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Alphabetical List of Titles
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z
- AARP The Magazine
- Current three years
- Adoptive Family (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Air & Space
- Current three years
- America
- Current three years
- American Artist
- Current three years
- American Gardener
- Current three years
- American Girl (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- American Heritage
- Feb 1958-Aug 1970, Apr 1977-1984, Feb 1986 - Current
- American Hiker
- Current three years
- American Journalism Review
- Current three years
- American Libraries
- Current three years
- American Photo
- Current three years
- American Theatre
- Current three years
- Americas
- Current three years
- Anime Insider (Young Adult)
- July 2007 - Current
- Antiques & Collecting
- Current three years
- Archaeology
- Current three years
- Architectural Digest
- Current three years
- Architectural Record
- Current three years
- Arizona Highways
- Current three years
- Armchair General
- October/November 2005 - Current
- Art & Antiques
- Current three years
- Art in America
- Current three years
- Arthritis Today
- Current three years
- Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel
- Current three years
- ARTnews
- Current three years
- Atlantic
- Current three years, 1982 - 2002 (MFCH)
- Audio File
- Current three years
- Audubon
- Current three years
- Aviation Week & Space Technology
- Current three years, 1982 - 1986 (MFCH)
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- Backpacker
- Current three years
- Barron's
- Current two years
- Believer
- October 2007 - Current
- Best's Review
- Current three years
- Better Homes and Gardens
- Current three years
- Better Investing
- Current three years
- Bicycling
- Current three years
- Birds & Blooms
- Current three years
- Blender: The Ultimate Guide to Music and More
- October 2005 - Current
- BMX Plus (Young Adult)
- Current two years
- Body and Soul
- April/May 2006 - Current
- Bon Appetit
- Current three years
- Booklist
- Current three years, Sept 1, 1982 - 2002 (MFCH)
- Bookmarks
- Current three years
- Bottom Line/Personal
- Current three years
- Boy's Life (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Brides
- Current two years
- Business 2.0
- 2005-October 2007 (ceased publication)
- Business Week
- Current three years, 1970-2002 (MFCH)
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- Car and Driver
- Current three years
- Cat Fancy
- Current three years
- Charity Rating Guide & Watchdog
- Current three years
- Chicago
- Current three years
- Chicago Consumer's Checkbook
- Current three years
- Chicago History
- 1994 - Current
- Chicago Home & Garden
- Current three years
- Chicago Sun-Times
- One month
- Chicago Tribune
- Current three months, 1972 - 2003 (MFLM)
- Chicago Tribune Book Review
- Current three years
- Chicago Tribune Magazine
- Current seven years, 1972 - 2003 (MFLM)
- Chicago Wilderness
- Current three years
- Chicagoland Gardening
- Current three years
- Christian Century
- Current three years
- Christianity Today
- Current three years, 1982 - 2002 (MFCH)
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Current two years
- Click (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Closing the Gap (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Cobblestone (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Coins
- Current three years
- Commonweal
- Current three years, 1978 - 2002 (MFCH)
- Conde Nast Traveler
- Current three years
- Congressional Digest
- Current three years
- Congressional Digest Accumulative Index
- 1981-Feb 2007 Available only online
- Consumer Guide:Auto
- Current year
- Consumer Reports
- Current three years,1982-2003 (MFCH)
- Consumer Reports Buying Guide
- Current two years
- Consumer Reports on Health
- Current three years,1982-2003 (MFCH)
- Context
- Current three years
- Cooking Light
- Current three years
- Cook's Illustrated
- Current three years
- Country Living
- Current three years
- Crab Orchard Review
- Current issue only
- Crafts 'n Things
- Current three years
- Crain's Chicago Business
- Current two years
- Creative Kids (Youth Services)
- Fall 2007 - Current
- Cricket (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Cuisine At Home
- Current three years
- Current Biography
- 1940 - Current
- Current History
- Current three years
- Cycle World
- October 2007 - Current
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- Dance Magazine
- Current three years
- Daughters (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Defenders
- Current three years
- Diabetes Forecast
- Current three years
- Dig (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Discover
- Current three years
- Discovery Girls (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Disney Adventures (Youth Services)
- August 2007-November 2007 (ceased publication)
- Disney Princess (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Doings
- Current two years
- Dog Fancy
- Current three years
- Dwell
- October 2007 - Current
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- E: The Environmental Magazine
- September/October 2007 - Current
- Eating Well
- Current three years
- Ebony
- Current three years
- Economist
- Current three years
- EContent
- Current three years - Available full text through EBSCO
- Elderhostel
- One Year
- Entertainment Weekly
- Current two years
- ESPN
- Current three years
- Esquire
- Current three years
- Everyday Food
- Current three years
- Every Day with Rachael Ray-Rachael Ray Recipes
- October 2006 - Current
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- Family Circle
- Current three years
- Family Fun (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Family Handyman
- Current three years
- Federal Jobs Digest
- One month
- Field and Stream
- Current three years
- Film Comment
- November/December 2005 - Current
- Financial Times
- One month
- Fine Cooking
- Current three years
- Fine Gardening
- Current three years
- Fine Homebuilding
- Current three years
- Fine Woodworking
- Current three years
- Fitness
- Current three years
- Forbes
- Current three years, Dec 12 1988 - 2002 (MFCH)
- Foreign Affairs
- Current three years, Spring 1982 - December 1996 (MFCH)
- Fortune
- Current three years, 1982 - 2002 (MFCH)
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- Gamepro (Young Adult)
- Current two years
- Garden Gate
- Current three years
- geezerJock
- Winter 2005-2007 (see Masters Athlete)
- Gifted Child Today (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Girl's Life (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Glamour
- Current three years
- Going Places (Youth Services)
- Current issue only
- Golf Digest
- Current three years
- Golf Magazine
- Current three years
- Good Housekeeping
- Current three years
- Gourmet
- Current three years
- GQ
- Current three years
- Guitar World (Young Adult)
- Current two years
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- Harper's Bazaar
- Current three years
- Harper's Magazine
- Current three years, 1982 - 2002 (MFCH)
- Harvard Business Review
- Current three years, 1982 - 2002 (MFCH)
- Harvard Health Letter
- Current three years
- Health
- Current three years
- Herb Quarterly
- Current three years
- Highlights for Children (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Historic Illinois
- 1994 - Current
- History Magazine
- October/November 2007 - Current
- Horn Book Magazine (Youth Services)
- March/April 2008-
- Horticulture
- Current three years
- House and Garden
- 2005-2007 (ceased publication)
- House Beautiful
- Current three years
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- ILA Reporter
- Current three years
- Illinois Heritage
- Current three years
- Illinois Issues
- Current three years
- Inc.
- Current three years
- InStyle
- Current three years
- Internet Genealogy
- April/May 2006 - Current
- Investor's Business Daily
- One month
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- JAMA
- Current three years
- Job Finder
- Current issue
- Johns Hopkins Medical Letter Health After 50
- Current three years
- Journal of Illinois History
- Fall 1998 - Current
- Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
- 1994 - Current
- Junior Baseball (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Justine (Young Adult)
- June/July 2007 - Current
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- Kids Have Arthritis Too (Youth Services)
- 2008 - Current
- Kidzone (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Kiplinger's Letter
- Current year
- Kiplinger's Personal Finance
- Current three years
- Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Guide (Young Adult)
- Current two years
- Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles
- Current three years
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- Ladies Home Journal
- Current three years
- Ladybug (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Lake Resort Lifestyles
- Current three years
- Library Journal
- Current three years
- LibrarySparks
- Current two years
- Living Museum
- Current three years
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- M Magazine (Young Adult)
- Current two years
- Mac Life
- November 2007 - Current
- MacAuthority
- 2005-2007 (ceased publication)
- Maclean's
- Current three years
- Macworld
- Current three years
- MAD (Young Adult)
- Current two years
- Magazine Antiques
- Current three years
- Mailbox Grades 2-3 (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Mailbox Kindergarten-Grade 1 (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Mailbox Preschool (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Make:Technology on Your Time
- August 2005 - Current
- Martha Stewart Living
- Current three years
- Mary Englebreit's Home Companion
- Current three years
- Masters Athlete (formerly geezerJock)
- 2008 - Current
- Mayo Clinic Health Letter
- Current three years
- McCall's Quilting
- Current three years
- Men's Health
- Current three years
- Men's Journal
- Current three years
- Mental Floss
- November/December 2007 - Current
- Metropolitan Home
- Current three years
- Middle East Report
- Current three years
- Midwest Living
- Current three years
- Model Railroader
- Current three years
- Modern Drummer
- Current two years
- Money
- Current three years
- Morningstar Mutual Funds
- Current five months
- More
- Current three years
- Mother Jones
- Current three years
- Motor Boating
- Current three years
- Motor Trend
- Current three years
- MS
- Current three years, 1982 - 2001 (MFCH)
- Muse (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Mystery Scene Magazine
- Summer 2005 - Current
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- Nation
- Current three years, 1982 - 1996 (MFCH)
- National Geographic
- 1912 - Current
- National Geographic Adventure
- Current three years
- National Geographic Kids (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- National Geographic Traveler
- Current three years
- National Parks
- Current three years
- National Review
- Current three years, 1978 - 2002 (MFCH)
- National Wildlife
- Current three years
- Natural History
- Current three years
- New Book News (Youth Services)
- 2007 (ceased publication)
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Current three years
- New Moon (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- New Republic
- Current three years, 1982 - 2002 (MFCH)
- New York Review of Books
- Current three years
- New York Times
- Current three months, 1990 - 2003 (MFLM)
- New York Times Book Review
- Current five years
- New York Times Magazine
- Current four years
- New Yorker
- Current three years
- Newsweek
- Current three years
- Nick Magazine (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Nick Jr. Magazine (Youth Services)
- April 2006 - Current
- Nintendo Power (Young Adult)
- Current two years
- Nutrition Action Health Letter
- Current three years
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- O: The Oprah Magazine
- Current three years
- Odyssey (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Old House Journal
- Current three years
- Opera News
- Current three years
- Outdoor Illinois
- Current three years
- Outdoor Life
- Current three years
- Outside
- Current three years
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- Pack-O-Fun (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Parabola
- Current three years
- Parenting (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Parents (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- PC Magazine
- Current three years
- PC Photo
- March/April 2006 - Current
- PC World
- Current three years
- People
- Current three years
- Phi Delta Kappan
- Current three years - Available full text through EBSCO
- Plays (Youth Services)
- 2006-May 2007 Available full text through EBSCO
- Poetry
- 1991 - Current
- Pop Star! (Young Adult)
- Current two years
- Popular Mechanics
- Current three years, 1982 - 2002 (MFCH)
- Popular Photography
- Current three years
- Popular Science
- Current three years, 1982 - 2002 (MFCH)
- Preschool Playroom (Youth Services)
- November/December 2006 - Current
- Prevention Magazine
- Current three years
- Progressive
- Current three years
- The Progressive Christian (Formerly Zion's Herald)
- January/February 2007 - Current
- Psychology Today
- Current three years, 1962 - 2002 (MFCH)
- Public Libraries
- Current three years
- Publisher's Weekly
- Current three years
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- Quest
- Current three years
- Quilter's Newsletter Magazine
- June 2005 - Current
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- Ranger Rick (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Reader's Digest
- Current three years
- Reading Teacher (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Reading Today
- Current year
- Real Simple
- Current three years
- Redbook
- Current three years
- Reference & User Services Quarterly
- Current three years
- Reminisce
- Current three years
- Road and Track
- Current three years
- Robb Report Worth
- 2005 - April 2006 (See Worth)
- Rolling Stone
- Current three years
- Romantic Homes
- December 2006 - Current
- Rotarian
- Current issue only
- Runner's World
- Current three years
- Russian Life
- Current three years
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- S&P's The Outlook
- Current year
- Saturday Evening Post
- Current three years
- Saveur
- Current three years
- School Library Journal (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Science
- Current three years, 1982 - 2002 (MFCH)
- Science News
- Current three years, 1982 - 2002 (MFCH)
- Science World (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Scientific American
- Current three years, 1982 - 2002 (MFCH)
- Scott Stamp Monthly
- Current three years
- Self
- Current three years
- Seventeen (Young Adult)
- Current two years
- Skiing
- Current three years
- Sky & Telescope
- Current three years
- Smart Money
- Current three years
- Smithsonian
- Current three years
- Society
- 2005-July/August 2007, Available full text through EBSCO
- Sound & Vision
- Current three years only
- Southern Living
- Current three years
- Spider (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Spin (Young Adult)
- Current two years
- Sports Illustrated
- Current three years, 1982 - 2002 (MFCH)
- Sports Illustrated for Kids (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Stone Soup (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Suburban Life
- Current year, 1976 - Current (MFLM)
- Sunset
- Current three years
- Survey of Current Business
- Current issue and archives available free online
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- Technology Review
- Current three years
- Teen Vogue (Young Adult)
- Current two years
- Teen Voices (Young Adult)
- Current two years
- Tennis
- Current three years
- This Old House
- Current three years
- Thomas & Friends (Youth Services)
- September/October 2006 - Current
- Threads
- Current three years
- Time
- Current three years, August 4,1975 - 2002 (MFCH)
- Time Out Chicago
- Current two years
- Torch Magazine
- Current three years
- Town & Country
- Current three years
- Traditional Home
- Current three years
- Trains
- Current three years
- Transworld Skateboarding(Young Adult)
- Current two years
- Transworld Snowboarding(Young Adult)
- November 2007 - Current
- Travel & Leisure
- Current three years
- Tufts University Health & Nutrition
- Current three years
- Twist (Young Adult)
- Current two years
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- UN Chronicle
- Current three years
- University of California at Berkeley, Wellness Letter
- Current three years
- U.S News & World Report
- Current three years, 1970 - 2002 (MFCH)
- US Weekly(Young Adult)
- Current two years
- USA Today
- Current month
- UTNE Reader
- Current three years
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- Value Line
- Current three months
- Value Line Investment Survey
- Current six months
- Value Line: Small and Mid-cap Edition
- Current three months
- Vanity Fair
- Current three years
- Vegetarian Times
- Current three years
- Vital Speeches of the Day
- Current three years, October 15, 1983 - Current (MFCH)
- Vogue
- Current three years
- Vogue Knitting
- Current three years
- Vogue Patterns
- Current three years
- VOYA (Young Adult)
- Current two years
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- Wall Street Journal
- Current year
- Washington Monthly
- October/November 2005 - Current
- Weekly Standard
- Current three years
- Weight Watchers
- May/June 2006 - Current
- Western Springs Citizen
- 5/10/1913 - 1975(MFLM)
- West Suburban Living
- Current three years
- Where to Retire
- May/June 2006 - Current
- Wine Spectator
- Current three years
- Wired
- Current three years
- Wisconsin Trails
- Current three years
- Wizard (Young Adult)
- August 2007 - Current
- Woman's Day
- Current three years
- Wonder Time (Youth Services)
- April/May 2007 - Current
- Wood
- Current three years
- Working Mother (Youth Services)
- Current two years
- Worth (formerly Robb Report Worth)
- May 2006 - Current
- WQ: The Wilson Quarterly
- Current three years
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- Yankee
- Current three years
- Yoga Journal
- Current three years
- Young Adult Library Services
- Current two years
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- Z Magazine
- Current three years
- Zion's Herald (See-The Progressive Christian)
- March/April 2005 - May/June 2006
- Zoobooks (Youth Services)
- Current two years
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