The following is an alphabetical list of those magazines and newspapers that the library receives in hard copy, with a note to indicate how far back we keep the back issues of each title. We also have hundreds of additional titles available in our full-text electronic periodicals databases.
AARP the magazine
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
The Advocate
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Affirmative Action Register
Shelved in the Magazine Room on the Career/College shelves
Library holds 1 year + current year
American Ancestors
Continues New England Ancestors
Local History Room 051
Library holds 2010-present
American Art Review
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
American Artist
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds Jan-Nov 2012
American Girl
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Children’s Section
Library holds 1 year + current year
American Libraries
Shelved in the Administration Office
Library holds current year
Antiques
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Architectural Digest
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
The Artist’s Magazine
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current year
Babybug
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Children’s Section
Library holds 1 year + current year
Banker & Tradesman
Shelved at the Reference Desk
Library holds current 2 months
(current year in storage)
Barron’s
Shelved in the Magazine Room on the Newspaper Shelves
Library holds current 2 months
(current year in storage)
The Beacon
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
BeadStyle
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Better Homes and Gardens
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Bicycling
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Bloomberg Businessweek
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Continues Business Week
Library holds current 3 months
Bon Appetit
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Book Links
Shelved in the Youth Room Office
Library holds current year
Booklist
Shelved in the Administration Office
Library holds current year
Bookmarks
Shelved in the Administration Office
Library holds current year
Boston Business Journal
Shelved in the Magazine Room on the Newspaper Shelves
Library holds current 2 months
Boston Globe
Shelved in the Magazine Room on the Newspaper Shelves
Library holds current 2 weeks
(current 2 months in storage)
Boston Globe (microfilm)
In the Reference Room
Microfilm available from 1985-present
Boston Herald
Shelved in the Magazine Room on the Newspaper Shelves
Library holds current 2 weeks
(current 2 months in storage)
Boston Magazine
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 3 years + current year
(1 year + current year in Magazine Room)
(previous 2 years in storage)
Boston Parent’s Paper
Shelved in the Youth Room on the Parent’s Shelf
Library holds current issue
Car and Driver
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Cat Fancy
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Children & Libraries
Shelved in the Youth Room Office
Library holds current year
Communication Briefings
Shelved in the Administration Office
Library holds current year
Computers in Libraries
Shelved in the Administration Office
Library holds current year
Conde Nast Traveler
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Consumer Reports
Circulating copies
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 2 years + current year
Consumer Reports
Reference copies
Shelved at the Reference Desk
Library holds 2 years + current year
Consumers’ Checkbook
Shelved at the Reference Desk
Library holds 1 year + current year
Cooking Light
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Cook’s Illustrated
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Country Living
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Crafts ‘n Things
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Daily Times Chronicle
Shelved in the Magazine Room on the Newspaper Shelves
Library holds current 2 weeks
Current issue kept at the Reference Desk
(Current issues in storage until microfilm received)
Daily Times Chronicle (microfilm)
In the Reference Room
Microfilm available 1996-present
Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine
On the Readers’ Cart in the Fiction Area
Library holds 1 year + current year
Dig: the archaeology magazine for kids
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Children’s Section
Library holds 1 year + current year
Discover
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Discovery Girls
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Children’s Section
Library holds 1 year + current year
Dog Fancy
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Down East
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
The Economist
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current 3 months
The English Garden
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Entertainment Weekly
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current 3 months
ESPN
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current 3 months
Esquire
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Essex Institute Historical Collections
In the Local History Room 051
Library holds 1850-1993
Family Circle
Shelved in the Youth Room on the Parent’s Shelf
Library holds 1 year + current year
Family Handyman
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Fast Company
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Fine Cooking
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Fine Gardening
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Fine Homebuilding
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Fine Woodworking
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Forbes
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current 6 months
France
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Game Informer
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Young Adult Area
Library holds current year
Glamour
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Golf Magazine
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Good Housekeeping
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
GQ – Gentleman’s Quarterly
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Health
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Historic New England
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current year
Historical Journal of Massachusetts
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Horn Book
Shelved in the Youth Room Office
Library holds current year
Horticulture
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
House Beautiful
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Information Technology & Libraries
Shelved in the Administration Office
Library holds current year
InStyle
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current year
InterWeave Knits
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Jet
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Young Adult Area
Library holds current 3 months
Kids Discover
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Children’s Section
Library holds 1 year + current year
Kiki
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Children’s Section
Library holds 1 year + current year
Kiplinger Letter
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current 6 months
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Kiplinger’s Retirement Report
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Ladies Home Journal
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Library Journal
Shelved in the Administration Office
Library holds current year
Living Bird
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Mad Magazine
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Young Adult Area
Library holds current year
Make : Technology on your Time
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Martha Stewart Living
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Money
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
More
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Mother Earth News
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Motor Trend
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Mystery Scene
On the Readers’ Cart in the Fiction Area
Library holds 1 year + current year
N.A.D.A. Official used car guide
Shelved on the Consumer Shelf next to the Reference Desk
Library holds 1 year + current year
N.A.D.A. Official older used car guide
Shelved on the Consumer Shelf next to the Reference Desk
Library holds 1 year + current year
The Nation
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current 3 months
National Geographic
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
(1909-2006 in storage)
National Geographic Kids
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Children’s Section
Library holds 1 year + current year
National Geographic Traveler
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
National Review
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current 3 months
New England Ancestors
Continued by American Ancestors
Local History Room 051
Library holds 2000-2009
New England Economic Indicators
In the Reference section under 330
Library holds 1 year + current year
New England Historical Genealogical Register
Local History Room 051
Library holds 1847-present
New York Times
Shelved in the Magazine Room on the Newspaper Shelves
Library holds current 2 weeks
(current year in storage)
New York Times Book Review
Shelved in the Magazine Room on the Newspaper Shelves
Library holds current 2 weeks
(current year in storage)
New York Times Magazine
Shelved in the Magazine Room on the Newspaper Shelves
Library holds current 2 weeks
(current year in storage)
New Yorker
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current 3 months
Northern Woodlands
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Northshore Magazine
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current year
O : The Oprah Magazine
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Occupational Outlook Quarterly
Shelved in the Shelved in the Magazine Room on the Career/College shelves
Library holds 1 year + current year
Old-House Journal
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Organic Gardening
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Out
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Parent’s Magazine
Shelved in the Youth Room on the Parent’s Shelf
Library holds 1 year + current year
PC World
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current year
People
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current 3 months
Popular Mechanics
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Popular Photography
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Popular Science
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Prevention
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Psychology Today
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Public Libraries
Shelved in the Administration Office
Library holds current year
Publisher’s Weekly
Shelved in the Administration Office
Library holds current year
Reader’s Digest
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Reader’s Digest Large Print
Shelved in the New Large Print Area
Library holds 1 year + current year
Real Simple
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Redbook
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Rolling Stone
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current 6 months
Romantic Times
On the Readers’ Cart in the Fiction Area
Library holds 1 year + current year
Reference and User Services Quarterly
Shelved in the Administration Office
Library holds current year
Runner’s World
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Sanctuary : Journal of the Mass. Audubon Society
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
School Library Journal
Shelved in the Youth Room Office
Library holds current year
Scientific American
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Self
Shelved in the Youth Room on the Parent’s Shelf
Library holds 1 year + current year
Seventeen
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Young Adult Area
Library holds current year
Shape
Shelved in the Youth Room on the Parent’s Shelf
Library holds 1 year + current year
Shonen Jump
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Young Adult Area
Library holds Apr 2011-Apr 2012
ShopSmart
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current year
Smart Libraries
Shelved in the Administration Office
Library holds current year
Smithsonian
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Southern Living
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Sports Illustrated
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Young Adult Area
Library holds current 3 months
Sports Illustrated for Kids
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Children’s Section
Library holds 1 year + current year
Sunset
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Teen Vogue
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Young Adult area
Library holds current year
This Old House
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Thrasher
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Young Adult area
Library holds current year
Threads
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Time
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current 3 months
TransWorld Skateboarding
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Young Adult area
Library holds current year
Twist
Shelved in the Youth Room in the Young Adult area
Library holds current year
USA Today
Shelved in the Magazine Room on the Newspaper Shelves
Library holds current 2 weeks
(current year in storage)
Vanity Fair
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Vegetarian Times
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Victoria
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Victorian Homes
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Vogue
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
Shelved in the Youth Room Office
Library holds current year
Wakefield Citizen & Banner
In the Reference Room
Microfilm available 1872-1911
Wakefield Daily Item
Shelved in the Magazine Room on the Newspaper Shelves
Library holds current 2 weeks
Current issue kept at the Reference Desk
(Current issues in storage until microfilm received)
Wakefield Daily Item (microfilm)
In the Reference Room
Microfilm available 1894-present
Wakefield Observer
Shelved in the Magazine Room on the Newspaper Shelves
Library holds current 2 weeks
Current issue kept at the Reference Desk
(Current issues in storage until microfilm received)
Wakefield Observer (microfilm)
In the Reference Room
Microfilm available 1998-present
Wall Street Journal
Shelved in the Magazine Room on the Newspaper Shelves
Library holds current 2 weeks
(current year in storage)
The Week
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current 3 months
The Weekly Standard
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds current 3 months
Weight Watchers Magazine
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Whole Living
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Wine Spectator
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Wired
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Woman’s Day
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Women’s Review of Books
Shelved in the Administration Office
Library holds current year
Working Mother
Shelved in the Youth Room on the Parent’s Shelf
Library holds 1 year + current year
Yankee
Shelved in the Magazine Room
Library holds 1 year + current year
Young Adult Library Services
Shelved in the Youth Room Office
Library holds current year
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