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Area Magazines

Corporate Report Wisconsin - insights on Wisconsin's business developments. This site provides limited access to past issues from September 2000 to the present. Search the online site or browse the current issue. Also available for searching through the Wisconsin Newsstand of Proquest.

In Business - what is hot and what is not in local business. Browse the current issue. This site is not fully searchable online.

Madison Magazine - local magazine site that has up-to-the-minute local details. Search the current issue, keyword search in the archives or view specific past issues. Madison Magazine also has a popular dining guide for area restaurants.

Milwaukee Magazine - sourch for events and dining in Southeastern Wisconsin. Search by articles or issue.

On Wisconsin - the alumni magazine for the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Issues of the Wisconsin Alumni Magazine from 1899 through 1990 are available full-text via the UW Digital Collections. Partial archives from 2004-2006 are available from the UW Alumni webpage.

UMOJA Magazine --http://www.umojamagazine.com/
With access to the last 12 issues online, this locally published magazine covers the African American community with emphasis on news, events and social justice issues.

Wisconsin Magazine of History - the quarterly magazine of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Wisconsin Magazine of History features an online index, an issue archive from 2000-2005, and editors' picks of classic articles dating back to 1917.

Wisconsin People and Ideas - (formerly Wisconsin Academy and Review) highlights Wisconsin thought and culture by featuring artists, writers, scientists and policy makers. Search the current issues of Wisconsin People and Ideas or browse the previous issues of Wisconsin Academy and Review etext online, by date, by cover, or do a simple keyword search.

Wisconsin Natural Resources - magazine from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Search the online magazine by keyword, QuickScan archive by year and month, or by story index. The current issue is available here.

Wisconsin Trails - your guide to Wisconsin's natural treasures. Check out the current issue, past issues or search the story index.

Reserve individual magazine issues through the Format Search in LINKcat.

Area Newspapers

Wisconsin Newsstand - locate newspaper articles by searching the Wisconsin Newsstand on ProQuest, a newspaper database provided as part of the BadgerLink project. For more information on searching the Wisconsin Newsstand, refer to the ProQuest quick guide.

Madison.com - full-text site of Madison newspapers. Browse or search archives by date or topic for Wisconsin State Journal or The Capital Times. Archives for recent years also included in Wisconsin Newsstand on ProQuest.