researchers and readers can quickly and accurately locate the information they seek. Life Magazine Archive is valuable to researchers of 20th Century current events, politics and culture, as well as those interested in the history of business, advertising, and popular culture.

Nation Magazine Archive, The (1865-Present) Library Card Required.

Research Areas:
  • Activism
  • Arts
  • Books
  • Culture
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Politics
  • Society
With The Nation researchers can access 14 decades of historic articles, editorials, letters, reviews, poems, and puzzles dating back to the magazine's first issue from July 6, 1865.  The Nation is an important clearinghouse of primary source material in American and world history, offering a 150-year archive of reporting opinion and criticism.  In the first year of publication, one of the magazine's regular features was The South As It Is, dispatches from a tour of the war-torn region by John Richard Dennett, a recent Harvard graduate and a veteran of the Port Royal Experiment. Dennett interviewed Confederate veterans, freed slaves, agents of the Freedmen's Bureau, and ordinary people he met by the side of the road. From 1880 to 1930 the magazine became a literary supplement to the daily newspaper New York Evening Post as it was acquired by the Henry Villard, a newspaperman turned railroad baron. During the 1930s the magazine praised the accomplishments of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal  and wrote in support of the nationalization of many industries.   The Nation supported the war effort during WWII and because of its far left ideology it was banned by several school libraries during the height of the McCarthy era. Today the magazine remains a left leaning magazine and it celebrated its 150 year anniversary in 2015 with a documentary and a 268-page special issue​.

New York Times, The (Current Issues) Library Card Required.

The New York Times Online is available in three editions: English, Spanish and Chinese. Click on ESPAÑOL or 中文 on top of the New York Times website to access the Spanish or Chinese edition. Headlines are updated throughout the day. Lending Information. FAQ.

Accessing The New York Times

  • Redemption Code limit: 24 hours access. After 24 hours you can return to this page and redeem another access code.
  • To use the app:
    • First redeem your code through the library website.
    • Then follow the prompts to log in or sign up in the browser.
    • Once you've signed in on the browser, you can switch to the app and sign in with the same New York Times account.
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For articles from 1851 to three years previous to the current year, visit the New York Times Historical Archive.

Please Note: The New York Times (NYT) requires users to be 13 or older.  The NYT also asks users age 13-17 to obtain parental or legal guardian consent to the NYT Terms of Service and NYT Privacy Policy.  By following the link below to access the NYT, you certify that you are 13 or older, and that if you are 13-17 years old, that you have obtained the consent of your parent or legal guardian to the NYT terms of service and privacy policy.

When accessing the New York Times link, you will be leaving the Santa Clara County Library District website and directed to the New York Times site. This service is provided at no charge to Santa Clara County Library District patrons. Please be aware that policies that apply to the Library and its website may not be the same as the terms of use for other websites. By proceeding you agree to accept and assume all risks and responsibilities for the losses and damages that may arise from your use of the New York Times website and release the Santa Clara County Library District from all liability.


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New York Times, The (Historic Issues) Library Card Required.

From leading issues and events, like the U.S. Civil War, westward expansion, industrial developments, race relations, and World War I and II; to international, local and regional politics, society, arts, culture, business, and sports the New York Times: Historic Issues provides easily-searchable firsthand accounts and coverage from 1851 through three years previous to the current year. Every issue includes the complete paper, cover-to-cover, with full-page and article images in easily downloadable PDF format.  Available in ProQuest Historical Newspapers. To browse individual issues, click on "Publications." You will see three different editions of the New York Times available: The New York Daily Times (1851-1857), The New York Times (1857-1922), The New York Times (1923-three years previous to the current year).

Salem Press eBooks eBooks & Audiobooks Library Card Required.

Salem Press offers online access to its print titles owned by Santa Clara County Library District.  Full-text versions of Salem Press history titles include:
  • Great Lives in History: The Eighteenth Century
  • Defining Documents in American History: Immigration & Immigrant Communities (1650-2016)
Full-text versions of Salem Press literary titles include:
  • Recommended Reading: 600 Classics Reviewed - Reviews classics that continue to interest general readers and literary specialists, year after year.  
  • Critical Surveys of Mythology and Folklore: World Mythology includes traditional literature from a broad range of regions and cultures.
Also includes full-text career titles like Careers Outdoors, and health titles like Magill's Medical Guide. Please note: the information provided in that database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. 

TIME Magazine (1923-2000) Library Card Required.

Capturing the relevant news for a given week, TIME Magazine remains an important resource for researchers studying just about any aspect of 20th Century history and life including national and international current events, politics, sports and entertainment. Articles and cover pages are fully indexed and advertisements are individually identified, ensuring researchers and readers can quickly and accurately find the information they seek. If you would like to read  the current issues of Time Magazine, you can access these issues on Flipster. 

TrueFlix: Science and Social Studies Resources for Ages 8 to 12 eBooks & Audiobooks Library Card Required.

TrueFlix is an online eBook service for children in grades 3-6 that offers nonfiction True Books and multimedia content from Scholastic to help students improve literacy skills, build knowledge of curriculum-based Science and Social Studies content, and cultivate important academic skills through the inquiry process. Content includes nonfiction and fiction eBooks, primary sources, videos, audio clips, images, and related websites. TrueFlix helps students improve literacy and critical thinking skills, and build content-area knowledge. In addition, TrueFlix helps students achieve key college and career readiness support. TrueFlix includes:
  • 211 interactive nonfiction eBook/flipbooks
  • 211 custom introductory videos
  • Natural voice read-aloud technology
  • Over 2,000 editorially vetted websites related to the content
  • 2,229+ articles from Scholastic GO!
  • Remote access/mobile device compatible
  • 790+ Primary Sources embedded throughout the flipbooks
  • 211 word-match games
  • 211 Project ideas

U.S. News & World Report Magazine (1926-1984 & Current) Library Card Required.

If you would like to read issues of U.S. News & World Report Magazine from 1984 to Current, you can use Business Source Complete! Valuable to researchers of 20th-century current events, politics, business, and science, as well as those interested in the history of journalism, advertising and popular culture. Cover-to-cover processing presents each issue in its entirety as originally published with articles and cover pages fully indexed.  Predecessor Titles:
  • United States Daily, 1926 -1933.  “Presenting the only daily record of the official acts of legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the government of the United States of America”
  • United States News, 1933-1948. “America’s National newsweekly”
  • World Report, 1946-1948 “The weekly newsmagazine of world affairs”
  • U.S. News & World Report, 1948-1984
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