eMagazines, Newspapers, & Articles

Access to Consumer Reports' website from the Library! Information and advice on consumer products providing ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice.

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Read articles from peer-reviewed journals and magazines.

A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics.

Contextual information on a wide array of subjects.  Topical content includes articles, primary sources, images, relevant web links, and more.

(Grades K-6) Designed especially for kids to access articles about current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports, and more.

Offers cross-curricular content aligned to Common Core State Standards and provides stellar support for papers, projects, and presentations.  

Created specifically for middle school students, this resource combines reference content, videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and more. Categories cover a range of the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, U.S. and world history, and literature.

Regional, national, and world newspapers.

Tacoma Public Library's eBook, eAudiobook, and eMagazine all-in-one app called Libby, opens a new window, by OverDrive. Libby is a streamlined reading app experience and is available for Android and iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch), and Kindle Tablets.

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Full-text articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and thousands of full-text poems and short stories published in contemporary journals and magazines.

(K-8) Explore science, nature, culture, archaeology and space with National Geographic Kids with access to the full run of the magazine 2009 to the present.

The complete archive of National Geographic Magazine 1888-2015.  Articles, legendary photos, and over one hundred years of history through the pages of this iconic magazine.

Access to The News Tribune from Tacoma Public Library.  Choose the text edition, image edition, blog or web-only content. 

Popular eBooks, eAudiobooks, and eMagazines available on your computer, mobile device, or eReader.  Up to 20 checkouts and 20 holds. 

Libby is the only available app for OverDrive eMaterials.

Authoritative, curriculum-oriented information for assignments and projects on earth science and life science, to space, technology, mathematics and science history.

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A complete overview of U.S. history covering the most-studied events, issues and current information combining documents from primary sources, periodicals and reference materials.

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Multicultural, global content supporting history research.