Magazines & Newspapers

Alphabetical List of Periodicals

All magazines and newspapers are located on the second floor unless otherwise noted.

Call the Ask Us Desk at (630) 960–1200 to ask about availability of current issues.     

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AARP Bulletin 2 years  
AARP: The Magazine 2 years  
Ability Dec 2012 /Jan 2013 -  
Active Trader Feb 2013 -  
ADDitude 2 years  
Adoptive Families 2 years  
Adventure Cyclist May 2011 -  
Afar Jan./Feb. 2012-  
Air & Space Smithsonian 2 years  
Allergic Living Winter 2012 -  
Allure 2 years  
American Artist 2010 - 2012  
American Craft 2 years  
American Gardener 2 years  
American Girl 2 years Junior Room
American History 2 years  
American Libraries 2 years  
American Prospect 2 years  
American Rifleman 2 years  
American Scientist 2 years  
American Spectator 2 years  
Americas 2010 - May/June 2012  
Antique Trader Weekly 1 year  
Antiques and Collecting Magazine (continued as Treasures) July 2009 - June 2011  
Antiques Roadshow Insider 2 years  
Aquarium Fish International 2010 - Oct. 2012  
Archaeology 2 years  
Architectural Digest 2 years  
Architectural Record 2 years  
Art in America 2 years  
Art Jewelry Magazine Jan. 2011-  
Arthritis Today 2 years  
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel 2 years  
Artist's Magazine 2 years  
ArtNews 2 years  
Ask 2 years  
Astronomy 2 years  
Atlantic Monthly, The 2 years  
AudioFile 2 years  
Audubon 2 years  
Autism Asperger's Digest Jan./Feb. 2012-  
Aviation Week & Space Technology 2 years  
     
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Backpacker 2 years  
Barron's 1 year  
BBC Knowledge Jan/Feb 2010 - Sep/Oct 2012  
BBC Music Magazine 2 years  
Bead and Button 2 years  
Beckett Sport Card Monthly 2 years  
Best's Review 2 years  
Better Buys for Business 2009-2010 Consumer Table
Better Homes and Gardens 2 years  
Better Homes and Gardens Wood 2 years  
Better Investing 2 years  
Betty and Veronica 2 years Junior Room
Bicycling 2 years  
Billboard 1 year  
Bird Talk 2010 - Sept. 2012  
BirdWatching April 2011-  
Birds and Blooms 2 years  
Black Belt 2 years  
Blades on Ice Jan./Feb. 2010 - Mar. 2011  
Bloomberg Businessweek (formerly BusinessWeek) Dec. 28, 2009/Jan. 4, 2010-  
BMX Plus 1 year Teen Central
Bob Brinker's Marketimer current year Reference Desk
Bon Appetit 2 years  
Book Links Jan. 2011 Junior Room Office
Booklist 2 years  
Bookmarks 2 years  
Bottom Line Personal 2 years  
Brides 2 years  
Bugle current issue New issue shelf
Builder 2 years  
Business Ledger (DuPage County) current year only  
Business Week (see Bloomberg Business Week) fiche 1980 - Jun 21, 2001  
Bust Dec. 2010/Jan. 2011-  
     
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Camping Life April 2011-  
Car and Driver 2 years  
Cartoon Network Block Party Jan. 2007-Sept. 2009 Junior Room
Cat Fancy 2 years  

CCH Federal Tax Guide Reports—Tax Bulletin (formerly Tax Week)

1 year

REF 332.6 STA
Investment Table

Changing Times (continued as Kiplinger's Personal Finance) fiche Jan. 1980 - June 1991  
Charity Rating Guide and Watchdog Report current year only REF 361.763 CHA
Charity Watch current year only REF 361.763 CHA
Chess Life 2 years  
Chicago 2 years  

Chicago Consumer's Checkbook

2 years Consumer Table
Chicago History Spring 1970- 977.311 CHI
Chicago Home + Garden 2 years  
Chicago Sun-Times 3 months  
Chicago Tribune 3 months  
Chickadee 2 years Junior Room
Chirp 2 years Junior Room
Christian Science Monitor 2 years  
Christianity Today 2 years  
ChopChop Winter 2011-  
Cicada 1 year Teen Central
Civil War Times 2 years  
Clean Eating Jan. 2011-  
Click 2 years Junior Room
Climitological Data 2009 - 2010 REF 551.6 NAT
Cloth Paper Scissors Jan/Feb 2013 -  
Coins 2 years  
Commentary fiche Jan 1984 - Aug 1997  
Communication Arts 2 years  
Connected World Jan./Feb. 2012-  
Consumer Reports 2 years Consumer Table
Consumer Reports 2 years  
Consumer Reports 2 years Junior Room
Consumer Reports Money Advisor 2010 -  
Consumer Reports on Health Jan. 2009 -  
Cooking Light 2 years  
Cooking with Paula Deen Nov/Dec 2012 -  
Cook's Country 2 years  
Cook's Illustrated 2 years  
Cosmopolitan 2 years  
Country Living 2 years  
Country Sampler 2 years  
CPI - Value Guide to Cars of a Particular Interest Jan/Feb 2011 *R 629.222 CPI Ask Us Desk
Crafts 'n Things 2 years  
Crain's Chicago Business 2 years  
Creating Keepsakes 2 years  
Cricket 2 years Junior Room
Crochet World 2 years  
Cuisine at Home Dec. 2011-  
Current Health 2 fiche Sept. 1992 - May 1998  
Current History fiche Jan. 1980 - Dec. 1997  
Cycle World 2 years  
 
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Daily Herald 3 months  
Dance Magazine 2 years  
Details 2 years  
Diabetic Living 2 years  
Dig 2 years Junior Room
Digital Photo (formerly PC Photo) 2 years  
Dirt Rider 2 years  
Discover 2 years  
Discovery Girls 2 years Junior Room
Disney Fairies 2 years Junior Room Princess Shelf
Disney's Princess 2010 - Junior Room
Dog Fancy 2 years  
Downbeat 2 years  
Downers Grove Journal film Aug 31, 1939 - Jan 16, 1941  
Downers Grove Reporter film 1895 -  
Downers Grove Press film various 1891 -1893  
     
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E (Environmental Magazine) 2 years  
Eating Well 2 years  
Ebony 2 years  
Economist 2 years  
Elle Feb 2013 -  
English Journal 2 years  
Entertainment Weekly 2 years  
Entrepreneur 2 years  
Environment 2 years  
ESPN 2 years  
Esquire 2 years  
Essence 2 years  
Everyday Food Jan/Feb 2011- Dec 2012  
Everyday with Rachael Ray 2 years  
Experience Life Jan./Feb. 2011  
     
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Family Chronicle 2 years  
Family Circle 2 years  
Family Handyman fiche 1975 - 1997  
Family Tree 2 years  
FamilyFun 2 years Junior Room
Fantasy and Science Fiction 2 years  
Fast Company 2 years  
Field and Stream 2 years  
Film Comment 2 years  
Fine Cooking 2 years  
Fine Gardening 2 years  
Fine Homebuilding 2 years  
Fine Woodworking 2 years  
Fitness 2 years  
Fly Fisherman 2 years  
Flying 2 years  
Flying Models 2 years  
Fons and Porter's for the Love of Quilting 2 years  
Food and Wine 2 years  
Food Network 2 years  
Forbes 2 years  
Foreign Affairs 2 years  
Foreign Policy 2 years  
Fortune 2 years  
Fun for Kidz 2 years  
Fun to Learn Preschool Playroom 2 years Junior Room
Fun to Learn Friends Nov/Dec 2010 Junior Room
Futurist 2 years  
     
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Game Informer 1 year Teen Central
Games 2 years  
Garden Design 2 years  
Garden Gate 2 years  
Girls' Life 1 year Teen Central
Glamour 2 years  
Golf Digest 2010 - 2011  
Golf Magazine 2010 - 2011  
Good Housekeeping Jul. 2009  
Governing Feb. 2011-  
GQ 2 years  
Gramophone 2 years  
Guitar World Jan 2013 -  
     
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Harper's Bazaar 2 years  
Harper's Magazine 2 years  
Harvard Business Review 2 years  
Harvard Health Letter 2 years  
Harvard Women's Health Watch 2 years  
Health 2 years  
Herb Companion (see Mother Earth Living) Jan 2011 - Sept 2012  
HGTV Magazine Dec 2012 -  
Hi-Fructose #19 Mar./Apr. 2011-  
Highlights for Children 2 years Junior Room
Highlights High 5 2 years Junior Room
Hispanic 2 years  
History Today 2 years  
Home Business 2 years  
Home Education 2 years  
Home Mechanix (see Today's Homeowner) fiche 1985-July/Aug. 1996  
Horse Illustrated 2 years  
Horticulture 2 years  
Hot Rod 2 years  
House Beautiful 2 years  
Hulbert Financial Digest 1 year REF 332.6 HUL
Investment Table
Humanist 2 years  

   
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Illinois Heritage 2 years  
Illinois Issues May 2010 - May 2012  
Illinois State Genealogical Survey Quarterly 2 years  
In-Fisherman 2 years  
In These Times Oct. 2009 -  
Inc. 2 years  
Instructor 2 years Junior Room
InStyle 2 years  
Internet Genealogy Dec./Jan. 2011/2012-  
Investor's Business Daily 3 months  
     
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J-14 2 years Junior Room
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 2 years  
Jet 2 years  
Journal of Accountancy 2 years  
Journal of Illinois History 2010 -  
Journal fo the Illinois State Historical Society (formerly Illinois Historical Journal) 2 years  
Junior Baseball 2 years Junior Room
     
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Kelley Blue Book (Newer) Used Cars current issue Reference Desk
Kelley Blue Book (Older Cars and Trucks) current issue Reference Desk
Kids Discover 2 years Junior Room
Kiki Winter 2010-  
Kiplinger's Personal Finance July 2009 -  
Kovel's on Antiques and Collectibles 2 years  
     
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Ladies' Home Journal 2 years  
Ladybug 2 years Junior Room
Lego Club Magazine Nov./Dec. 2009- Junior Room
Library Journal 2 years  
Library Media Connection: LMC (formerly Library Talk) 2 years Junior Room
Library Sparks 2 years Junior Room
Linn’s Stamp News (formerly Scott Stamp Monthly) Oct. 18, 2010-  
Living Without 2 years  
Locus 2 years  
Logan 1 year Teen Central
Looney Tunes 2 years Junior Room
Lucky 2 years  
     
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M Oct. 11, 2011-  
MacWorld 2 years  
MAD 1 year Teen Central
Magazine Antiques 2 years  
Mailbox/Grade 1 2 years Junior Room
Mailbox/Grades 2 & 3 2 years Junior Room
Mailbox/Intermediate 2 years Junior Room
Mailbox/Kindergarten 2 years  
Mailbox/Preschool 2 years Junior Room
Make 2 years  
Martha Stewart Living 2 years  
Martha Stewart Weddings 2 years  
Mayo Clinic Health Letter 2 years  
Mechanix Illustrated (formerly Home Mechanix, continued as Today's Homeowner) fiche 1975 - 1984  
Men's Fitness

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Men's Health 2 years  
Men's Journal 2 years  
Mental Floss 2 years  
Midwest Living 2 years  
Miller-McCune (see Pacific Standard) May/June 2010 - Mar./Apr. 2012  
Model Airplane News 2 years  
Model Railroader 2 years bound 1993 - 625.19 MOD
Money fiche 1983 -1991  
Moneyletter 1 year REF 332.6 MON
Investment Table
More 2 years  
Mother Earth Living Nov/Dec 2012 -  
Mother Earth News 1 year  
Mother Jones 2 years  
Motor Trend 2 years  
Ms. 2 years  
Muscle & Fitness 2 years  
Mystery Scene 2 years  
     
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N.A.D.A. Older Used Car Guide current issue Reference Desk
N.A.D.A. Official Used Car Guide current issue Reference Desk
Nation 2 years  
National Geographic 2 years  
National Geographic Kids 2 years Junior Room
National Geographich Little Kids 2 years Junior Room
National Geographic Traveler 2 years  
National Parks 2 years  
National Review 2 years  
Nation's Business fiche 1976 - 2002  
Natural Health 2 years  
Network Chicago Guide 2 years  
New England Journal of Medicine 2 years  
New Republic 2 years  
New York 2 years  
New York Review of Books 2 years  
New York Times 1 month  
New York Times Large Type Edition 3 months  
New York Times Book Review 1 year  
New York Times Magazine 1 year Part of newspaper on film
New Yorker 2 years  
News for You 3 months Shelved with Literacy Collection within 428.24
Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom Jan. 2010 - Nov. 2011

 

Newsweek Jan 2011 - Dec 2012  
NoLoad Fund X 1 year Investment Table
Nostalgia Digest 2 years  
Nutrition Action Health Letter 2 years  
Nuts and Volts Nov. 2009 -  
     
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O, The Oprah Magazine 2 years  
Odyssey 2 years Junior Room
Old House Journal 2 years  
Opera News 2 years  
Organic Gardening 2 years  
Outdoor Life 2 years  
Outdoor Photographer 2 years  
Outside 2 years  
Owl 2 years Junior Room
     
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Pacific Standard (formerly Miller-McCune) May/June 2012-  
Parenting June 2006-Dec./Jan. 2009  
Parenting: Early Years 2 years  
Parenting: School Years 2 years  
Parents 2 years Junior Room
PC World 2 years  
People 2 years  
People en Espanol Oct. 2011 -  
People Style Watch 2 years  
PETA's Animal Times 2 years  
Phi Delta Kappan Jan. 2008-Dec. 2009/Jan. 2010  
Phineas and Ferb Jan 2013 - Junior Room
Plays 2 years Junior Room: J 812.06 PLA
Poder Hispanic (formerly Hispanic) July 2010-  
Poetry 2 years  
Popular Mechanics fiche 1979 -2003  
Popular Photography and Imaging 2 years  
Popular Science fiche 1976 - 1999  
Practical Homeschooling 2 years Junior Room
Preservation Jan./Feb. 2011-  
Prevention 2 years  
Printers Row Journal 1 year  
Progressive 2 years  
Prudent Speculator 1 year (Online only as of Nov. 2010) Investment Table
Psychology Today 2 years  
Public Libraries 2 years  
Publisher's Weekly 2 years  
     
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Quilter's Newsletter 2 years  
     
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Radio Control Car Action 2 years Junior Room
Railroad Model Craftsman 2 years  
Ranger Rick 2 years Junior Room
Ranger Rick Jr. Feb 2013 - Junior Room Picture Book Area
Reader's Digest 2 years  
Reader's Digest Large Type Edition 2 years Large Type Books Collection
Real Simple 2 years  
Reason 2 years  
Redbook 2 years  
Reminisce 2 years  
Renovation Style Spring 2011 - Summer 2012  
Review (DuPage County Genealogical Society) 2 years REF 977.324 REV Local History
Road Scholar International Programs Sept. 2010  
Road Scholar North American Programs Dec. 2010 -  
Road and Track 2 years  
Rolling Stone 2 years  
Rolling Stone 1 year Teen Central
Romantic Times Book Reviews 2 years  
Runners World 2 years  
     
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Sail 2 years  
Saturday Evening Post 2 years  
Saveur Nov/Dec 2012 -  
School Library Journal 2 years  
Science 2 years Junior Room
Science Illustrated 2 years  
Science News 2008-2010  
Scientific American 2 years  
Scooby Doo Where are You 2 years Junior Room
Scott Stamp Monthly 2008-Nov. 2010  
Self 2 years  
Seventeen 1 year Teen Central
Sew News 2 years  
Shape 2 years  
Shonen Jump Jan 2012 - Feb 2012 Teen Central
ShopSmart 2 years  
Siempre Mujer June/July 2011-  
Sierra 2 years  
Six 7 8th Jan/Feb 2009–Win 2009 Junior Room
Skeptic Feb. 2011-  
Ski Dec. 2010-  
Sky & Telescope 2 years  
Smart Computing 2 years  
Smart Money 2 years  
Smithsonian 2 years  
Sound & Vision Sept. 2009 -  
Southern Living July 2009 -  
Sparkle World 2010 - Junior Room: Princess Shelf
Spider 2010 - Junior Room
Spin 1 year Teen Central
Spirituality & Health 2 years  
Sports Illustrated 2 years  
Sports Illustrated for Kids 2 years Junior Room
Stereophile 2 years  
Strand 2 years  
Sun-Downers Grove fiche Feb. 2002 - June 2006  
Sunset 2 years  
Superman 2 years Junior Room
     
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Taste of Home 2 years  
Taunton's Threads 2 years  
Technology Review 2 years  
Teen Vogue 1 year Teen Central
Tennis 2 years  
This Old House 2 years  
Time 2 years  
Time Out Chicago Kids Aug/Sept 2012 - Junior Room
Today's Caregiver Nov/Dec 2010-  
Today's Homeowner fiche Sept. 1996 - 2008  
Town and Country 2 years  
Traditional Home 2 years  
Trailer Life 2008-2010  
Transworld Skateboarding 2 years Junior Room
Travel + Leisure 2 years  
Travel Smart 2 years  
Treasures July 2011-  
TV Guide 1 year  
Twist 1 year Teen Central
     
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USA Today fiche 1983 - 2004  
US Weekly 2 years  
UTNE Reader 2 years  
     
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Vanity Fair 2 years  
Variety 1 year  
Vegetarian Times 2 years  
Video Librarian 2 years  
Vogue 2 years  
Vogue Knitting International 2 years  
VOYA-Voice of Youth Advocates 2 years  
     
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WWE Kids Feb. 2010 - Junior Room
WWE Magazine 2 year Teen Central
Wall Street Journal (Midwest Edition) 6 months  
Weekly Reader Pre-K Edition Sept 2012 - Junior Room Picture Book Area
Weekly Standard Jan. 2/9, 2012-  
Weight Watchers 2 years  
Well Being Journal Jan./Feb. 2011  
West Suburban Living 2 years  
Where to Retire 2 years  
Whole Dog Journal 2 years  
Whole Living (formerly Body & Soul) Jan/Feb 2011 - Jan/Feb 2013  
Wine Spectator 2 years  
Wired 2 years  
Woman's Day 2 years  
Women's Health 2 years  
Working Mother 2 years  
World of Archie Digest Jan. 2011-  
World War II 2 years  
Writer 2 years  
Writer's Digest 2 years  
     
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Yoga Journal 2 years  
Young Rider 2 years Junior Room
Yum for Kids Spring 2012-  
     
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Zoo Books 2 years Junior Room
     
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