Magazine Services

Our Magazine collection includes over 800 titles in print copy, microfilm and microfiche. With the indexes and directories in our collection, we can help you find the right information! For information call (251) 208-7084 or click here for e-mail .

Now Available Online - The Mobile Register on NewsBank
Full text for Mobile news from 1993 to the present, including obituaries,
is now available at Main Library and the West Regional Branch.

Some holdings of interest are:

The New York Times and Index back to 1851
The Mobile Register back to 1819 (available at the Local History Div. Mon.-Sat 9am-6pm)
Time Magazine back to 1940
Newsweek back to 1933
Local Area newspapers - Fairhope Courier, Mobile Beacon, Pensacola News Journal (Sunday), and the Biloxi Sun Herald (Sunday)
Alabama Newspapers - Birmingham News and Mongomery Advertiser
National Newspapers - New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today
Other out of town papers - Atlanta Constitution, Washington Post (Sunday), Chicago Tribune (Sunday), Houston Chronicle (Sunday), Memphis Commercial Appeal (Sunday), Miami Herald (Sunday), New Orleans Times Picayune (Sunday), and the Orlando Sentinel (Sunday).

Each branch/division has a complete listing of titles and dates, however, back issues are housed only at the Main Library's Magazine Division.

The Alabama Virtual Library has unlimited research possiblities - magazines, journals, encyclopedia, government documents, and literary criticisms to mention a few! You will need to have a library card to get you AVL login and password, just visit any branch to find out more.

If you still can't find it - ASK US! If we do not have the article you need, we can try our Interlibrary Loan Service. Just call (251) 208-7084 or ask at the Reference desk at any location.