The following is a selection of popular magazines and medical journals with coverage during the 1940s-early 1960s and beyond available in electronic and paper formats.
You should also consult the:
Title | Location | Format | |
American Mercury | Request from LSF | In Print, but available online via HathiTrust. Make sure to login using your Yale credentials! | |
Atlantic Monthly | Sterling stacks | In Print, but available online via HathiTrust. Make sure to login using your Yale credentials! | |
Commonweal | Sterling stacks | Online through Yale's subscription to the OpinionArchives. Also in Print. | |
Harper's | Request from LSF | You can search the Harper's archives online. Also in print. | |
Life | ONLINE via Google | ||
Nation | Request from LSF | Search the Nation's archives online. Also in print. | |
New Republic | Request from LSF | Search New Republic online. Also in print. | |
Newsweek | Sterling stacks | In Print, but available online via HathiTrust. Make sure to login using your Yale credentials! | |
Reader's Digest |
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In Print, but available online via HathiTrust. Make sure to login using your Yale credentials! | |
Saturday Evening Post | Sterling stacks | Academic Search Premier or directly at Full text | |
Time | Online only | Academic Search Premier or directly at Full text, or ONLINE via Time Magazine Archive (search here, but don't pay!, Use Academic Search Premier) | |
Vital Speeches of the Day | Online and Print. For print, request from LSF | Academic Search Premier or directly at Full text |
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Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) | Online and Print. For print, visit the Medical Library, Sub-Basement Level | Full text | |
Modern Hospital | Medical Library, Sub-Basement Level | In Print, but available online via HathiTrust. Make sure to login using your Yale credentials. | |
Journal of the National Medical Association | Online and Print. For print, visit the Medical Library, Sub-Basement Level | Full text via PubMed Central | |
Popular Science | ONLINE via Google | ||
Good Houskeeping | In Women's Magazine Archive | ||
The Ladies' home journal | In Women's Magazine Archive |
You can also find primary sources in medical history in magazines or newspapers. It depends on your topic!
Beyond Yale:
AFRO Black History Archives | The Afro-American Newspapers
The AFRO-American Newspapers, one of the nation's oldest news organizations dedicated to covering the African American community, has created a comprehensive collection of over a million articles that captures the African American experience in business, civil rights, education, health, law, and sports beginning in the late 19th century. Google partnered with the AFRO and helped to digitize the newspaper's historic archives and make them searchable on-line and available to anyone, anywhere in the world.
List of Online Newspaper Archives This list of online newspaper archives is maintained on Wikipedia. It includes U.S. and international newspapers. Some are free, others have fees. Includes 19th and 20th century newspapers.