Q. Is there a way to find out if TCC has access to a specific journal, magazine, or newspaper online?

There are a few different ways you can look for a specific periodical in TCC's online collection. If we don't end up having access, you can place an interlibrary loan (ILL) request for an article from a periodical issue. The catalog will prompt you to if you are searching there.

The quickest and easiest way to search for access is to use the Discovery Catalog on the library homepage for the name of the publication, and the catalog will direct you to the databases which hold it, such as to this result for the Rolling Stone magazine. You might try putting quotation marks around the title to make it search as a phrase, or perform a title search in an advanced search (that option is just under the search bar, across from "My Library Account."

This video walks you through how to find a database which holds a periodical and the coverage dates, if TCC holds the title (no audio): 

A second route is the Articles & Databases link on the library's homepage. If you decide to use that link, you have a few options once there:

1. You can scroll down or use the alphabet limiters at the top to find specific newspaper databases and specific subscriptions to newspapers like the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal. Keep in mind that sometimes we don't have direct subscriptions for publications at their branded website. Instead, we have access to them through databases where their content is indexed (see Wall Street Journal for example -- indexed through a ProQuest database). Also, note that the A-Z list only shows the titles we have direct subscriptions to. Thus, you might still need to use the catalog or try the strategy described above or below to find out if our databases offer non-direct subscription access to the title you're looking for/wanting to search through for an article. 
2. Select the "Online Journal Title Finder" on the side of the A-Z list. Type the title of the journal, magazine, or newspaper in the search box. This is just like searching the catalog, but it will limit automatically to periodicals. 
   • You may see more than one publication listed in the results; select the correct result. After clicking, the right side of the screen will list all the TCC subscribed databases that have full-text articles from that title. Pay attention to the "Coverage" data under the links to be sure the option will present the issue you need. 
     • If you have limited to full-text only, it will remove abstract-only results. 
     • If the journal is not available in any of the online databases, check the library's catalog for the journal in print form.