Q. How do I find back issues of a magazine, newspaper, or a journal?

An "issue" of a periodical (magazine or journal, for example) will likely be split up into indexed articles in our databases, organized by volume number, issue number, and publication year. Print issues of a periodical are sometimes organized/bound into volumes (a book, essentially) in other libraries. We may have a few print back issues from past subscriptions ourselves but we do not bind them in to volumes at TCC. When searching for back issues, you will need to start with finding the periodical by title/name itself to browse. However, if you have the article title already you can also search for that via title directly in the Discovery Catalog search.

There are two places to find a back issue of a specific magazine or journal title to browse in our library:

• Search the library's catalog with the periodical title. If a campus library has the periodical in its collection, the catalog's record will list the date range of the issues available in print format. Or, if it is online it will present links on where to access if we have access. This video (no audio) shows how to search the catalog for a periodical title to see the coverage in databases (open video in new tab to view description which describes pathway):

• For an online copy of the journal, you can also search the Journal Title Finder under Articles & Databases. (Sometimes periodicals are called "journals," so this will find more than just journals, such as magazines and newspapers as well). It will only list the TCC’s subscribed online databases that have the journal in its collection.