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The Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Library subscribes to 233 magazines and journals. In addition, the Library subscribes to several magazine and journal databases which contain articles from thousands of magazines and journals.
View an alphabetical listing of all magazines and journals carried in the ECTC Library
Magazine articles are written for a general, non-specialist audience. They do not use professional jargon and are usually easy to understand.
The articles usually are written by professional writers; less often by subject experts. If subject specialists do write the articles, they will still write for the general audience, avoiding professional jargon and in-depth analyses.
Since the articles do not have to go through the lengthy process of review, and do not have to reflect the results of research conducted by the author, the information should be very current. Information on very recent events and issues will be found in general news magazines such as Time and Newsweek
Magazine articles usually reflect the personal opinions of the writers rather than the results of objective studies.
Magazines usually contain advertisements and color photographs and generally do not contain bibliographies or footnotes.
NOTE: Check with your instructor to see if he or she permits articles from general interest magazines.
Time, Newsweek, MacLean's, Prevention, New York, Psychology Today
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