Magazines & Newspapers

Alphabetical List of Periodicals

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

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

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AARP Bulletin 3 years  
AARP: The Magazine 3 years  
ADDitude Spring 2008-  
Adoptive Families 3 years  
Adventure Cyclist May 2011-  
Air & Space Smithsonian 3 years  
Allure 3 years  
America 2008-2010  
American Artist 3 years  
American City and County July 2006-Dec. 2007  
American Craft 3 years  
American Gardener 3 years  
American Girl 3 years Junior Room
American History 3 years  
American Journal of Nursing 3 years  
American Libraries 3 years  
American Prospect 3 years  
American Rifleman 3 years  
American Scientist 3 years  
American Spectator 3 years  
Americas 3 years  
Ancestry 2008-Mar./Apr. 2009  
Antique Trader Weekly 1 year  
Antiques and Collecting Magazine (continued as Treasures) 3 years  
Antiques Roadshow Insider 3 years  
Aquarium Fish International 3 years  
Archaeology 3 years  
Archie Digest 2008-2010  
Architectural Digest 3 years  
Architectural Record 3 years  
Art in America 3 years  
Art Jewelry Magazine Jan. 2011-  
Arthritis Today 3 years  
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel 3 years  
Artist's Magazine 3 years  
ArtNews 3 years  
Ask 3 years  
Astronomy 3 years  
Atlantic Monthly, The 3 years  
AudioFile 3 years  
Audubon 3 years  
Aviation Week & Space Technology 3 years  
     
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Backpacker 3 years  
Barron's 1 year  
BBC Knowledge Jan./Feb. 2010-  
BBC Music Magazine 3 years  
Bead and Button 3 years  
Beckett Sport Card Monthly April 2008-  
Best's Review 3 years  
Better Buys for Business 2009-2010 Consumer Table
Better Homes and Gardens 3 years  
Better Homes and Gardens Wood 3 years  
Better Investing 3 years  
Betty and Veronica 3 years Junior Room
Bicycling 3 years  
Billboard 1 year Back issues at Magazines Desk
Bird Talk 3 years  
Bird Watching April 2011-  
Birder's World Aug. 2008-Feb. 2011  
Birds and Blooms 3 years  
Black Belt 3 years  
Blades on Ice July/Aug. 2008-Mar. 2011  
Bloomberg Businessweek (formerly BusinessWeek) Dec. 28, 2009/Jan. 4, 2010-  
BMX Plus 3 years Teen Central
Bob Brinker's Marketimer current year Reference Desk
Body & Soul 2008-May 2010  
Bon Appetit 3 years  
Book Links 3 years Junior Room Office
Booklist 3 years Back issues at Magazines Desk
Bookmarks 3 years  
Bottom Line Personal 3 years  
Boy's Life 3 years  
Bride's 3 years  
Bugle current issue New issue shelf
Builder 3 years  
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 3 years Junior Room office
Business Ledger (DuPage County) current year only  
Bust Dec. 2010/Jan. 2011-  
     
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Camping Life April 2011-  
Car and Driver 3 years  
Cartoon Network Action Pack 3 years Junior Room
Cartoon Network Block Party Jan. 2007-Sept. 2009 Junior Room
Cat Fancy 3 years  

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

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Investment Table

Celebrity Hairstyles 3 years  
Celebrity Hairstyles 3 years Teen Central
Changing Times (continued as Kiplinger's Personal Finance)    
Charity Rating Guide and Watchdog Report current year only REF 361.763 CHA
Chess Life 3 years  
Chicago 3 years  

Chicago Consumer's Checkbook

3 years Consumer Table
Chicago History Spring 1970- 977.311 CHI
Chicago Home + Garden 3 years  
Chicago Sun-Times 3 months  
Chicago Tribune 3 months or until film arrives  
Chicagoland Gardening 3 years  
Chickadee 3 years Junior Room
Children and Libraries 3 years Junior Room
Chirp 3 years Junior Room
Christian Science Monitor April 12, 2009-  
Christianity Today 3 years  
ChopChop Winter 2011-  
Cicada 3 years Teen Central
Civil War Times 3 years  
Clean Eating Jan. 2011-  
Click 3 years Junior Room
Climitological Data 5 years REF 551.6 NAT
Coins 3 years  
Commentary 3 years  
Communication Arts 3 years  
Computer Shopper Jan. 2008-Apr. 2009  
Computers in Libraries Jan. 2009-Sept. 2009 Back issues at Magazine Desk
Congressional Digest Jan. 2008-Dec. 2009  
Consumer Reports 5 years Consumer Table
Consumer Reports 5 years  
Consumer Reports 3 years Junior Room
Consumer Reports on Health Dec. 2008-  
Consumer Reports Money Advisor 3 years  
Cookie Feb. 2009-Nov. 2009 Junior Room
Cooking Light 3 years  
Cook's Country 3 years  
Cook's Illustrated 3 years  
Cosmopolitan 3 years  
Country Living 3 years  
Country Sampler 3 years  
CPI-Value Guide to Cars of Particular Interest
Current issue (cancelled for 2011) REF 629.222 CPI
CQ Researcher - Bound 2002-2007 Reference Desk
Crafts 'n Things 3 years  
Crain's Chicago Business 3 years  
Creating Keepsakes 3 years  
Cricket 3 years Junior Room
Crochet World 3 years  
Current Health 2    
Cycle World 3 years  
 
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Daily Herald 3 months  
Dance Magazine 3 years  
Details 3 years  
DG Partnering (formerly Chamberline, continued as info@downersgrove.org) Sept. 2007-Feb. 2008 Local Documents
Diabetic Living 3 years  
Dig 3 years Junior Room
Digital Photo (formerly PC Photo) June 7, 2009-  
Dirt Rider 3 years  
Discover 3 years  
Discovery Girls 3 years Junior Room
Disney's Princess Jan. 2008- Junior Room
Dog Fancy 3 years  
Downbeat 3 years Back issues at Magazines Desk
Downers Grove Journal    
Downers Grove Reporter 3-4 months, until film arrives  
Downers Grove Press    
     
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E (Environmental Magazine) 3 years  
Eating Well Nov./Dec. 2009-  
Ebony 3 years  
Economist 3 years  
Electronic Gaming Monthly Jan. 2008-Jan. 2009 Junior Room
English Journal 3 years  
Entertainment Weekly 3 years  
Entrepreneur 3 years  
Environment 3 years  
ESPN 3 years  
Esquire 3 years  
Essence 3 years  
Everton's Genealogical Helper Jan./Feb. 2008-Jan./Feb. 2009  
Everyday Food 3 years  
Everyday with Rachael Ray 3 years  
Experience Life Jan./Feb. 2011  
     
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Family Chronicle 3 years  
Family Circle 3 years  
Family Handyman 3 years  
Family Tree 3 years  
FamilyFun 3 years Junior Room
Fantasy and Science Fiction 3 years  
Fast Company 3 years  
Fiberarts 3 years  
Fiberarts Summer 2008-Summer 2011  
Field and Stream 3 years  
Film Comment 3 years  
Fine Cooking 3 years  
Fine Gardening 3 years  
Fine Homebuilding 3 years  
Fine Woodworking 3 years  
Fitness 3 years  
Fly Fisherman 3 years  
Flying 3 years  
Flying Models 3 years  
Fons and Porter's for the Love of Quilting 3 years  
Food and Wine 3 years  
Food Network Nov./Dec. 2009-  
Forbes 3 years  
Foreign Affairs 3 years  
Foreign Policy 3 years  
Fortune 3 years  
Fun for Kidz Jan. 2010-  
Fun to Learn Preschool Playroom Feb, 2009- Junior Room
Fun to Learn Friends July/Aug. 2010 Junior Room
Futurist 3 years  
     
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Game Informer Dec. 2009- Teen Central
GamePro 3 years Junior Room
Games 3 years  
Garden Design 3 years  
Garden Gate 3 years  
Gazette News from DG Historical Society 3 years REF 977.324 DOW
Girls' Life Dec. 2008/Jan. 2009- Teen Central
Glamour 3 years  
Golf Digest 3 years  
Golf Magazine 3 years  
Good Housekeeping 3 years  
GQ 3 years  
Gramophone 3 years  
     
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Harper's Bazaar 3 years  
Harper's 3 years  
Harvard Business Review 3 years  
Harvard Health Letter 3 years  
Harvard Women's Health Watch 3 years  
Health 3 years  
Herb Companion Nov./Dec. 2009-  
Highlights for Children 3 years Junior Room
Highlights High 5 3 years Junior Room
Hispanic 3 years  
History Today 3 years  
Home Business 3 years  
Home Education 3 years  
Horn Book Guide 2000- Junior Room Office
Horn Book Magazine 3 years Junior Room Office
Horse Illustrated 3 years  
Horticulture 3 years  
Hot Rod 3 years  
Hot Wheels Spring 2009- Junior Room
House Beautiful 3 years  
Hulbert Financial Digest 1 year REF 332.6 HUL
Investment Table
Humanist 3 years  

   
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Illinois Heritage Nov./Dec. 2008  
Illinois Issues May 2010-  
Illinois State Genealogical Survey Newsletter 3 years Back issues at Magazines Desk
Illinois State Genealogical Survey Quarterly 3 years  
In-Fisherman 3 years  
In These Times 3 years  
Inc. 3 years  
info@downersgrove.org (formerly DG Partnering) 1 year  
Instructor 3 years Junior Room
InStyle 3 years  
Interview 3 years  
Investor's Business Daily 3 months  
     
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J-14 2008- Junior Room
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 3 years  
Jet 3 years  
Journal of Accountancy 3 years  
Journal of Illinois History Autumn 2008-  
Journal fo the Illinois State Historical Society (formerly Illinois Historical Journal) 3 years  
Junior Baseball 3 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
Kid Zone 2008 only Junior Room
Kids Discover 3 years Junior Room
Kiki Winter 2010-  
Kiplinger's Personal Finance 3 years  
Kirkus Reviews 5 years Reference use only
Know Jan./Feb. 2011-  
Kovel's on Antiques and Collectibles 3 years  
     
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Ladies' Home Journal 3 years  
Ladybug 3 years Junior Room
Lego Club Magazine Nov./Dec. 2009- Junior Room
Library Journal 3 years Back issues at Magazines Desk
Library Media Connection: LMC (formerly Library Talk) 3 years Junior Room
Library Sparks 3 years Junior Room
Life March 1962-1972; 1979-May 2000  
Linn’s Stamp News (formerly Scott Stamp Monthly) Oct. 18, 2010-  
Living Without Fall 2006-  
Locus 3 years  
Logan 3 years Teen Central
Looney Tunes 3 years Junior Room
Lucky 3 years  
     
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MacLean's 2008-2010  
MacWorld 3 years  
MAD 3 years Teen Central
MAD Kids March 2007 - March 2009 Junior Room
Magazine Antiques (formerly Antiques) 3 years  
Mailbox/Grade 1 3 years Junior Room
Mailbox/Grades 2 & 3 3 years Junior Room
Mailbox/Intermediate 3 years Junior Room
Mailbox/Kindergarten Feb./Mar. 2009-  
Mailbox/Preschool 3 years Junior Room
Make 3 years  
Martha Stewart Living 3 years  
Martha Stewart Weddings 3 years  
Marvel Adventures Spider Man 3 years Junior Room
Mayo Clinic Health Letter 3 years  
Mechanix Illustrated (formerly Home Mechanix, continued as Today's Homeowner)    
Men's Fitness

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Men's Health 3 years  
Men's Journal 3 years  
Mental Floss Mar./Apr. 2009 -  
Mergent Bond Record Jan. 2010-July 2010 Investment Table
Midwest Living 3 years  
Miller-McCune May/June 2010-  
Model Airplane News 3 years  
Model Railroader 3 years bound 1993 - 625.19 MOD
Money 3 years  
Moneyletter 1 year REF 332.6 MON
Investment Table
More 3 years  
Mother Earth News 1 year  
Mother Jones 3 years  
Motor Trend 3 years  
Ms. 3 years  
Muscle & Fitness 3 years  
Mystery Scene Spring 2008 -  
     
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N.A.D.A. Marine Appraisal Guide current issue Refernce Desk
N.A.D.A. Motorcycle/Snowmobile/ATV/Personal Watercraft Appraisal Guide current isuue Reference Desk
N.A.D.A. Older Used Car Guide current issue Reference Desk
N.A.D.A. Official Used Car Guide current issue Reference Desk
N.A.D.A. Recreational Vehicle Appraisal Guide current issue (cancelled for 2011) Reference Desk
Nation 3 years  
National Geographic 3 years  
National Geographic Adventure Jan./Feb. 2008-Dec. 2009/Jan. 2010  
National Geographic Kids 3 years Junior Room
National Geographich Little Kids 2008- Junior Room
National Geographic Traveler 3 years  
National Parks 3 years  
National Review 3 years  
Nation's Business    
Natural Health 3 years  
Natural History 3 years  
Network Chicago Guide 3 years  
New England Journal of Medicine 3 years  
New Republic 3 years  
New York 3 years  
New York Review of Books 3 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 3 years  
News for You 3 months Shelved with Literacy Collection within 428.24
Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom 3 years

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Newsweek 3 years  
Nintendo Power 3 years Junior Room
NoLoad Fund X 1 year Investment Table
Nostalgia Digest April - June 2008 -  
Nutrition Action Health Letter 3 years  
Nuts and Volts 3 years  
     
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O, The Oprah Magazine 3 years  
Odyssey 3 years Junior Room
Old House Journal 3 years  
Opera News 3 years  
Organic Gardening 3 years  
Outdoor Life 3 years  
Outdoor Photographer 3 years  
Outside 3 years  
Owl 3 years Junior Room
     
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Pack-O-Fun 3 years Junior Room
Parenting June 2006-Dec./Jan. 2009  
Parenting: Early Years Feb. 2009-  
Parenting: School Years Feb. 2009-  
Parents 3 years Junior Room
PC Gamer 3 years Teen Central
PC Magazine July 2008-Jan. 2009  
PC World 3 years  
People 3 years  
People en Espanol August 2011-  
People Style Watch Feb. 2009-  
PETA's Animal Times 3 years  
Phi Delta Kappan Jan. 2008-Dec. 2009/Jan. 2010  
Plays 3 years (Bound 1980-1991) Junior Room: J 812.06 PLA
Poder Hispanic (formerly Hispanic) July 2010-  
Poetry 3 years  
Popular Mechanics 3 years  
Popular Photography and Imaging 3 years  
Popular Science 3 years  
Practical Homeschooling 3 years Junior Room
Preservation Jan./Feb. 2011-  
Prevention 3 years  
Progressive 3 years  
Prudent Speculator 1 year (Online only as of Nov. 2010) Investment Table
Psychology Today 3 years  
Public Libraries 3 years Back issues at Magazines Desk
Publisher's Weekly 3 years Back issues at Magazines Desk
     
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Quilter's Newsletter 3 years  
Quilting Arts Aug./Sept. 2011-  
     
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Radio Control Car Action 3 years Junior Room
Railroad Model Craftsman 3 years  
Ranger Rick 3 years Junior Room
Reader's Digest 3 years  
Reader's Digest Large Type Edition 3 years Large Type Books Collection
Real Simple 3 years  
Reason 3 years  
Redbook 3 years  
Reference and User Services Quarterly 3 years Back issues at Magazines Desk
Reminisce 3 years  
Renovation Style Spring 2007-  
Review (DuPage County Genealogical Society) 3 years; bound July 1999-2007 REF 977.324 REV Local History
Road Scholar International Programs Sept. 2010  
Road Scholar North American Programs Spring/Summer 2011  
Road and Track 3 years  
Rolling Stone 3 years Back issues at Magazines Desk
Rolling Stone Jan. 2011- Young Adult
Romantic Times Book Reviews 3 years Back issues at Magazines Desk
Runners World 3 years  
     
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Sail 3 years  
Saturday Evening Post 3 years  
School Library Journal 3 years  
Science 3 years Back issues in Junior Room
Science Illustrated Nov./Dec. 2008-  
Science News 2008-2010  
Scientific American 3 years  
Scooby Doo Where are You (formerly Scooby Doo) 3 years Junior Room
Scott Stamp Monthly 2008-Nov. 2010  
Searcher: The Magazine for Database Professionals 3 years Back issues at Magazines Desk
Self 3 years  
Seventeen 18 months Teen Central
Sew News 3 years  
Shape 3 years  
Sheet Music Magazine current year only; bound 1999- 782.42 SHE
Shojo Beat Jan. 2007-July 2009 Teen Central
Shonen Jump 3 years Teen Central
ShopSmart March 2008-  
Siempre Mujer June/July 2011-  
Sierra 3 years  
Sing Out 3 years Back issues at Magazines Desk
Six 7 8th Jan/Feb 2009–Win 2009 Junior Room
Ski Dec. 2010-  
Sky & Telescope 3 years  
Smart Computing 3 years  
Smart Money 3 years  
Smithsonian 3 years  
Soap Opera Digest 1 year  
Sound & Vision 3 years  
Southern Living 3 years  
Sparkle World Nov/Dec 2007- Junior Room: Princess Shelf
Spider 3 years Junior Room
Spider Man see Marvel Adventures of Spider Man    
Spin 3 years Young Adult
Spirituality & Health 3 years  
Sporting News 2 years  
Sports Illustrated 3 years  
Sports Illustrated for Kids 3 years Junior Room
SRDS Consumer Magazine Advertising Source Fall/Win 2009-2010 Ref 659.132 STA
Stereophile 3 years  
Strand Feb/May 2009-  
Sun-Downers Grove   Microfiche
Sunset 3 years  
Superman 3 years Junior Room
     
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Taste of Home 3 years  
Taunton's Threads 3 years  
Tax Week 1 year Investment Table
Technology Review 3 years  
Teen Vogue Dec. 2010/Jan. 2011- Teen Central
Tennis 3 years  
This Old House 3 years  
Thomas and Friends Nov./Dec. 2008-Jan. 2009  
Time 3 years  
Tinkerbell Feb. 2011- Junior Room
Today's Caregiver Nov/Dec 2010-  
Today's Homeowner    
Town and Country 3 years  
Traditional Home 3 years  
Trailer Life 2008-2010  
Transworld Skateboarding 3 years Junior Room
Travel + Leisure 3 years  
Travel Smart 3 years  
Treasures (formerly Antiques & Collecting Magazine) July 2011-  
Tuff Stuff's Sports Collectors Monthly May 2008- Junior Room
TV Guide 1 year  
Twist 18 months Teen Central
     
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USA Today 3 months  
US Weekly 3 years  
UTNE 3 years  
     
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Vanity Fair 3 years  
Variety 1 year  
Vegetarian Times 3 years  
Video Librarian 3 years Back issues at Magazines Desk
Vogue 3 years  
Vogue Knitting International 3 years  
VOYA-Voice of Youth Advocates 3 years Back issues at Magazines Desk
     
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Wall Street Journal (Midwest Edition) 6 months  
Week, The 2008–Jan, 7, 2011  
Weight Watchers 3 years  
Well Being Journal Jan./Feb. 2011  
West Suburban Living 3 years  
What to Do About Personnel Problems 3 volumes REF 344.01 WHA
Where to Retire 3 years  
Whole Dog Journal 3 years  
Whole Living (formerly Body & Soul) July/Aug. 2010-  
Wine Spectator 3 years  
Wired 3 years  
Wizard 3 years Back issues in Lit. Department
Woman's Day 3 years  
Women's Health Dec. 2008-  
Working Mother 3 years  
World of Archie Digest Jan. 2011-  
World War II 3 years  
Writer 3 years  
Writer's Digest 3 years  
WWE Kids Feb. 2010-  
WWE Magazine 3 years Teen Central
     
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Yoga Journal 3 years  
Young Rider 3 years Junior Room
     
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Zoo Books 3 years Junior Room
     
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